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Hong Kong's last active pro-democracy group says it will disband amid security crackdown

  • The League of Social Democrats, Hong Kong's last active pro-democracy party, announced its disbandment on Sunday amid growing political pressure.
  • The disbandment follows a five-year crackdown after Beijing imposed national security laws in 2020 and the passage of Article 23 laws in 2024.
  • Founded in 2006 as a radical wing, the party was known for street protests and suffered arrests of leaders like Leung Kwok-hung and Jimmy Sham.
  • Chairperson Chan Po-ying said they were 'left with no choice' and expressed pride in contributing to Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement despite shrinking freedoms.
  • The disbandment leaves Hong Kong without a formal pro-democracy opposition willing to hold street protests amid continued government insistence on stability measures.
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Hong Kong’s last remaining opposition party, the League of Social Democrats (LSD), has announced it has “no choice” but to dissolve itself due to “huge political pressure.” The pro-democracy group is known for its street protests against the government and is the third major opposition party to be dissolved in Hong Kong this year.

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The last pro-democratic party has dissolved. China expert Fabian Kretschmer knows what that means.

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Five years has taken the National Security Law to erase all traces of pluralism in Hong Kong. The dissolution of the last pro-democracy group coincides today with the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the legal framework, imposed by China to end the rights and freedoms of the territory.The League of Social Democrats announced this Sunday its dissolution in the face of the "immense political pressure" prevailing in Hong Kong, as announ…

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L'Opinion broke the news in on Friday, June 27, 2025.
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