Two Hong Kong independence activists who were stripped of their status as lawmakers last year pleaded not guilty Friday to charges over chaos at the city’s parliament. Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching were arrested last month and charged with unlawful assembly and attempted forcible entry into the legislative chamber. They belong to a new movement … Read more
Nine democracy activists were arrested in Hong Kong Thursday over an anti-Beijing protest, according to campaign groups, in the latest swoop by police as protesters say they are being persecuted. Concerns are growing that the semi-autonomous city’s freedoms are under threat from Beijing, fuelling calls from some activists for greater autonomy or even a complete … Read more
Two Hong Kong independence activists who were barred from taking up their seats as lawmakers last year were arrested Wednesday and charged over chaos at the city’s parliament, their office said. Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching were arrested at their apartments Wednesday morning and are to be charged with “illegal assembly”, according to the Facebook … Read more