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Hong Kong rights record under fire as it marks China handover anniversary
- Hong Kong Leader John Lee stated that the city has become safer and more competitive under Chinese rule, despite criticism from the European Union about a repressive security law.
- The European Union criticized the National Security Law for undermining confidence in the rule of law and harming Hong Kong's international reputation.
- The League of Social Democrats, one of Hong Kong's last opposition parties, disbanded due to immense political pressure and concerns for member safety.
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Hong Kong bars ‘national security’ offenders from union organizing
The Hong Kong Legislative Council passed a law on June 25 that bans anyone convicted of a “national security” offense from forming or holding a leadership position within a union. The new law amends the Trade Union Ordinance, introducing a lifetime ban on union organizing for such offenders. This includes both holding a leadership position within a union as well as registering a new union, and the ban cannot be overruled by the chief executive. …
In 2023, justice had ruled that marriage remained "restricted to heterosexual couples" while giving the government two years to create an "alternative legal framework" to recognize certain rights for homosexual couples.
Hong Kong activist Lui Yuk-lin stages solo protest on Handover anniversary
Activist Lui Yuk-lin staged a one-person protest in Causeway Bay on Tuesday, as Hong Kong marked the 28th anniversary of its Handover to China with celebrations across the city. Activist Lui Yuk-lin protesting in Victoria Park on July 1, 2025. Photo: Hillary Leung/HKFP. Arriving at Victoria Park at around 3.45pm, the activist wore a Chinese sign reading, “Hong Kong people are very sad.” She chanted slogans to protest the government’s imported la…
Five years ago, Beijing introduced the National Security Act in Hong Kong. Since then, repression has increased through the transformation of the rule of law, administrative harassment and clan arrest.
On the anniversary of the passage of the former British colony to the People's Republic the Hong Kong Democracy Council traces the balance of repression. Of the 161 sentenced 102 are still serving sentences in prison. August 14 should enter the final phase of the trial at Jimmy Lai. Meanwhile - complicit in the cuts of the Trump administration - also closes the cantonese channel of Radio Free Asia, further reducing the free information spaces on…
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