Hong Kong police arrest 4 youths under Beijing's new security law
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020
Hong Kong police arrested four people between the ages of 16 and 21 on suspicion of inciting secession activities Wednesday, marking some of the most high-profile detentions in the city since Beijing enacted a controversial national security law late last month restricting many of the city's previous freedoms.
U.K. signals it will suspend extradition treaty with Hong Kong
SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2020
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab signaled the U.K. will join its international allies in suspending an extradition treaty with Hong Kong after China imposed a national security law on the former British colony.
Arrested under new law, Hong Kong protesters get swabbed for DNA
WEDNESDAY, JULY 08, 2020
As Hong Kong sees life change rapidly under a new security law, protesters have quickly learned that actions that weren't worthy of police attention a little more than a week ago could now warrant an arrest, DNA sample and search of their home -- in addition to the possibility of jail time.
With Hong Kong security law, China writes broad international powers for itself
WEDNESDAY, JULY 01, 2020
After China published a Hong Kong national security law as a fait accompli Tuesday night without the usual feedback process, the broader implications of the most consequential political change in the financial center since its 1997 handover are coming into focus.
Hong Kong bans biggest protest after China passes security law
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020
Hong Kong for the first time banned its biggest annual protest march, a decision attributed to outbreak-control measures that comes after Chinese lawmakers approved sweeping national security legislation for the former British colony.
China presses ahead with Hong Kong security law designed to curtail political freedoms
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020
China's ruling Communist Party looks set to ratify a new national security law for Hong Kong by the end of this month, giving it the power to install a new police agency in the city to prosecute political crimes and to override its judicial system.
China to impose sweeping national security law in Hong Kong, bypassing city's legislature
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2020
HONG KONG - China's Communist Party will impose a sweeping national security law in Hong Kong by fiat during the annual meeting of its top political body, officials said Thursday, criminalizing "foreign interference" along with secessionist activities and subversion of state power.
MPs from all sides seek to meet Prayut over resurging violence in deep South
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019
Eleven MPs from the South, both from coalition parties and the opposition, called on Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to meet them and review measures for dealing with the ongoing insurgency in the southern border region.