In response to today’s Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal verdict that granted a partial victory to LGBTI activist Jimmy Sham, who has been bidding to have his overseas same-sex marriage recognized since 2018, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Piya...

Responding to the Hong Kong government’s bid to seek a court order to prohibit people from singing, broadcasting or distributing the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”, the Head of Amnesty International’s China Team, Sarah Brooks, said: “The Hong Kong government’s absurd campaign to outlaw a song...

Responding to the arrests of four people for “seditious intention and disorderly conduct” in Hong Kong ahead of the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, Amnesty International’s interim Deputy Regional Director for Research Montse Ferrer said: “The Hong Kong government is once again using...

Responding to the arrest of two men in Hong Kong for possession of children’s books – classified as “seditious materials” – that depicted mainland Chinese authorities as leaders of the wolves, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Hana Young said: “People’s freedoms have been battered in...

An International Women’s Day march scheduled this Sunday will be the first officially authorized protest in Hong Kong since 2020. The Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association announced on Thursday that it had received a verbal approval for a “notice of no objection” regarding the march. However, the...

As Hong Kong’s biggest national security law trial of 47 democracy advocates began today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Hana Young said: “This case has been an obscene injustice since the unprecedented mass prosecution of the 47 defendants began in March 2021. “In a trial that...

Responding to the prison sentence of two years and eight months handed to Hong Kong online radio DJ and political commentator Edmund Wan, better known as “Giggs”, after his conviction for sedition and money laundering, Amnesty International’s China Campaigner Gwen Lee said:  “With this...

Responding to the “sedition” convictions handed down today to five Hong Kong speech therapists who published illustrated children’s books about mass protests and other events in the city, Amnesty International’s China campaigner Gwen Lee said: “In today’s Hong Kong, you can go to jail for...

Former security chief replaces Carrie Lam as chief executive on 1 July Lee has announced plans to introduce more repressive laws in the city Chinese President Xi to mark 25th anniversary of UK handover in Hong Kong UN reviews Hong Kong’s human rights performance this week Hong Kong’s new chief...

Responding to the arrests of at least two people and around a dozen people being taken away in the last two days for attempting to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Hana Young said: “The use of spurious charges of...

AV materials available on 4 June, the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown Events in cities including London, San Francisco and Seoul Activists will demand justice for those killed in Beijing on 4 June 1989 and protest against the crackdown on Hong Kong’s annual vigil Hong Kong’s suppressed...

By Chow Hang-tung, human rights activist, Tiananmen vigil organizer and barrister, currently jailed in Hong Kong It was a sad moment when Amnesty International closed its Hong Kong offices after standing for more than 40 years in my city. This organization is very important to me – and not just...