National security law

Some Hong Kongers will now find it easier to become permanent residents of Canada. The federal government announced on Tuesday that Hong Kongers with recent prior work experience in Canada will be able to apply as permanent residents…

Hong Kong activist Elmer Yuen seems to be in a good mood despite a bounty out for his arrest. He is one of eight pro-democracy advocates that the region’s authorities are now targeting under a contentious national security law…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong chief executive John Lee said on Tuesday (Jul 4) eight overseas-based Hong Kong activists who were issued with arrest warrants for alleged national security offences, would be "pursued for life". "The only way to end…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities on Friday (May 26) condemned a British government call for the removal of a China-imposed national security law that Britain said had been used to persecute, "silence and discredit" pro-democracy opposition…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's government announced Thursday that the territory's populationdropped for a third straight year as deaths rose during the pandemic and anti-virus measures reduced the number of arriving workers, but did not mention an…

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court on Wednesday upheld the decision to let a veteran British lawyer defend pro-democracy newspaper publisher Jimmy Laiat his upcoming national security trial. Lai, the 74-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple…

China's ambassador to the United States has thanked billionaire Elon Musk for proposing a special administration zone for Taiwan but stressed Beijing's call for "peaceful reunification and 'one country, two systems'" for the island. Days…

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court sentenced five speech therapists to nearly two years in prison Saturday for their role in the publication of children's books deemed seditious. The penalties are the latest sign of China's hard line against free…

HONG KONG: Authorities in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong say 29 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with "conspiracy to commit subversion" under a tough National Security Lawentered guilty pleas on Thursday, as the Beijing government…

Most Canadians will never wake up to find a pair of agents with Canada’s national spy agency at their door, but that’s the situation a former newspaper editor living on the Lower Mainland found himself in Wednesday morning. Victor Ho,…