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UN rights experts condemn move to bar lawyer-activist Kevin Yam from practising in Hong Kong | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 3d

UN experts have expressed alarm after self-exiled lawyer Kevin Yam was barred from practising as a solicitor in Hong Kong. In full: buff.ly/UV9Iwl0

UN experts have expressed alarm after self-exiled lawyer Kevin Yam was barred from practising as a solicitor in Hong Kong. Australia-based Yam was barred by the Law Society in September following a ruling...

HK bars 13 films from screening on nat. sec grounds since 2021 censorship law

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 3d

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to authorities. In full: buff.ly/roPWvdO

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to...

HK court orders ex-protester who broke cop's finger to pay HK$150K in damages

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 2d

A HK court has ordered a former protester to pay a police officer more than HK$150,000 in damages for breaking the officer’s finger during a demonstration in 2019. In full: buff.ly/HXrGhFp

A HK court has ordered a former protester to pay a police officer more than HK$150,000 in damages for breaking the officer’s finger during a demonstration in 2019.

Hong Kong’s Struggle of Decolonization and Democracy: A Conversation with Ching Kwan Lee | ChinaPower | CSIS Podcasts

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HK Labour Rights Monitor 香港勞權監察 @hklabourrights.bsky.social · 4d

Mid-Autumn Festival — Thinking of those unjustly imprisoned
We remember Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho, detained for four years over the subversion case against the Hong Kong Alliance. Their trial begins on 11 Nov.
Let’s not forget them and keep supporting their fight for justice. 🕯️🌕

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Yenni Kwok @yennikwok.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Apart from Cantonese mooncakes, there are also other kinds of mooncakes: Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese, etc.
Image: SG Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
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Different kinds of mooncakes: Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Hokkien and Hainanese

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Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 4d

Bonny Lin with @csis.org interviews Dr. Ching Kwan Lee on her new book 'Forever Hong Kong: A Global City’s Decolonization Struggle' on the ChinaPower Podcast.

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In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Ching Kwan Lee joins us to discuss her newly released book Forever Hong Kong: A Global City’s Decolonization Struggle.

Hong Kong plans big AI-powered surveillance boost

Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 6d

Hong Kong 2019 Summer & Autumn Fashion Line

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Summer and Autumn 2019 Uniform

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From Radio Free Asia: "Hong Kong plans big AI-powered surveillance boost"

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A web of 60,000 cameras with facial-recognition software could be online by 2028.

LGBTQ event Pink Dot to go online after losing usual West Kowloon venue

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 7d

📰NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social leads 53 rights groups urging the United Nations to act on #HongKong prison abuse, unites #HK allies at #LabourPartyConference & co-hosts 'Faith Under Siege' in Washington DC to spotlight Hong Kong's lack of #ReligiousFreedom 💪

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 12d

Two elderly activists marking the 11th anniversary of the Umbrella Movement in Admiralty on Sunday were told by police to leave.

Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 12d

Hong Kong’s largest LGBTQ event, Pink Dot, will hold an online concert in November, its organiser has said, after failing to book the event’s usual venue at the West Kowloon Cultural District. In full: buff.ly/tSqEsi0

Hong Kong’s largest LGBTQ event, Pink Dot, will hold an online concert in November, its organiser has said, after failing to book the event’s usual venue at the West Kowloon Cultural District.

Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law is denied entry to Singapore

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 12d

At the end of the Umbrella Movement in 2014, HKers created this banner: We’ll be back

Maybe it was just dreamers talking, but… we kept that promise.

Banner saying “we’ll be back” laid out on a road, held down by traffic cones as people walked by and looked on. In the background are tents. Photo taken during Umbrella Movement in 2014

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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 12d

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law is denied entry to Singapore – FT: ‘after he arrived in the city state on Saturday to attend a conference.’

Hong Kong has issued a bounty for the arrest of former student leader of the Umbrella Movement protest group

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Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 13d

US State Department issues its 2025 Investment Climate Statement for Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong - United States Department of State

Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 14d

Ching Kwan Lee will hold a book talk in London on Oct. 4, 2025, for 'Forever Hong Kong: A Global City's Decolonization Struggle.'

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Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 16d

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Books can be ordered here: nowherenl.myshopify.com

ACHKI Independent Publishing Project & Book Launch Event

Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 16d

To commemorate the 11th anniversary of Umbrella Movement, online sales of the books begins Sept. 28, 2025. A hybrid webinar to launch the event is Oct. 18, 2025, at the Nowhere Bookstore, The Hague, Netherlands.

Register to attend:

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About the Event Marking the 11th Anniversary of the Umbrella Movement, the Art and Culture Hong Kong International (ACHKI) is proud to launch the Independent Publishing Project — the first internatio...

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Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 16d

Art & Culture Hong Kong International (ACHKI) announces its new Independent Publishing Project with the release of two new books and the re-release of 'Umbrella Uprising.'

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Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 16d

Notre Dame University will host several speakers and democracy defenders from mainland China, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Congress as part of its Democracy Initiative on China and the CCP.

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See the full lineup and dates below:

The Politics of Art in Hong Kong - SOAS China Institute

Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 16d

'Love in the Time of Revolution' (2022) will be screened as part of the Democracy Defenders in Exile series at Notre Dame University on Sept. 24, at 7 p.m.

Samuel Chu, president of Campaign for Hong Kong, will have a Q&A afterwards.

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Befria Hongkong @liberatehk.se · 16d

Eric Otto Wear, art critic and former associate head at the School of Design of the HKPolyU, writes on the SOAS China Institute blog: “Soft Resistance” and Hard Consequences: The Politics of Art in Hong Kong."

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Hong Kong remains an art-market hub, yet its creative freedoms are being steadily curtailed, writes Eric Otto Wear.