Protests erupted in June 2019 across Hong Kong over a now-axed extradition bill. They escalated into sometimes violent displays of dissent against police behaviour, amid calls for democracy and anger over Beijing’s encroachment.
LATEST NEWS & VIEWS ON THE 2019 PROTEST MOVEMENT
Jimmy Lai hoped to lead 2019 protests amid concern ‘radicals’ would dampen global support, court hears
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai wanted to “lead” protesters in 2019 amid concerns that the violent actions of “radicals” would threaten the movement’s international support, an activist has testified during the Apple Daily founder’s national security trial. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused alongside Lai and is now testifying against him, said on Tuesday…
Hongkonger jailed for 3 years, 10 months over 2019 petrol bomb plot and failed escape to Taiwan
A Hong Kong man who tried to flee to Taiwan while facing a charge linked to the 2019 protests has been jailed for three years and 10 months, after he pleaded guilty to a petrol bomb plot and perverting the course of justice. District Judge Ernest Lin put defendant Tang Kai-yin behind bars on Tuesday, almost…
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS
Hong Kong gov’t uses 2019 protests to justify new security legislation without fully learning from them
For months during 2019, Hong Kong was rocked by increasingly violent anti-government protests. Demonstrators focused initially on an unpopular extradition bill that the government seemed determined to legislate despite strong opposition. Authorities eventually withdrew the bill, but by that time street rallies drew protesters numbering in their hundreds of thousands who called for “five demands…
Universal Children’s Day: Post-Covid, Hong Kong must ensure children’s rights, let them be heard, and tackle self-harm
By Billy Wong, Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights On Universal Children’s Day in 2022, society was still living under the pandemic. One year later, wearing a mask has become a personal decision. However, many children are still wearing them in public. Are they telling us that they still haven’t recovered? At the initial stage…
FEATURES
‘I go almost every day’: The elderly Hong Kong democracy advocates following 2019 protest court cases
When Poon walks into Hong Kong’s District Court, it feels like home. Like clockwork, the sexagenarian opens her bag for a security check, fills her empty bottle – no liquids are allowed past the screening – and makes sure her phone is on silent. Then she settles into a plastic chair in the courtroom’s public…
A taste of home: How Hongkongers overseas preserve and adapt the city’s famed cuisine
After more than three years in Britain, Hongkonger Charlotte Wong, her husband William Kan and their two children are getting used to a completely different lifestyle. Before leaving the city in the summer of 2020, they rarely cooked. “We were busy with work, so for our three meals a day relied on a domestic helper,”…
Article 23 then and now: What changed between 2002 and 2024, as Hong Kong’s local security law is resurrected
A planned security law which in 2003 brought half a million Hongkongers onto the streets in protest is back in the spotlight. Chief Executive John Lee has vowed to complete the enactment of legislation as stated in Article 23 of the city’s mini-constitution, a homegrown security law which was long a politically taboo subject. Authorities…
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FRONTLINE PHOTOGRAPHY
HKFP Lens: Hong Kong press group announces winners of news photo contest
The Hong Kong Press Photographers Association (HKPPA) announced the winners of its annual news photo contest “Focus at the Frontline” on Sunday. Ming Pao Weekly’s Tan Chi-wing won Photo of the Year award with a picture of the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon, with what appeared to be stars projected on the building exterior,…
HKFP Lens: Before and after – Hong Kong protest scenes one year on, Part 3
City-wide demonstrations erupted in 2019 over an ill-fated extradition bill in Hong Kong and developed into large-scale pro-democracy protests. HKFP commissioned United Social Press photojournalist Jimmy Lam to revisit protest sites where traces of clashes remain.
HKFP Lens: ‘The Nature of Water’ captures intense and intimate photojournalism from Hong Kong’s 2019 demos
The Nature of Water, a historic photojournalism and commentary book, captures the people, places and culture that shaped the 2019 anti-extradition law protests and the ultimate fate of Hong Kong. The title refers to the protesters’ self-proclaimed philosophy in the face of police action, inspired by the Bruce Lee quote – ”Be Water.” Over 50 photographers contributed to the book. “With intense and intimate photojournalism, protest artwork created by…
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