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National security law/HK

China summons US envoy to Hong Kong over alert on security law changes

China's Foreign Ministry Office in Hong Kong urged the US to immediately cease all interference in Hong Kong and Beijing’s internal affairs.
China's Foreign Ministry Office in Hong Kong urged the US to immediately cease all interference in Hong Kong and Beijing’s internal affairs.

Rights group warns of ‘dystopian’ Hong Kong after bookstore arrests

The entrance doors of Book Punch in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong.
The entrance doors of Book Punch in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong.

HK police arrest bookstore owner and staff for selling Jimmy Lai biography: Report

The exterior of the bookstore Book Punch, whose owner and three shopkeepers Hong Kong police arrested for allegedly selling \"seditious\" publications including a biography of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai as broadcaster TVB reported, in Hong Kong, China, March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Jessie Pang
The exterior of the bookstore Book Punch, whose owner and three shopkeepers Hong Kong police arrested for allegedly selling \"seditious\" publications including a biography of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai as broadcaster TVB reported, in Hong Kong, China, March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Jessie Pang

Hong Kong police given new powers to obtain phone, computer passwords

FILE PHOTO: A man checks his phone at the waterfront, with a tourist junk boat in the backdrop, on a foggy day in Hong Kong, China, March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A man checks his phone at the waterfront, with a tourist junk boat in the backdrop, on a foggy day in Hong Kong, China, March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Father of Hong Kong activist sentenced to 8 months in jail under national security law

FILE PHOTO: Kwok Yin-sang, father of wanted U.S.-based activist Anna Kwok, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building in Hong Kong, China, February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
FILE PHOTO: Kwok Yin-sang, father of wanted U.S.-based activist Anna Kwok, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building in Hong Kong, China, February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai wins appeal in fraud case

Media mogul Jimmy Lai in 2020. He was sentenced in December 2022 to five years and nine months in jail.
Media mogul Jimmy Lai in 2020. He was sentenced in December 2022 to five years and nine months in jail.

Court upholds jailing of 12 activists in 'Hong Kong 47' subversion case

Police stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts as twelve pro-democracy activists appeal their convictions and sentences in a landmark national security case, in Hong Kong, China, February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Jessie Pang
Police stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts as twelve pro-democracy activists appeal their convictions and sentences in a landmark national security case, in Hong Kong, China, February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Jessie Pang

Who are the jailed Hong Kong democrats who challenged their subversion convictions?

Ousted pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, also known as 'Long Hair' reacts before entering the High Court to hear the sentence for his appeal.
Ousted pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, also known as 'Long Hair' reacts before entering the High Court to hear the sentence for his appeal.

Hong Kong activist’s father convicted under national security law over insurance policy

Kwok Yin-sang, father of wanted U.S.-based activist Anna Kwok, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building in Hong Kong, China, February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Kwok Yin-sang, father of wanted U.S.-based activist Anna Kwok, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building in Hong Kong, China, February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

China releases policy paper on national security in Hong Kong after Jimmy Lai sentencing

A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building following sentencing in his national security collusion trial, in Hong Kong, China, February 9, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building following sentencing in his national security collusion trial, in Hong Kong, China, February 9, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.