Tag: prodemocracy
Police arrest pro-democracy activist on Tiananmen 34th anniversary
Hong Kong police arrested a prominent figure in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, Alexandra Wong, better known as “Mamie Wong”, on Sunday on the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, according…
Hong Kong: Pro-democracy “Civic Party” dissolves
Status: 05/27/2023 4:04 p.m An important voice in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, the liberal Civic Party, has disbanded. The reason is China’s crackdown on party members. According to ex-party leader…
Parties: Pro-democracy party in Hong Kong announces dissolution
parties Hong Kong pro-democracy party announces dissolution Members of the pro-democracy “Civic Party” during a press conference (archive photo). photo © Kin Cheung/AP/dpa The democracy movement in Hong Kong loses…
Video: Pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong again sentenced to 5 years in prison
STORY: A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai to five years and nine months in prison for fraud. Lai, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent…
Three injured in attack on pro-democracy protesters outside Iranian embassy in Berlin
Three men were injured on Sunday in Berlin when peaceful protesters were attacked near the Iranian embassy by masked men, who fled, German police said. Several assailants, with their faces…
Two officials of the pro-democracy daily “Apple Daily” indicted
Arrest of the editor of the Apple Daily, Ryan Law, Thursday, June 17 in Hong Kong. – ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP Two officials of the pro-democracy Hong Kong daily Apple…
Police arrest pro-democracy leader on Tiananmen anniversary
Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Chow Hang-tun. – AFP Beijing’s iron fist continues in Hong Kong. A figure of the pro-democracy movement, Chow Hang-tun, was arrested Friday morning on the cusp…
Over 700 civilian deaths in pro-democracy protests since coup
At a demonstration in Mandalay on Saturday. – SH / Penta Press / Shutterstock / SIPA Opponents of the military putsch continued to demonstrate this Sunday in Burma, despite the…
Twitter launches #MilkTeaAlliance emoji to support pro-democracy movement in Asia
Twitter launched an emoji intended to highlight the “Milk Tea Alliance”, a movement in which pro-democracy activists in Asia meet. – AFP It is quite a symbol. Twitter launched on…