national security law (Hong Kong)

August 05, 2021

Hong Kong protester sentenced nine years in prison under National Security Law

Leon Tong Ying-Kit became the first person to be sentenced under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, or NSL, on July 30, when a Hong Kong court sentenced the protester to nine years in prison under charges of inciting secession and terrorism. Continue Reading...

July 27, 2021

Pro-democracy protester convicted of terrorism in Hong Kong under National Security Law

In a historic ruling, a Hong Kong court convicted a protester of terrorism under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, or NSL, for the first time on July 27, The New York Times reported. Continue Reading...

July 22, 2021

Chinese Communist Party arrests children’s book publishers in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s recent crackdown on pro-democracy dissent entered the realm of children’s literature on July 22 with the arrest of five members of a speech therapist union behind the publishing of children’s books. Continue Reading...

July 22, 2021

Chinese Communist Party denies bail to 4 Apple Daily staffers, arrests 8th pro-democracy newspaper executive

On Thursday, four staff members from the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, were denied bail in a Hong Kong court. The four have been accused of colluding with foreign forces under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, or NSL, in its pursuit of absolute censorship. Continue Reading...

June 23, 2021

Communist China forces shutdown of Apple Daily, stifling truth in pursuit of control

Apple Daily, the last prominent, pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, will shut down after midnight on June 23 and publish its final edition on June 24 after 26 years in operation. Continue Reading...

February 11, 2021

‘Mental torture’? Jimmy Lai denied bail for second time

Early Tuesday morning local time, guards hurried pro-democracy and human rights advocate Jimmy Lai out of his prison transport – handcuffed, arms chained around his waist like a member of a chain gang – and inside the courthouse. Continue Reading...

December 11, 2020

Jimmy Lai faces life in prison under new ‘national security law’ charges

Chinese Communist authorities have levied new charges against Jimmy Lai, which could result the outspoken Catholic dissident spending the rest of his life in prison. On Friday, authorities formally charged the Hong Kong media tycoon with violating its restrictive “national security law.” Continue Reading...

December 03, 2020

Jimmy Lai, 2020 Acton award recipient, arrested and denied bail

Jimmy Lai, the outspoken Catholic dissident who has dedicated his Hong Kong-based media empire to exposing Chinese repression, has been arrested on new charges and ordered to spend the next four months in jail. Continue Reading...

November 20, 2020

‘God is always at my center’: Jimmy Lai receives Acton Institute’s 2020 Faith and Freedom Award

Everyone in the global fight for liberty has some item that cultivated his intellectual palate. For Chinese dissident Jimmy Lai, it was a candy bar. As an eight-year-old boy, he worked as a baggage carrier in a railway station in his native mainland China. Continue Reading...

September 10, 2020

Hong Kong’s Catholics cancel prayer for fear of offending China

China’s draconian “national security law” has not just stifled the free speech of pro-democracy politicians, teachers, and journalists, it has now shut down a prayer campaign called by Roman Catholic hierarchy. Continue Reading...

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