Amnesty International today designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China as prisoners of conscience. Human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi, along with the free media advocate Jimmy Lai, are all currently imprisoned solely because of their peaceful...

Responding to the jail sentences for “sedition” handed to two former editors at the defunct Hong Kong media outlet Stand News, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said:  “The jailing of two journalists simply for doing their job makes this another bleak day for press freedom in Hong...

Responding to the 14-month prison sentence handed to Hong Kong man Chu Kai-pong for wearing a “seditious” T-shirt and mask, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “Just when you thought the human rights situation in Hong Kong couldn’t get any bleaker, a man is condemned to more...

One year after a landmark ruling on LGBTI rights in Hong Kong, authorities should provide a progress update on their plans to recognize same-sex partnerships in the city, Amnesty International said today. On 5 September 2023, Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal ruled that the government had a...

Responding to the “sedition” conviction of the defunct Hong Kong media outlet Stand News and two of its former editors, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “This dismaying verdict is one more nail in the coffin for press freedom in Hong Kong. Stand News and its two editors...

Responding to the arrests of three people accused of “insulting” China’s national anthem by turning their backs to the field and failing to stand up when it was played at a football match in Hong Kong, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “Once again in Hong Kong, a thoroughly...

Responding to today’s conviction of 14 Hong Kong opposition figures accused of “conspiring to subvert state power”, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said:  “This unprecedented mass conviction is the most ruthless illustration yet of how Hong Kong’s National Security Law is...

Responding to the police’s first use of the recently adopted “Article 23” legislation (Safeguarding National Security Ordinance) to arrest six people, including human rights activist Chow Hang-tung, for alleged sedition crimes, Amnesty International’s China director Sarah Brooks said: “The Hong...

Chinese and Hong Kong students studying abroad are living in fear of intimidation, harassment and surveillance as Chinese authorities seek to prevent them from engaging with ‘sensitive’ or political issues while overseas, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. Students based in...

Responding to Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal approving a government bid to ban the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “The Hong Kong government’s campaign to ban a song is as ludicrous as it is dangerous. Banning ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ not only...

The failure of the US-based chemical company Dow to provide remedy to victims of a deadly gas leak from a pesticide plant in India that resulted in the deaths of more than 22,000 people has created a “sacrifice zone” in which 500,000 more continue to suffer, Amnesty International said in a new...

The Hong Kong government has passed new national security legislation – known as Article 23 – that will severely undermine human rights in the city. Here are 10 key facts about the law: This law is a quarter-century in the making When Hong Kong was handed over to China by the United Kingdom in...