by Elaine Yu & Yan Zhao Three leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners go on trial next week...
Why does the Chinese gov’t need to hire thugs to exert social control?
By Lynette H. Ong During the Occupy Movement in Hong Kong in 2014, protesters were reportedly...
‘Community spaces are the future’: political artist Sampson Wong finds inspiration and solace in ‘deteriorating’ Hong Kong
Homeless man, 72, jailed for 4 months for blocking clearance of Umbrella Movement camp
Free Expression Week: A series of events on free speech in post-Umbrella Movement Hong Kong
Locating the red line: the slow, painful retreat of free expression in Hong Kong
Disappearing act: What happened to the art from Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement?
Video: ‘We are Hongkongers’ – Hundreds commemorate 4th anniversary of pro-democracy Occupy movement
On the fourth anniversary of the Umbrella Movement, a way forward for Hong Kong’s freedom struggle
Rally to be held on fourth anniversary of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Occupy movement
Event: Documentary ‘Last Exit to Kai Tak’ brings fresh perspective to Hong Kong’s democracy movement
Retired cop who assaulted pedestrian during 2014 Occupy protests returns to jail after court dismisses appeal
Clean out your wardrobes: Hong Kong Occupy activist convicted partly on the evidence of his shirt
British gov’t expresses ‘growing concern’ over freedom of speech in Hong Kong
Education chief reiterates disapproval of independence talk as student leaders call for resistance
Five Hongkongers found guilty of criminal contempt for blocking clearance of Occupy Mong Kok site
Event: Amnesty International Hong Kong hosts 8th Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Event: NGO Justice Centre accepts submissions for the 2018 Human Rights Arts Prize
Occupy photography
HKFP Lens: Hong Kong’s democracy movement, as seen by P.H. Yang
Award-winning photographer P.H. Yang has accused the Photographic Society of Hong Kong of “political screening” after it refused to show in a photography forum his works documenting Hong Kong’s democracy...
HKFP Lens: ‘We’ll be back’ – The clearance of the Occupy Admiralty camp, Part 1 of 2
HKFP Lens: Faces of the 2014 Umbrella Movement, by Eric Miller
HKFP Lens: Hongkongers raise yellow umbrellas at pro-democracy Occupy protest anniversary
HKFP Lens: The pro-democracy Occupy camps, then and now
HKFP Lens: The birth of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement
HKFP Lens: Day One – Photos from the eye of the storm as Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement was born
HKFP Lens: Johnny Gin’s organic Occupy barricades
HKFP Lens: When photographer Kevin Cheng’s Lego Man visited Occupy
HKFP Lens: ‘We’ll be back’ – The clearance of the Occupy Admiralty camp, Part 2 of 2
HKFP Lens: Do you hear the people sing? Umbrella reflections, by Julianne Yang
HKFP Lens: Remembering Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement (Part II)
HKFP Lens: Umbrellas vs. riot shields on Lung Wo Road – as it happened, two years ago
HKFP Lens: Remembering Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement (Part I)
HKFP Lens: Stunning shots from the early days of the Umbrella Movement
Interviews
Rights lawyer Chris Ng recalls Mong Kok’s night of unrest and ponders the city’s legal future
Lawyer Chris Ng still recalls the chaos of the unrest in Mong Kok in 2016, when clashes over the authorities’ attempts to clear street hawkers escalated into brick hurling and the police firing warning shots into the air...
Interview: Labelled a ‘threat to China,’ Hong Kong law scholar Benny Tai says Beijing is trying to brainwash Hongkongers
Despite his critics’ calls to have him fired, law professor Benny Tai is relaxed about his own future. But he is very concerned about Hong Kong’s future. He believes that the recent attacks against him by the local...
‘It’s never easy to fight for what we believe in’, says democracy activist Agnes Chow
By Claire Provost Agnes Chow was still a teenager in September 2014, when she joined thousands of other young people on the streets of Hong Kong, in a historic pro-democracy protest lasting 79 days that became known as the...
Pro-democracy party slams ‘biased’ Hong Kong textbooks on Chinese history and liberal studies
Hong Kong is at the forefront of China’s expanding authoritarian influence
Court denies activist Raphael Wong permission to challenge Occupy protest conviction
The odd-job volunteers ‘fixing’ Hong Kong politics
Retired police officer convicted of assaulting pedestrian requests conditional release
Retired police officer convicted of assaulting pedestrians submits new video footage at appeal hearing
Video: Two anti-independence protesters fined HK$3k each for assaulting passerby who tried to stop fight
Justice in Hong Kong is not seen to be done… but blaming the critics will not solve the problem
Hong Kong photographer sets out to capture city’s ‘funeral portrait’ and localists’ fight for survival
Hong Kong to hold November by-election to fill seat of ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai
Justice it ain’t: The repercussions and implications of Hong Kong’s Mong Kok ‘riot’ trials
Who are China’s political prisoners? A human rights assessment, 29 years after the Tiananmen Massacre
Contempt of court defendant says she has ‘almost forgotten’ about taking photos in courtroom
Photos of Occupy defendants and barristers found on woman’s phone, Hong Kong court told
Arrest warrant issued for woman accused of taking photos in court
Demosisto’s shift away from the legislature to the streets is risky, but may just be the way ahead
Crime, punishment and politics: the legal suppression of opposition in Hong Kong
Woman accused of photography in court gets bail pending police investigation
Woman accused of taking photos inside Hong Kong courtroom during Mong Kok Occupy trial
Lawfare waged by the Hong Kong government is crushing the hopes of democrats
Court issues arrest warrant for Mong Kok Occupy defendant who failed to attend hearings
Rights lawyer Chris Ng recalls Mong Kok’s night of unrest and ponders the city’s legal future
Activist Raphael Wong completes Umbrella Movement prison sentence; released on bail ahead of land protest appeal
Interview: Labelled a ‘threat to China,’ Hong Kong law scholar Benny Tai says Beijing is trying to brainwash Hongkongers
Only HKU can decide whether Benny Tai should be sacked over independence remarks, says education chief
Ex-US consul-general says Beijing’s treatment of Hong Kong serves as a warning to Taiwan
7 protesters to plead guilty to criminal contempt over Mong Kok Umbrella Movement camp clearance
Court rejects activist Raphael Wong’s appeal to overturn Occupy jail sentence
I find Xi Jinping ‘more and more charismatic and admirable’, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
UK watchdog urges fair trials for Hong Kong activists; suggests stripping Justice Sec. of prosecution power
Amnesty International decries ‘chilling effect’ of Hong Kong’s prosecution of pro-democracy figures
Punishment, deterrence and the Joshua Wong case: How the Hong Kong gov’t turned defeat into victory
Hong Kong Umbrella Movement trial: Court refuses to scrap ‘inciting others to incite public nuisance’ charge
UK MPs express support for Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination
Lawyer urges medical parole for detained Chinese Umbrella Movement supporter Ji Sizun
Chief Exec. Carrie Lam defends gov’t decision to seek stronger punishment for Umbrella Movement trio
Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Alex Chow, Nathan Law free to go after Occupy sentence appeal
‘Political interference’: Hong Kong’s top leaders express ‘regret’ over Umbrella Movement’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination
In Full: Hong Kong pro-democracy activists ‘honoured’ by Nobel Peace Prize nomination
Group of US lawmakers nominate Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement for Nobel Peace Prize
Hong Kong’s fall from top of Human Freedom Index may indicate China’s encroachment, think tanks say
‘Free Joshua’: Young Ukrainians express solidarity with Hong Kong’s jailed activists at Kiev’s China embassy
Court approves bail for jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, but bail denied for Raphael Wong
Today’s UK parliamentary debate on Hong Kong democracy is timely and long overdue
Bail denied to Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong and Raphael Wong in Occupy contempt case
Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong and Raphael Wong jailed over Umbrella Movement site clearance
Magistrate who gave Occupy trio community service was lenient but within sentencing range, says chief justice
Defence says Hong Kong democracy activists face ‘unconstitutional, unnecessary’ charges in Umbrella Movement trial
‘Morale crisis’: Protesters march in support of police and demand Chinese judges after ex-cop jailed for assault
A January of discontent: Hong Kong’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists gathers pace
Police chief ‘deeply saddened’ by jailing of ex-cop who assaulted pedestrian, urges officers to stay united
Hong Kong police union ‘extremely disappointed’ at jail sentence for retired cop Frankly Chu
Retired cop handed 3-month jail term for hitting pedestrian with baton during Occupy
Hong Kong 2017 in review: Blessed are the pessimists, for they shall never be disappointed
Ex-cop convicted of assault during Occupy had ‘selfless commitment’ to public service, claims lawyer
Police union says officers are ‘confused’ by the conviction of retired cop Frankly Chu
Police association ‘disappointed’ by retired cop Frankly Chu’s Occupy assault conviction
Retired cop Frankly Chu found guilty of assault after hitting pedestrian with a baton during Occupy
Dishonesty and computers: how a loosely drafted offence is abused by prosecutors
European Parliament condemns China’s ‘constant interference’ in Hong Kong’s internal affairs
Court accepts appeal application from cop found guilty of assaulting democracy activist Ken Tsang
Sentencing postponed for Umbrella Movement activists convicted of contempt over protest clearance
‘The Hong Kong spirit can never be imprisoned’: Joshua Wong leads ‘anti-authoritarian’ march
Pro-democracy activists urge Hongkongers to join ‘final’ protest on Sunday with ‘political prisoners’
Mong Kok Umbrella Movement: 4 democracy activists handed suspended sentences over Occupy clearance
Court hears appeal application from cop found guilty of assaulting democracy activist Ken Tsang
Beijing official holds first ever seminar on Communist Party Congress for top Hong Kong political figures
Now TV journalist Lee Siu-lung sues gov’t for compensation over alleged police assault during Occupy
Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen will leave gov’t in January 2018, says legal sector lawmaker
‘It’s never easy to fight for what we believe in’, says democracy activist Agnes Chow
‘China continues to either disregard or ignore Hong Kong’s rule of law,’ says US-China Commission
Democracy activist Nathan Law pens new essay series with plans to publish book
Democracy activists Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam file legal challenge over ban on standing for office
In Pictures: Curator of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ photo exhibition wants Hongkongers to remember jailed activists
Prison chief denies activist Joshua Wong was told to squat and answer questions naked in jail
Retired cop accused of assaulting pedestrian testifies after court rules sufficient evidence to proceed
Democracy activist Alex Chow expresses confusion over ‘nutritious’ meals in prison
HKUST ‘pressures’ Umbrella movie organiser to drop democracy figures from screening panel
Bailed democracy activist Alex Chow ‘thanks’ Justice Sec. for ‘wonderful journey’; heads for dim sum
UN experts urge Hong Kong to respect rights of democracy activists as trio win right to appeal jail terms
Hong Kong’s top court gives green light for democracy activists to proceed with sentence appeal
Trial commences for retired cop accused of using baton on passer-by during Occupy protests
Hong Kong Federation of Students launches HK$1m fund to assist prosecuted pro-democracy protesters
Why Hong Kong’s appeal against the Umbrella Movement activists is indeed a case of double jeopardy
Don’t treat us as heroes says bailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong
After 1,103 days we’re still waiting: Where is CY Leung’s ‘Occupy was a foreign plot’ evidence?
Grenville Cross SC: Hong Kong’s rule of law is alive and well
China activist who voiced support for Hong Kong Occupy movement released after serving 3 year sentence – lawyer
Democracy activists Nathan Law and Alex Chow to appeal jail sentences at highest court
Bailed activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law share experiences of prison life
Activist Joshua Wong freed on bail: We will ‘fight together’ for Hong Kong democracy
‘The world is watching’: Jail sentence appeal will mean a lot for Hong Kong’s rule of law, says activist Nathan Law
Jailed Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law freed on bail by Court of Final Appeal
My friend the 50 cent-er: Why there is no place for moderation in Hong Kong politics
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho urges HKU Council to suspend Occupy protest leader Benny Tai
Cyberspace, religion, lawyers, dissidents: China’s shrinking civil society under Xi Jinping’s crackdown
A 5-point ‘protest protocol’ to renew civility and unity in the fight for Hong Kong democracy
In Full: Top int’l lawyers condemn Hong Kong’s jailing of democracy activists as ‘a serious threat to the rule of law’
The Joshua I know
Activist Ken Tsang sues for punitive damages from police chief over Umbrella Movement assault
Democracy activists Lester Shum and Joshua Wong among 20 guilty of contempt over Mong Kok Occupy protest
Jailed Hong Kong activist Wong back in court on 21st birthday
Social worker board hands written warning to pro-democracy activist Ken Tsang over misconduct
Jailed democracy activist Alex Chow scores earlier newspaper deliveries for prisoners
Gun control is America’s blind spot, but we also have things we would rather not see
After the Umbrella movement: healing a divided city must start with truthfulness
Three years on, the Umbrella Movement fallout determines Hong Kong politics today
Those who think the Umbrella Movement failed need to learn a little history
In Pictures: Hongkongers rally against ‘authoritarian gov’t’ on China National Day; demand Justice Sec. step down
‘We must hang on’: Democracy activists urge unity in ‘authoritarian’ Hong Kong, 3 years after Occupy protests
In Pictures: Hundreds mark third anniversary of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement
Umbrella Movement protests delayed the rise of radicalism in Hong Kong, says co-founder Chan Kin-man, 3 years on
Three years after the Umbrella Movement, Hongkongers soldier on
No damage to Hong Kong’s judicial independence over past year, says Justice Sec
Activists to ‘reenact’ tear gas scene at Hong Kong gov’t HQ to mark 3 years since the pro-democracy Occupy protests
Occupy protester seeks compensation from police over malicious prosecution and abuse of power
Freedom of expression under fire as Hong Kong prosecutes peaceful protesters, Amnesty International says
Video: Pussy Riot speaks out in support of jailed Occupy Hong Kong activists
In Pictures: Protesters attend musical rally in solidarity with Hong Kong’s jailed activists
The Umbrella Movement after three years: So much accomplished, and much still to do
Exclusive: Hong Kong leaders will ‘always need to stand up to Beijing’, says city’s last governor Chris Patten
9 Umbrella Movement leaders appear in court over public nuisance charges
Five men in court over Hong Kong explosives plot
Justice Sec. made a ‘political decision’ to appeal sentences of Joshua Wong and activists, says last Hong Kong governor Chris Patten
Advocating independence for Hong Kong is neither illegal nor against the Basic Law
Are young Hongkongers really being led astray? Or are they just exercising their rights?
Why I wrote ‘Umbrella’, a 600-page account of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement
Hong Kong umbrella movement leader Benny Tai says he may plead not guilty to public nuisance charges
Hundreds attend protest against Hong Kong independence, urge sacking of pro-democracy HKU scholar Benny Tai
London School of Economics pledges support for jailed Hong Kong activist Alex Chow, as 36 scholars call for his release
Campaign to sack me from HKU akin to China’s Cultural Revolution, says Occupy leader Benny Tai
Democracy activist Joshua Wong applies to appeal at Hong Kong’s top court over jail sentence
‘Justice is not a cloistered virtue’: What may we say about judges in Hong Kong?
Interview: ‘Enemy of the state’ – National Party founder Andy Chan says party ‘unmasked’ Hong Kong’s political reality
‘Hongkongers will not be defeated’: Young democracy activists vow to continue fight after colleagues jailed
Democracy activist and ex-lawmaker Nathan Law files appeal over jail sentence
Banners supporting Hong Kong independence and jailed political activists appear on Chinese University campus
‘The law favours the privileged’: Jailed democracy activist Alex Chow criticises gov’t for ‘deceiving’ Hongkongers
The Hong Kong gov’t’s new, poisonous political culture: All criticism is politics, all critics are ill
Hong Kong democracy activist Alex Chow files appeal over jail sentence
A high degree of utter incompetence: Hong Kong wants to be a legal hub, but destroys its own reputation
How can Hong Kong’s courts, gov’t, and media be so deaf to the global chorus of criticism?
Hong Kong’s first political prisoners? A stormy fortnight for the SAR’s core values
Imprisoned but not forgotten: New group seeks to support Hong Kong’s jailed democracy activists
UK minister sees no political factors in Hong Kong’s jailing of democrats? Here are ten…
‘Rule of law is dead’: Pro-independence party urges US to abolish Hong Kong’s special status
Hong Kong’s judicial independence still intact following jailing of democracy activists, says UK’s Asia minister
Hong Kong justice chief defends jailing of democracy activists; slams claims of political persecution
Badiucao: ‘A Nobel endeavour’
