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Hongkongers queue up in Mongkok (Tung Choi street) after midnight to make sure to purchase one copy of Apple Daily.

Hong Kong: The Fall of The Apple

When the National Security law was implemented about one year ago, in 2020, the HK government kept repeating that its scope was limited and those concerned were few. One year later, it seems the scope is ever-expanding and the tentaculous reach of this law proved itself once more when the tabloid “Apple Daily” was forced […]

Hong Kong, 11 Jul 2020 A volunteer helps an elector to handle the electronic vote system at the Whampoa booth for the pan-democrat primaries. The Hong Kong Governement denounced these as a "violation" of the National Security Law, and the police raided the offices of the firm organizing the vote on the evening prior to the vote, thus delaying its start to 12.00 noon.

Hong Kong: the big lockup

We took the habit since a few months now, of waking up every morning and checking our social media to know who was arrested this time. This week, we woke up to a big lockup of opposition activists in one fell swoop: 53 members of the pan-democrat camp were arrested and accused of plotting to… […]

Staring contest between riot police and an old lady

Hong Kong: in the eye of the tiger

The enactment of a national security law directly by China has placed Hong Kong in the eye of the tiger. Namely, Beijing has now direct control over freedom of expression and activities in what was once an autonomous city. As a direct consequence of this takeover by China, the July 1st protests (which generally was […]