Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Video: ‘Freedom not to praise’: Hong Kong activists pull stunt at gov’t HQ as national anthem law goes to legislature 23 January 2019 15:53
Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest How a pro-Beijing newspaper celebrated 10 victories against Hong Kong’s democrats in 2018 21 January 2019 17:49
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Beijing’s assault on Hong Kong freedoms worsened considerably in 2018, says NGO Human Rights Watch 17 January 2019 17:30
Opinion • Politics & Protest How Hong Kong’s public political discourse was mainlandised in 2018 29 December 2018 11:00
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews • Politics & Protest Political icon, election machine – your friendly neighbourhood Joshua Wong 26 December 2018 23:21
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Pro-Beijing lawmakers question Eddie Chu’s eligibility for the legislature following village election ban 3 December 2018 14:51
Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest One more blow tips the balance: How Hong Kong’s democrats were defeated again in Kowloon West 1 December 2018 18:32
Opinion • Politics & Protest Censorship in Hong Kong since the 2014 Umbrella Movement: an overview and tally 17 November 2018 12:32
Opinion • Politics & Protest Hong Kong’s election bans: How Beijing’s shifting definition of ‘separatism’ snared another victim 20 October 2018 11:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Pro-independence activist Andy Chan gives up appeal against election ban after failing to get legal aid 13 September 2018 19:41
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest British gov’t expresses ‘growing concern’ over freedom of speech in Hong Kong 7 September 2018 18:13
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong to hold November by-election to fill seat of ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai 27 June 2018 12:53
Opinion • Politics & Protest The Tiananmen Massacre and the need for solidarity between all who oppose one-party dictatorship in China 3 June 2018 23:00
Defence & Foreign Policy • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong Chief Exec. turned down US extradition request last year ‘at behest of central gov’t’ – US report 30 May 2018 11:29
Opinion • Politics & Protest Demosisto’s shift away from the legislature to the streets is risky, but may just be the way ahead 28 May 2018 15:27
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Politician fails to submit election petition to disqualify pro-democracy lawmaker Au Nok-hin before deadline 17 May 2018 11:05
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Pro-democracy activist Ventus Lau files petition over decision to ban him from Hong Kong by-election 15 May 2018 20:45
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow files petition over decision to ban her from Hong Kong by-election 8 May 2018 17:06
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Pro-independence activist says his legal aid application for appealing failed election bid was rejected by gov’t 23 April 2018 17:04
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Disqualified Hong Kong lawmaker Lau Siu-lai may drop appeal if bid for early court hearings fails 19 April 2018 16:58
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Agnes Chow election ban: Hong Kong taxpayers foot HK$230k bill for gov’t legal advice 13 April 2018 12:35
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hongkongers may be barred from elections over ‘end one-party dictatorship’ slogans, says top Beijing delegate 20 March 2018 08:40
Opinion • Politics & Protest Never mind the partisan labels: the real loser of Hong Kong’s by-elections was our political system 19 March 2018 15:02
Opinion • Politics & Protest Youth commissions? Hong Kong should stop prosecuting and disqualifying young people to regain their trust 18 March 2018 20:30
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Traditional street campaigning helped clinch by-election win for democrat Au Nok-hin, says Joshua Wong 15 March 2018 08:20
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Activist Agnes Chow indicates she may challenge decision to bar her from by-election 14 March 2018 10:50
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Cancel Hong Kong’s by-election and reinstate disqualified lawmakers, UK-based watchdog urges 8 March 2018 18:00
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews • Politics & Protest Interview: Why accidental by-election hopeful Au Nok-hin is seeking your ‘protest vote’ 4 March 2018 15:01
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Top Beijing official: Hong Kong self-determination and independence are the same in nature 24 February 2018 13:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Video: UK raises Hong Kong human rights issues with China in private instead of ‘megaphone diplomacy,’ minister says 21 February 2018 11:39
HKFP Law Blog • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Bar Assoc. says Hong Kong introduced equivalent of ‘political screening behind closed doors’ for election candidates 14 February 2018 19:34
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Uncertain whether Hong Kong election hopefuls may be banned for opposing security law, top Beijing adviser says 6 February 2018 15:02
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Embattled Demosisto party hangs large black banners protesting banning of Hong Kong by-election candidates 5 February 2018 13:10
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest In Pictures: Hong Kong students in UK protest banning of pro-democracy candidates from by-election 5 February 2018 12:20
Law & Crime • Opinion UK’s Theresa May too busy winning trade deals with China to care about Hong Kong’s blatant erosion of freedoms 2 February 2018 17:20
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest ‘Noxious fish’ and grasshoppers unleashed as banned candidates protest at Hong Kong election briefing 1 February 2018 23:05
HKFP Voices • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Hong Kong’s great leap backward on political rights 1 February 2018 12:55
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest UK Foreign Office urges respect for rights after Agnes Chow banned from Hong Kong election 1 February 2018 12:38
Law & Crime • Opinion • Politics & Protest Disqualified: How the gov’t compromised Hong Kong’s only free and fair election 31 January 2018 23:15
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘I was not in Hong Kong’: Carrie Lam denies involvement in barring Agnes Chow from election 31 January 2018 14:59
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest In Pictures: District councillors seeking answers over Agnes Chow election ban blocked from meeting 31 January 2018 07:59
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Banning Agnes Chow from by-election ‘risks Hong Kong’s int’l reputation as a free and open society’, EU says 30 January 2018 23:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Video: Agnes Chow was not banned from election because of her political affiliation, Carrie Lam says 30 January 2018 13:27
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest Pro-democracy candidate Edward Yiu considering legal action after gov’t ‘manipulated’ legislative elections 30 January 2018 11:03
HKFP Law Blog • Hong Kong • Law & Crime Hong Kong’s election ban on Agnes Chow ‘unreasonable, unlawful and unconstitutional,’ top lawyers say 29 January 2018 14:57
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Demosisto party chair questions whether order to ban Agnes Chow from election came from Beijing 29 January 2018 14:24
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest In Pictures: 2,000 Hongkongers protest ban on pro-democracy election hopeful Agnes Chow 28 January 2018 21:09
HKFP Law Blog • Hong Kong • Law & Crime Democracy activist Agnes Chow’s election ban has ‘far-reaching implications’, Hong Kong legal expert says 27 January 2018 19:37
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Agnes Chow to remain in Demosisto party as Hong Kong gov’t effectively bars group from running for election 27 January 2018 16:26
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong ban on pro-democracy election hopeful Agnes Chow ‘illegal and groundless’, party says 27 January 2018 12:48
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong gov’t bans legislative election hopeful Agnes Chow from running as she ‘advocated self-determination’ 27 January 2018 11:31
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Explain Hong Kong election candidate purge, pro-democracy lawmakers urge Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng 26 January 2018 17:19
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest By-election candidates Edward Yiu, Agnes Chow urge political neutrality amid talk of disqualification 25 January 2018 18:53
HKFP Features • HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Interviews • Politics & Protest Interview: Pro-democracy by-election candidate Agnes Chow: who is she and why does she want your vote? 25 January 2018 16:08
HKFP Buzz • Politics & Protest Video: Hong Kong pro-democracy party by-election ad features ‘battered and bruised’ ex-lawmakers 25 January 2018 00:28
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Ousted lawmaker Edward Yiu should be eligible to run in legislative by-election, says ExCo member Ronny Tong 17 January 2018 11:58
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong gov’t wouldn’t dare to bar me from running for legislature again, says by-election hopeful Edward Yiu 16 January 2018 00:01
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Ex-lawmakers Gary Fan, Edward Yiu win pro-democracy camp primaries, ahead of legislative by-election 15 January 2018 15:34
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest More than 26,000 Hongkongers vote in pro-democracy camp primary election for legislative by-election 15 January 2018 11:39
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Pro-democracy Demosisto activist Agnes Chow officially announces candidacy for legislative by-election 15 January 2018 11:32
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Hong Kong’s March 11 legislative by-elections: Meet the candidates 6 January 2018 22:00
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Thousands of Hongkongers march against ‘political suppression’ and China’s joint rail checkpoint plan 1 January 2018 20:37
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘Political show’: Civic Square to reopen Thurs, but protests allowed only on Sundays and holidays 27 December 2017 15:13
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Demosisto activist Agnes Chow announces intention to run in Legislative Council by-elections 5 December 2017 12:17
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Disqualified lawmaker Edward Yiu among 7 candidates in pan-dem primary for legislative by-elections 4 December 2017 17:58
HKFP Voices • Interviews • Politics & Protest ‘It’s never easy to fight for what we believe in’, says democracy activist Agnes Chow 18 November 2017 09:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘We must hang on’: Democracy activists urge unity in ‘authoritarian’ Hong Kong, 3 years after Occupy protests 29 September 2017 00:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘Hongkongers will not be defeated’: Young democracy activists vow to continue fight after colleagues jailed 10 September 2017 09:00
HKFP Reports • Hong Kong • LGBTQ & Gender • Politics & Protest Hong Kong police urged to respect detainees’ rights to privacy and women’s dignity 13 July 2017 10:31
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • Politics & Protest ‘Political intimidation’: 17 democracy activists still in custody 24hrs after protest against Xi Jinping 29 June 2017 22:18
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest In Pictures: ‘Xi Jinping, can you hear us?’ – Hong Kong democracy activists arrested after scaling monument 29 June 2017 00:54
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest China slams ‘collusion’ between Hong Kong and Taiwan lawmakers jointly promoting democracy 14 June 2017 14:02
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Leadership hopeful Carrie Lam rapped for ‘patronising’ remarks after calling prominent activist ‘little girl’ 6 March 2017 12:01
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘There is no more One Country Two Systems’: Thousands rally against Beijing’s intervention in oath row 6 November 2016 19:18
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘Nothing can stop people thinking,’ says Demosistō’s Agnes Chow as Joshua Wong detained in Thailand 5 October 2016 11:47
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Bank places limits on Demosistō activist’s personal account, as new party struggles to accept donations 12 April 2016 17:40
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Student leader Joshua Wong’s new party to seek vote on possible HK independence 11 April 2016 00:19
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest What’s in a name? New student-led political party Demosistō provokes online criticism and parody 7 April 2016 11:21
Opinion • Politics & Protest Out with the old: The political awakening of a new generation of Hongkongers 27 March 2016 20:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Scholarism ‘discussing future directions’ amid rumours the student group may disband 16 March 2016 11:16