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Working Group of UN Human Rights Council expresses concern over the arbitrary detention of Chow Hang-tung
The UN Working Group of Arbitrary Detention established under the UN Human Rights Council issued an opinion on 1 May 2023 stating that Chow Hang-tung’s arrest, charges, and trial amounted to arbitrary deprivation of her liberty.
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Political censorship ramps up in arts and culture
The Hong Kong government stepped up efforts to censor books, films, news shows, and other forms of expressions that it deems politically sensitive
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Erasure of the Tiananmen Massacre
The 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre was marked not by public commemoration, but by the Hong Kong government’s efforts to erase it from memory.
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Arrests for Sedition – for Applause in Court
The sedition law is again used as a catch-all to crack down on freedom of speech. At first, it caught calls for violence or independence; then critics of the police; then criticism of the judiciary; then criticism of covid policy.