1 month agoHong Kong police thwart Handover anniversary demos, 11 arrested for 'handing out seditious publications' under colonial-era law
![Police say they arrested a man for alleged possession of an imitation firearm as people gathered and chanted slogan[s] loudly in Causeway Bay at 3pm. The force added they will have zero tolerance towards any illegal acts](https://hongkong.liveuamap.com/pics/2021/07/01/22251168_0.jpg)
1 month agoPolice say they arrested a man for alleged possession of an imitation firearm as people "gathered and chanted slogan[s] loudly in Causeway Bay" at 3pm. The force added they will have "zero tolerance towards any illegal acts"
1 month agoPolicemen all in a sudden charged into Fashion Walk in Causeway Bay and had a big chase down the hallway , through a clothing shop, and eventually caught a teenage boy, who was apparently frightened and shaking. The boy was let go and escorted away by some sympathetic onlookers
Activist Grandma Wong is taken away as police make arrests in Causeway Bay. The force warns that officers will be intercepting any suspicious people they find
1 month agoReporters Without Borders has called for the release of ex-lawmaker & press freedom advocate Claudia Mo, also a former journalist. She has been detained for four months and faces a life sentence under the national security law, @RSF_eastasia said
1 month agoPolice create a cordon on Great George Street in Causeway Bay just now and tell journalists to go back to the pavement
1 month agoLeo Tang (right) of the HongKong Confederation of Trade Unions said three members tried to set up a street booth outside the SOGO Mall in Causeway Bay but was surrounded by police when their materials arrived at the scene
Two arrested after Hong Kong police seize explosives and suspected firearms
China: Hong Kong police arrested 1 democracy activist again after revoking her bail Wednesday June 30, on the eve of a sensitive double anniversary of the city's handover to China and the centenary of the Communist Party
Hong Kong media group Next Digital, which publishes Apple Daily, to stop operating from tomorrow: Reuters
1 month agoHong Kong security law created a 'human rights emergency', Amnesty says
1 month agoNext Digital plans to sell online edition of Taiwanese Apple Daily, after its printed edition was ended. (The Hong Kong Apple Daily was closed of course)
1 month agoHong Kong man arrested under British colonial laws over 'seditious stickers'
1 month ago'Dismantling a free society': Human rights NGO slams Hong Kong's security law as 'erasing' basic freedoms
1 month agoHong Kong bans flights from UK over Delta Covid-19 variant
Hong Kong police ban annual July 1 democracy demo, citing Covid-19
1 month agoTorrential rain battered Hong Kong this morning, looks like it's triggered dangerous flash flooding in Lantau (which has a history of nasty floods)
1 month agoSecurity law: Ex-Apple Daily editorial writer arrested at Hong Kong airport amid reported ultimatum to defunct paper
1 month agoSecurity law: Stand News opinion articles axed, directors resign amid reported threats to Hong Kong digital outlets
1 month agoNew Hong Kong police chief calls for fake news law, blames media for mistrust in officers
Early hours fire kills 18, mostly children at central China MMA school
1 month agoOutgoing Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung Kin-chung thanked the public in a statement as he departed from the role as Hong Kong's number two official
Security chief John Lee to become Hong Kong's no. 2; police chief to head up security
1 month ago"It is a sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong and around the world," says @POTUS in a statement on the shutdown of AppleDaily
1 month agoApple Daily - "This account doesn't exist"
1 month agoApple Daily tells subscribers that all web and app content will disappear at midnight. Between this and RTHK taking down reports, a lot of information about recent events in the city is being memory-holed
Hong Kong protests: pair jailed for unprovoked attack on student they thought was plain-clothes police officer
1 month agoHongKong's @appledaily_hk to close down on June 26 when it will publish its last print edition. Hong Kong Police Arrest Apple Daily Writer in Ongoing Operation
1 month agoHong Kong court throws out bid for jury at first national security trial
1 month agoChief Exec. Carrie Lam refused to comment on the possible closure of Apple Daily. Referring to the security law, she said: "We will implement this law. This law will not exist in name only. The police would have collected sufficient evidence before taking action
