1 year agoDisappointing that only hundreds at most have turned out to StandWithYuli, says Anna Tsui, when thousands have come out to thank US and Donald Trump. Not a good strategy to "rely on the mercy of international leaders, who honestly who wouldn't think of us as anybody," she says
Government confirms Hong Kong Airlines secures financial rescue package to save it from collapse, to take "no further action"
1 year agoA #StandWithYuli rally at Edinburgh Place, in support of the Indonesian woman who was deported from Hong Kong
Drug police seize 75kg of cocaine worth US$11.5 million from gang in northern Hong Kong
1 year agoAt a Thursday youth election forum, Taiwan President @iingwen said there was no present need to enact a refugee law to assist HongKong protesters fleeing persecution in the city. Photo: 曾守一 / USP
1 year agoA "singing protest" is taking place inside Kowloon Bay's Amoy Plaza on Thursday evening. Photo: Stand News screenshot
Motion to impeach Hong Kong Chief Exec. Carrie Lam rejected at legislature by pro-Beijing camp
Hong Kong police seize large number of chemicals at Shing Mun Country Park
1 year agoLONO for rally in Victoria Park will be valid from noon to 6pm. March must start when crowd occupies over 85% of the central lawn. LONO for march from park to Charter Road in Central valid from 3pm to 10pm. CHRF must have 200 supervisors for a reported turnout estimate of 32,000
A rally protesting the use of tear gas at Central's Edinburgh Place from 7-9pm on Friday has been approved. The Civil Human Rights Front is still awaiting a police decision on its Sunday march on Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong protests: crowds shrink further in lunchtime protests as just a few dozen show up in two business districts
Apple Daily and Stand News were reportedly denied entry to today's National Constitution Day forum, on the grounds that only media which received an invitation would be admitted. Speakers at the forum included Carrie Lam and Wang Zhimin
1 year agoPer reporters saying, some masked "residents" attacked a reporter earlier and tried to take his phone. Now, there are masked people from the Disciplined Services Quarters standing and flashing strong light to reporters
1 year agoRight now at Shun Lee Disciplined Services Quarters in Kowloon, the Hong Kong Police and families use strong flashlights against reporters, calling reporters as "black reporters"
Foreign Affairs Committee Italian Chamber just approved resolution on #HongKong "Reiterating to Chinese Gov. that freedom of speech and individual rights are THE fundamental principle of Italian foreign policy"
1 year agoSecretary for justice Teresa Cheng has returned to Hong Kong, after being injured in a London protest back in Nov 14 evening
1 year agoChief Exec. Carrie Lam dodged a question about the rigour of a probe into police behaviour. Though it has no power to summon witnesses, she said the the Independent Police Complaints Council is a "well-established mechanism."
China says it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction a range of pro-democracy groups in retaliation for Congress' passage of legislation supporting human rights in the semi-autonomous territory
1 year agoIndonesian helper Yuli Riswati, an award-winning writer who's covered the antiELAB protests, will be deported this afternoon. She was arrested & detained for overstaying her visa. Her supporters protested outside Immigratoon Tower & called Yuli's treatment political persecution
1 year agoHKPolice in Hung Hom Whampoa Sunday night were spotted wearing black helmets which had the Five-starred Red Flag of China adhered onto the back side.
1 year agoAdvertising sector beginning a week-long strike in support of anti-government protests with a rally in Chater Garden.
1 year agoWorkers in advertising industry begin week-long strike w a protest at Chater Garden followed by 'Design w You' activities to promote pro-democracy orgs & businesses. Also: from 1pm, lunchtime protests in Cheung Sha Wan, Tai Koo & Kowloon Bay
1 year agoPolice vehicles leaving Nathan Road Argyle St. The final van is hit by a projectile, to a rousing cheer from the people. 5 mins previously another van was hit the same way, got the same cheer. Neither stopped
1 year agoHong Kong Police moved on to block a footbridge in Whampoa, which is a private residential area. Unhappy residents wanted a reason, but couldn't get one. They then mocked the officers for being the best "election campaigners" by upsetting people in the area #HongKongProtests
1 year agoPolice operations have migrated to nearby Hung Hom and Whampoa Gardens.
1 year agoSeveral dozen riot police have just cleared protesters from the bridge over Cross-Harbor Tunnel. Protesters retreated without resistance
1 year agoIn Tsim Sha Tsui, hundreds of protesters are climbing over the partition separating a highway and a footbridge as they fear the police are fast approaching. Video: SCMP/Lilian Cheng
1 year agoProtesters have counted over 100 vans of riot police parked under Fortune Metropolis mall, 300m from Cross-Harbor Tunnel. As of now, only several hundred officers are patrolling out on the streets in the vicinity
1 year agoRiot police are telling people gathering outside the newly reopened Hong Kong Museum of Art that they are at an "illegal assembly". When did hanging outside an art museum become illegal Some of Hong Kong's most important artworks are housed inside HKMoA. #HongKongProtests
1 year agoCollection of tear gas earlier fired by police, some suspected to be from mainland China. Police claimed the organiser said the rally has already come to an end. #hongkongprotests
