Former Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-Wai appeared in court on Thursday, accused of violating bail conditions in relation to a BN(O) passport he allegedly holds. Wu and seven other pro-democracy activists were granted bail last month after they we...

State-run tabloid Global Times was on Thursday quick to mock the siege of the US Capitol, quoting mainland internet users as describing Trump supporters' invasion of the building as “karma”, “retribution” and “deserving”. An article, pu...

Jailed activist Joshua Wong was taken to the Lai Chi Lok Reception Centre for questioning on Thursday after being arrested under the national security law, a post on his Facebook account said. Wong, 24, is believed to be suspected of subversion, alo...

The national security case involving teenage activist Tony Chung will next be heard at the District Court at the end of the month during which he's expected to enter a plea. The 19-year-old attended a brief hearing at the West Kowloon Court on Thurs...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington is considering slapping sanctions on those involved in the mass arrest of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong on Wednesday, saying it won't stand idly by while the people of the SAR "suffer under Commu...

Jurors probing the death of university student Chow Tsz-lok during the anti-government protests in 2019 were told by the coroner on Thursday to make their judgement based on the evidence presented in court, not their personal views. Giving instruct...

Thousands of beauty parlour operators and their staff staged an online protest on Thursday, demanding that the government let them resume work. Beauty parlours were among various businesses forced to close again last month, amid another wave of cor...

Roundtable lawmaker Michael Tien has urged the authorities to provide a better explanation for their arrest of 53 pro-democracy figures on Wednesday, saying he can't see how the group could have violated the national security law just by holding prim...

Two top pro-establishment figures are at odds on whether pro-democracy figures have violated the national security law by organising and joining a primary vote last year for the now-postponed Legislative Council elections – specifically if what the...

The police are investigating a murder and person fell from height case in Yau Ma Tei on Wednesday in which a 34-year-old mainland woman and her 5-month-old daughter died. At 4:50 pm, the police received a report from a security guard that the two pe...

Outgoing Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma delivered a robust defence of the importance of Hong Kong’s independent judiciary and stressed that human rights are a fundamental feature of the Basic Law, in a farewell sitting at the Court of Final Appeal on We...

The EU called on Wednesday for the release of the dozens of opposition figures arrested in Hong Kong and said it was eyeing possible further sanctions on China over its crackdown. "We are currently analysing the situation to see how we might need to...

Chris Patten has urged the world not to turn a blind eye to the "brutal destruction" of Hong Kong, calling on the EU to abandon an investment agreement with China in light of Wednesday's mass arrest of 53 pro-democracy figures in the SAR. In a state...

Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong on Wednesday expressed its "unswerving support" for the police after the arrests of 53 pro-democracy figures for alleged national security offences, saying everyone can now see the "evil motives" of those held. ...

The pro-democracy camp has accused the government of retaliating against politicians who have the people's backing, as they pointed out that lawmakers have a right to vote down budgets if they see fit. Earlier on Wednesday, police had linked the ide...

Health officials expressed relief on Wednesday at the easing coronavirus situation in Hong Kong as the number of new Covid-19 cases dropped to 25, the lowest in almost seven weeks. Twenty-two infections are locally acquired, seven of them via unkno...

Three weeks after holding the first ever "virtual" Legco meeting, lawmakers have approved a plan to allow them to attend more meetings via video-conference, thus casting their votes at home. But it does not cover full council, Finance Committee or H...

A senior national security officer says around a thousand police were involved in Wednesday morning's operation to arrest 53 people suspected of subversion by allegedly planning to force Carrie Lam to step down as chief executive and to paralyse the ...

Taiwan says it is just as shocked as the rest of the world by the Hong Kong authorities' move on Wednesday to arrest dozens of pro-democracy figures. Around 50 people linked to the pro-democracy camp's primary polls for 2020 Legco elections that wer...

Security Secretary John Lee said on Wednesday that the police's mass arrests earlier in the day targeted "active elements" who had an "evil plan" aimed at paralysing Hong Kong. Dozens of former lawmakers and activists were detained under the nationa...