President Xi Jinping has called for some comprehensive implementation of China's governance in Hong Kong as the Chinese Communist Party is celebrating its 100th founding anniversary which comes as Hong Kong for its part is marking 24 years since its handover.

Chinese Communist Party celebrates centenary of founding

Hong Kong authorities have used a new national security law to target dissent and justify 'censorship, harassment, arrests and prosecutions that violate human rights', Amnesty International said on Wednesday, a year after the law was implemented.

Hong Kong security law is 'a human rights emergency': Amnesty

Under China’s tightened grip, the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong has arrested at least 117 people for violating the contentious national security law which limits the scope of dissent in the former British territory.

One year into contentious security law, Hong Kong has made 117 arrests

Hong Kong continues to fall deeper into a Beijing-sized hole of communism with the systematic decimation of democratic freedoms in the former British colony. In a year since the National Security Law was imposed, at least 117 people have been taken into custody for trespassing the basic tenets of what is prohibited under the law.

A year of Hong Kong security law: Crackdown on people and the press

Critics of the legislation, including some Western governments and rights groups, say it has been used to crush dissent.

One year of Hong Kong's security Law

From Thursday, Hong Kong will ban all passenger flights from the United Kingdom. This comes as authorities in Hong Kong put measures in place to cut the spread of the Delta Variant of Coronavirus.

Hong Kong to ban all passenger flights from United Kingdom

According to an internal memo seen by Reuters, Hong Kong media group Next Digital, owned by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai, will cease operating from July 1 after the company's assets were frozen as part of a national security investigation.

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's Next Digital to stop operating from July 1: Memo

Freedom of the press is under assault in Hong Kong. After the demise of Apple Daily another pro-democracy news outlet Stand news has announced that it will remove opinion articles and columns it published before June and stop accepting donations.

Hong Kong: Pro-democracy news outlet Stand News closes opinion columns

Hong Kong police arrested a former senior journalist with the Apple Daily newspaper at the international airport on Sunday night on a suspected national security charge as he tried to leave the city, according to media reports.

Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport: Media

A fire swept through a marina in Hong Kong in the early hours of Sunday, igniting fuel tanks as it passed along a line of closely moored cabin cruisers, and resulting in at least 10 sinking before firefighters extinguished the blaze.

Ten cabin cruisers sink in Hong Kong marina fire

Hong Kong's new police chief called for a fake news law on Saturday and blamed the media for plunging trust in his officers in the politically polarised finance hub.

Hong Kong police chief calls for fake news law

China on Friday approved the promotion of Hong Kong's security secretary John Lee to the chief secretary, while police chief Chris Tang will take Lee's position in what critics say will further tighten Beijing's security squeeze on the global financial hub.

China reshuffles Hong Kong top officials

Taking the progressive mindset a step forward, Hong Kong’s High Court has ruled in favour of the LGBTQ community with regard to owning subsidised housing. The Hong Kong High Court ruled that the existing housing policies are discriminatory as it denies same-sex couples to own a house together.

'Discriminatory policy': Hong Kong court rules in favour of LGBTQ community

US President Joe Biden on Thursday said that closure of Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily was a "sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong and around the world". The financial hub's pro-democracy tabloid was forced to close under Hong Kong's new national security law.

Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily's closure a 'sad day' for media, says Biden

Hong Kong's activist leader Nathan Law who is now based in the United Kingdom has condemned the closure of the pro-democracy newspaper the Apple Daily. The 26-year-old student leader activist rose to prominence in Hong Kong as one of the foremost leaders of the pro-democracy 'Umbrella' revolution in 2014.

Hong Kong's activist leader Nathan Law condemned closure of Apple Daily newspaper

After being forced to close under a new national security law on June 24, Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily tabloid declared itself a "victim of tyranny" in a defiant final edition, ending a 26-year run of criticising China's authoritarian government.

Hong Kong citizens snap up final edition of Apple Daily, Taiwan edition to continue operations

The closure of the popular tabloid, which mixes pro-democracy views with celebrity gossip and investigations of those in power, marks the end of an era for media freedom in the Chinese-ruled city, critics say.

Hong Kongers snap up final edition of Apple Daily newspaper

The Sun has set on Hong Kong's sole Pro-Democracy newspaper- Apple Daily. After falling prey to China's increasing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city...The pro-democracy newspaper published its last edition.

HK's Apple Daily signs off in a painful farewell

Hong Kong's most vocal pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, printed its last edition on Thursday after a stormy year in which its tycoon owner and other staff were arrested under a new national security law, and its assets were frozen.

Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily signs off in painful farewell

A spiked drink, a puff of dust, missing memories, and an empty bank account. Hong Kong's entertainment district Wanchai has been battered by a coronavirus-driven collapse in tourism and as times get desperate, several men have seen their night out turn into a nightmare.

COVID-19: Pandemic sparks surge in Hong Kong 'devil's breath' cash druggings

The first person charged under the national security law in Hong Kong pleaded not guilty as his trial began on Wednesday, almost a year after he was accused of driving his motorbike into officers at a rally while carrying a flag with a protest slogan.

First person charged under Hong Kong's national security law pleads not guilty

The trial of the first person charged under the national security law in Hong Kong begins on Wednesday, almost a year after he was charged with driving his motorbike into officers during a rally while carrying a flag with a protest slogan.

Trial of first person charged under Hong Kong's national security law begins

Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has announced that it has decided to cease operation immediately after midnight, making Thursday's publication the final printed edition.

Hong Kong's Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper announces closure

Hong Kong police arrested on Wednesday a columnist for pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on suspicion of conspiring to collude with a foreign country or foreign forces, in another hit to the besieged newspaper.

Hong Kong police arrest Apple Daily columnist under security law

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