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Hong Kong LGBTQ Activist Wins Posthumous Legal Victory
Nearly four years after his death, LGBTQ activist Edgar Ng was vindicated by Hong Kong's top court Tuesday as judges ruled in his favour on housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples.
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Hong Kong Jails 45 Pro-Democracy Campaigners In Largest Security Case
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed all 45 defendants convicted in the city's largest trial under its sweeping national security law, with "mastermind" Benny Tai receiving the longest sentence of 10 years.
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Chinese Institute Claims It Cracked Apple's AirDrop to Uncover Sender Email Addresses, Phone Numbers
China can uncover the identities of Apple device owners who send messages and content using AirDrop. A Chinese institute has found a way to uncover both the email addresses and phone numbers of users who send content via AirDrop by decrypting the device log of an iPhone. China has been looking for ways to monitor Apple's AirDrop wireless sharing pr...
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"It Was Very Scary": Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow On Years Of Repression
After her trip to Shenzhen, where she was repeatedly photographed, Chow was told to write another letter thanking the officers for showing her the greatness of China.
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Women, Children In China Facing Repression, Female Activists Tell UN
Female human rights activists from Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong jointly highlighted China's forceful repression of women at the UN Human Rights Council calling it the worst human rights violations in the country.
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Hong Kong Top Court's Big Move On Recognising Overseas Same-Sex Marriages
The ruling ended a five-year legal battle fought by jailed democracy and LGBTQ rights activist Jimmy Sham, marking the first time Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal directly addressed the issue of same-sex marriage in the Asian financial hub.
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China Spied On Hong Kong Activists Using TikTok, Claims Former ByteDance Employee
The members allegedly used a ''god credential'' at ByteDance to examine the personal data of civil rights activists and protesters in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Begins Trial Of 47 Prominent Pro-Democracy Figures Amid Protests
The trial of 47 of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy figures began Monday, in the largest prosecution under a national security law that has crushed dissent in the city.
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Bookseller To Ask Nancy Pelosi To Help Hong Kongers At Taiwan Meeting: Report
A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up already fraught tensions between Beijing and Washington.
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Hong Kong Democracy Leader Jailed For Second Tiananmen "Incitement"
Jailed democracy activist Chow Hang-tung accused Hong Kong's courts on Tuesday of criminalising speech and helping authorities erase the Tiananmen crackdown as she was convicted a second time for inciting people to commemorate the deadly event.
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Hong Kong's Youngest Independence Activist, 20, Jailed For Secession
A young Hong Kong democracy activist was sentenced to three and a half years behind bars on Tuesday after pleading guilty to secession under the city's sweeping national security law.
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'Followers Of Non-Violence': Hong Kong Activist Invokes Gandhi In Trial
A leading Hong Kong democracy activist facing jail invoked Mahatma Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign in court on Wednesday as he gave a defiant speech defending his decision to take part in a banned Tiananmen vigil.
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Youngest Convict, 20, Under Hong Kong's Security Law Says 'Not Ashamed'
A 20-year-old Hong Kong independence activist was facing life in prison Wednesday after becoming the youngest person convicted under the city's national security law, but told the court he had "nothing to be ashamed of".
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Hong Kong Authorities Arrest Pro-Democracy Singer Anthony Wong For "Corrupt Conduct"
Hong Kong's anti-corruption watchdog on Monday charged a singer and prominent pro-democracy activist, Anthony Wong, with "corrupt conduct" at a 2018 election rally, the latest legal action against dissent by authorities in the Chinese-ruled city.
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Hong Kong Court Denies Bail To Democracy Activist
A Hong Kong court denied bail on Friday to pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung, who was re-arrested on the eve of the anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Beijing and the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Hong Kong LGBTQ Activist Wins Posthumous Legal Victory
Nearly four years after his death, LGBTQ activist Edgar Ng was vindicated by Hong Kong's top court Tuesday as judges ruled in his favour on housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples.
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Hong Kong Jails 45 Pro-Democracy Campaigners In Largest Security Case
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed all 45 defendants convicted in the city's largest trial under its sweeping national security law, with "mastermind" Benny Tai receiving the longest sentence of 10 years.
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Chinese Institute Claims It Cracked Apple's AirDrop to Uncover Sender Email Addresses, Phone Numbers
China can uncover the identities of Apple device owners who send messages and content using AirDrop. A Chinese institute has found a way to uncover both the email addresses and phone numbers of users who send content via AirDrop by decrypting the device log of an iPhone. China has been looking for ways to monitor Apple's AirDrop wireless sharing pr...
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"It Was Very Scary": Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow On Years Of Repression
After her trip to Shenzhen, where she was repeatedly photographed, Chow was told to write another letter thanking the officers for showing her the greatness of China.
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Women, Children In China Facing Repression, Female Activists Tell UN
Female human rights activists from Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong jointly highlighted China's forceful repression of women at the UN Human Rights Council calling it the worst human rights violations in the country.
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Hong Kong Top Court's Big Move On Recognising Overseas Same-Sex Marriages
The ruling ended a five-year legal battle fought by jailed democracy and LGBTQ rights activist Jimmy Sham, marking the first time Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal directly addressed the issue of same-sex marriage in the Asian financial hub.
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China Spied On Hong Kong Activists Using TikTok, Claims Former ByteDance Employee
The members allegedly used a ''god credential'' at ByteDance to examine the personal data of civil rights activists and protesters in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Begins Trial Of 47 Prominent Pro-Democracy Figures Amid Protests
The trial of 47 of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy figures began Monday, in the largest prosecution under a national security law that has crushed dissent in the city.
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Bookseller To Ask Nancy Pelosi To Help Hong Kongers At Taiwan Meeting: Report
A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up already fraught tensions between Beijing and Washington.
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Hong Kong Democracy Leader Jailed For Second Tiananmen "Incitement"
Jailed democracy activist Chow Hang-tung accused Hong Kong's courts on Tuesday of criminalising speech and helping authorities erase the Tiananmen crackdown as she was convicted a second time for inciting people to commemorate the deadly event.
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Hong Kong's Youngest Independence Activist, 20, Jailed For Secession
A young Hong Kong democracy activist was sentenced to three and a half years behind bars on Tuesday after pleading guilty to secession under the city's sweeping national security law.
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'Followers Of Non-Violence': Hong Kong Activist Invokes Gandhi In Trial
A leading Hong Kong democracy activist facing jail invoked Mahatma Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign in court on Wednesday as he gave a defiant speech defending his decision to take part in a banned Tiananmen vigil.
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Youngest Convict, 20, Under Hong Kong's Security Law Says 'Not Ashamed'
A 20-year-old Hong Kong independence activist was facing life in prison Wednesday after becoming the youngest person convicted under the city's national security law, but told the court he had "nothing to be ashamed of".
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Hong Kong Authorities Arrest Pro-Democracy Singer Anthony Wong For "Corrupt Conduct"
Hong Kong's anti-corruption watchdog on Monday charged a singer and prominent pro-democracy activist, Anthony Wong, with "corrupt conduct" at a 2018 election rally, the latest legal action against dissent by authorities in the Chinese-ruled city.
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Hong Kong Court Denies Bail To Democracy Activist
A Hong Kong court denied bail on Friday to pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung, who was re-arrested on the eve of the anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Beijing and the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party.
