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Hong Kong activists set to return from China after jail terms

22 Mar 2021

Eight Hong Kong democracy activists detained in China last year for illegally crossing the border were due back in the city on Monday after completing jail terms, in a case...

US sanctions 24 China, Hong Kong officials ahead of talks

17 Mar 2021

Gulf Today Report Just ahead of talks aimed at reducing tensions between the two countries the US sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing’s ongoing...

G7 expresses ‘grave concerns’ over electoral changes in Hong Kong

13 Mar 2021

Foreign ministers in the G7 group of nations including the United States have expressed grave concerns at what they said was China’s decision to fundamentally erode democratic elements of the...

21 Hong Kong activists remain in custody after court rejects bail appeals

12 Mar 2021

Twenty-one Hong Kong activists will remain in custody after a court on Friday rejected requests by some for bail and others withdrew their applications in a widely monitored case where...

Australia criticises Hong Kong electoral changes

12 Mar 2021

Australian foreign minister Marise Payne on Friday expressed serious concern at Chinese changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system, saying the reforms weakened Hong Kong’s democratic institutions. “It is essential that...

Court releases one Hong Kong activist on bail in case involving 47

11 Mar 2021

Hong Kong’s High Court released on bail on Thursday one activist charged with conspiracy to commit subversion but remanded another in a widely monitored case that saw the most sweeping...

Chinese official says HK electoral changes will ‘protect’ international role

09 Mar 2021

Beijing’s plans to change Hong Kong’s electoral system will protect the city’s international role, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday, as critics decry the move as an end of...

Hong Kong’s Lam says electoral reforms to improve ability to self-govern

08 Mar 2021

China’s planned changes to the electoral system in Hong Kong will improve the global financial hub’s ability to govern itself, the city’s leader Carrie Lam said on Monday. READ...

China plans changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system

05 Mar 2021

China moved to overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system on Friday in a further blow to democracy in the city and unexpectedly set an economic growth target for this year, albeit...

Hong Kong democracy activists’ court hearing enters 4th day

04 Mar 2021

A marathon court hearing for 47 democracy activists charged under Hong Kong’s national security law entered its fourth day on Thursday, as the court deliberates whether the defendants will be...

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