Hong Kong’s High Court will on Monday hear the mitigation plea of pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai, the final step before sentencing in a trial that has drawn international condemnation and could see Lai jailed for life. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china #jimmylai
Hong Kong filmmaker Kiwi Chow says the banning of his latest movie exposes a trend for censorship in the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/asia-pacific/hong-kong-china-film-censorship/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #film #china #censorship
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's former colleagues react with dismay over conviction but say he remains an inspiration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/asia-pacific/crime-legal/lai-hong-kong-press-freedom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #jimmylai #hongkong #china #pressfreedom #hongkongprotests #media #journalism
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Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party announces dissolution
> Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party has decided to disband, the group announced Sunday (Dec 14), after its members formally voted to dissolve the organisation and enter liquidation.
> The Democratic Party was founded in 1994, near the end of British colonial rule, when Hong Kong's leading liberal groups merged.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/hong-kongs-oldest-pro-democracy-party-announces-dissolution-5581361 #China #HongKong
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Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party has formally decided to disband, its leader announced Sunday, following its annual meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/14/asia-pacific/hk-pro-democracy-party-announces-dissolution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #democraticparty #lokinhei #democracy #humanrights
Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp844kjj37vo
#HackerNews #ProDemocracy #HongKong #JimmyLai #NationalSecurity #TrialJustice
Supporters of Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai queued outside a court overnight before Monday's verdict in his landmark trial as international calls have grown to release the China critic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/asia-pacific/politics/jimmy-lai-supporters-hong-kong/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #jimmylai #hongkong #appledaily #china
Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, reaches a key moment in his long fight on Monday, with the verdict in his yearslong trial on national security charges seen as a test case of the city's rule of law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/asia-pacific/politics/jimmy-lai-hong-kong-democratic-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #jimmylai #hongkong #democracy #china #censorship #appledaily
Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party announces dissolution
> Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party has decided to disband, the group announced Sunday (Dec 14), after its members formally voted to dissolve the organisation and enter liquidation.
> The Democratic Party was founded in 1994, near the end of British colonial rule, when Hong Kong's leading liberal groups merged.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/hong-kongs-oldest-pro-democracy-party-announces-dissolution-5581361 #China #HongKong
Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party has formally decided to disband, its leader announced Sunday, following its annual meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/14/asia-pacific/hk-pro-democracy-party-announces-dissolution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #democraticparty #lokinhei #democracy #humanrights
Hong Kong will seek to wrap up an independent investigation into a fire that killed at least 160 people in the Asian financial center within nine months, the city’s leader said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china
A Hong Kong court is set to issue a verdict Monday in the national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a case widely criticized as a sign of erosion of political freedoms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/asia-pacific/crime-legal/jimmy-lai-verdict-monday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #hongkong #china #jimmylai #censorship #media #journalism
With one bishop praising artificial intelligence as a way to help “achieve the blessings God intends for us,” the Federation of Asian Bishops drafted pastoral guidelines for using it responsibly in the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/asia-pacific/ai-gift-asia-catholic-bishops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #ai #christianity #tech #hongkong #catholicchurch
The U.S. shift to transactional engagement leaves middle powers exposed but able to shape a multipolar world through defense, partnerships, and economic resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/11/world/trump-putin-and-xis-great-power-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #xijinpingeurope #middleeast #asia #firstislandchain #okinawa #taiwan #russia #ukraine #hongkong #uyghurs #australia #southkorea #asean #quad #india #nato
Hong Kong's legislative election drew the second-lowest turnout rate on record, with voters choosing candidates under Beijing's "patriots only" rules in the aftermath of the city's deadliest fire in decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-election-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china #fires
China's national security office in Hong Kong warned foreign media on Saturday not to spread "false information" or "smear" government efforts to deal with the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/asia-pacific/china-warns-foreign-media-hong-kong-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #fires #china #media #censorship
Hong Kong voter turnout will be in focus in an election Sunday, with the city still grieving and traumatized after the worst fire in nearly 80 years that has seen authorities scramble to avoid a broader public backlash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/asia-pacific/hong-kong-election-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #fires
Homeowners at the complex destroyed in one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires were incorrectly told the contractor that authorities blame for the blaze had a clean safety record, documents show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-safety-breaches-revolt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #fires #constructionindustry