Kevin Yam 任建峰
@kevinkfyam.bsky.social
@kevinkfyam on Twitter.
PhD candidate, Melbourne Law School. Senior Fellow @georgetowncal.bsky.social. Activist/ex-lawyer, #HongKong. Cricket tragic. AFL Hawks fan. Foodie. Views my own.
PhD candidate, Melbourne Law School. Senior Fellow @georgetowncal.bsky.social. Activist/ex-lawyer, #HongKong. Cricket tragic. AFL Hawks fan. Foodie. Views my own.
A huge thanks to Law Council of Australia, the country’s peak national legal body, for speaking out against my Hong Kong disbarment within a day of it being made public.
My disbarment is not just about me. It is a reflection of where the Hong Kong legal system is at right now.
My disbarment is not just about me. It is a reflection of where the Hong Kong legal system is at right now.
August 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
A huge thanks to Law Council of Australia, the country’s peak national legal body, for speaking out against my Hong Kong disbarment within a day of it being made public.
My disbarment is not just about me. It is a reflection of where the Hong Kong legal system is at right now.
My disbarment is not just about me. It is a reflection of where the Hong Kong legal system is at right now.
Here is my response to being struck off from the roll of Hong Kong Solicitors, which was made public today in the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
(Link to Gazette entry: www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/eng...)
(Link to Gazette entry: www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/eng...)
August 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Here is my response to being struck off from the roll of Hong Kong Solicitors, which was made public today in the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
(Link to Gazette entry: www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/eng...)
(Link to Gazette entry: www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/eng...)
I am grateful to Foreign Minister Penny Wong for this. Not all transnational repression are this brazen - they can be quite subtle or even take on airs of due process. I hope the Australian Government will act against all forms of transnational repression.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Penny Wong complained to China about intimidation of exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners
Exclusive: Foreign affairs minister used July meeting on Asean sidelines to elevate criticism of targeting of Adelaide-based Ted Hui and Melbourne-based Kevin Yam
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I am grateful to Foreign Minister Penny Wong for this. Not all transnational repression are this brazen - they can be quite subtle or even take on airs of due process. I hope the Australian Government will act against all forms of transnational repression.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Great to see @badiucao.bsky.social, Cheng Lei, Kylie Moore-Gilbert and many other friends at Badi’s exhibition at Goldstone Gallery in Melbourne last night!
August 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Great to see @badiucao.bsky.social, Cheng Lei, Kylie Moore-Gilbert and many other friends at Badi’s exhibition at Goldstone Gallery in Melbourne last night!
The HK Government extended the terms of 3 HK Court of Final Appeal non-Permanent Judges by another 3 years. One of them is former Australian High Court Justice William Gummow. His extension at a time when Hong Kong’s crackdown on dissent continues to intensify is highly disappointing.
July 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The HK Government extended the terms of 3 HK Court of Final Appeal non-Permanent Judges by another 3 years. One of them is former Australian High Court Justice William Gummow. His extension at a time when Hong Kong’s crackdown on dissent continues to intensify is highly disappointing.
Tried doing a half marathon race for the first time at the ripe old age of nearly 49! Am pretty slow, but the main thing is to get to the finish line. The road is long, and I’m always that so many of you are running and fighting alongside me.
July 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Tried doing a half marathon race for the first time at the ripe old age of nearly 49! Am pretty slow, but the main thing is to get to the finish line. The road is long, and I’m always that so many of you are running and fighting alongside me.
This piece reminds me of one thing that I often get asked, which is whether China’s current attempts to force-feed “patriotic” propaganda in Hong Kong through education, media and the like would turn HK people into pro-CCP Chinese nationalists, like at least… (1/7)
apnews.com/article/hong...
apnews.com/article/hong...
Hong Kong's security net extends beyond arrests as small businesses pressured
It’s been years since Hong Kong’s mass arrests of activists devastated its pro-democracy activism. But a crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese city is still expanding, hitting restaurant...
apnews.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This piece reminds me of one thing that I often get asked, which is whether China’s current attempts to force-feed “patriotic” propaganda in Hong Kong through education, media and the like would turn HK people into pro-CCP Chinese nationalists, like at least… (1/7)
apnews.com/article/hong...
apnews.com/article/hong...
Today marks the 5th anniversary of Hong Kong’s National Security Law.
This day 5 years ago, things were going very well for me - I just got promoted from salaried partner to equity partner at an international law firm. 5 years on, I am now a PhD student with a HKNSL bounty over my head. (1/3)
This day 5 years ago, things were going very well for me - I just got promoted from salaried partner to equity partner at an international law firm. 5 years on, I am now a PhD student with a HKNSL bounty over my head. (1/3)
July 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Today marks the 5th anniversary of Hong Kong’s National Security Law.
This day 5 years ago, things were going very well for me - I just got promoted from salaried partner to equity partner at an international law firm. 5 years on, I am now a PhD student with a HKNSL bounty over my head. (1/3)
This day 5 years ago, things were going very well for me - I just got promoted from salaried partner to equity partner at an international law firm. 5 years on, I am now a PhD student with a HKNSL bounty over my head. (1/3)
Hong Kong solicitor and democracy movement veteran Albert Ho has had his right to practice as a solicitor suspended for 3 months and ordered to pay HK$180000 in the costs of the Hong Kong Law Society in prosecuting him. He was found to have “engaged in conduct … (1/4)
June 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Hong Kong solicitor and democracy movement veteran Albert Ho has had his right to practice as a solicitor suspended for 3 months and ordered to pay HK$180000 in the costs of the Hong Kong Law Society in prosecuting him. He was found to have “engaged in conduct … (1/4)
I have nothing against Jimmy O. Yang talking up Hong Kong (hey, lots of HK shops and eateries are doing it tough), nor his outdated nostalgia about the city he once called home. But I do object to him taking blood money from a repressive regime that caused HK’s doldrums.
HK-born American stand-up comedian Jimmy O. Yang has become the latest "marquee" celebrity to partner with the city's tourism body to "tell good stories of HK." In full: buff.ly/Rm9SYb0
Jimmy O. Yang partnered with tourism body to 'tell good stories of HK'
HK-born American stand-up comedian Jimmy O. Yang has become the latest "marquee" celebrity to partner with the city's tourism body to "tell good stories of HK."
buff.ly
June 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have nothing against Jimmy O. Yang talking up Hong Kong (hey, lots of HK shops and eateries are doing it tough), nor his outdated nostalgia about the city he once called home. But I do object to him taking blood money from a repressive regime that caused HK’s doldrums.
Downloading and playing an online game (and paying to play the game and for certain of its settings and features) is now considered national security crimes in Hong Kong.
It’s the best advertisement that the makers of the game can have.
It’s the best advertisement that the makers of the game can have.
June 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Downloading and playing an online game (and paying to play the game and for certain of its settings and features) is now considered national security crimes in Hong Kong.
It’s the best advertisement that the makers of the game can have.
It’s the best advertisement that the makers of the game can have.
On this day 13 years ago, Tiananmen activist Li Wangyang was killed by PRC days after he gave a defiant interview to Hong Kong media.
On this day, jailed HK democracy activist Joshua Wong has more trumped up NatSec charges piled on him.
RIP Li Wangyang.
Free Joshua Wong.
On this day, jailed HK democracy activist Joshua Wong has more trumped up NatSec charges piled on him.
RIP Li Wangyang.
Free Joshua Wong.
June 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
On this day 13 years ago, Tiananmen activist Li Wangyang was killed by PRC days after he gave a defiant interview to Hong Kong media.
On this day, jailed HK democracy activist Joshua Wong has more trumped up NatSec charges piled on him.
RIP Li Wangyang.
Free Joshua Wong.
On this day, jailed HK democracy activist Joshua Wong has more trumped up NatSec charges piled on him.
RIP Li Wangyang.
Free Joshua Wong.
The last time Hong Kong had a water safety scandal, it was Democrat Helena Wong who called the authorities to account and forced them to fix things quickly after they initially tried to fob things off just like now. Helena is now in prison on trumped-up NatSec charges.
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Hongkongers demand answers after banned substance found in estate’s water supply
Government is expected to release details of its test results later on Thursday, insider reveals.
www.scmp.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The last time Hong Kong had a water safety scandal, it was Democrat Helena Wong who called the authorities to account and forced them to fix things quickly after they initially tried to fob things off just like now. Helena is now in prison on trumped-up NatSec charges.
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
History will not be forgotten, even if tyrants spent 36 years trying to wipe out all memory and hope.
Let us also remember the likes of Hong Kong political prisoner Chow Hang Tung, who is on a 36-hour hunger strike as an act of remembrance.
Lest We Forget.
#TiananmenMassacre
Let us also remember the likes of Hong Kong political prisoner Chow Hang Tung, who is on a 36-hour hunger strike as an act of remembrance.
Lest We Forget.
#TiananmenMassacre
June 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
History will not be forgotten, even if tyrants spent 36 years trying to wipe out all memory and hope.
Let us also remember the likes of Hong Kong political prisoner Chow Hang Tung, who is on a 36-hour hunger strike as an act of remembrance.
Lest We Forget.
#TiananmenMassacre
Let us also remember the likes of Hong Kong political prisoner Chow Hang Tung, who is on a 36-hour hunger strike as an act of remembrance.
Lest We Forget.
#TiananmenMassacre
The Law Society of South Australia has spoken out against attempts to intimidate lawyer Ted Hui, which coincides with Hong Kong’s ruthless authoritarian turn in recent years. I’m not holding my breath for the Law Society of Hong Kong to speak out in my defence.
June 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The Law Society of South Australia has spoken out against attempts to intimidate lawyer Ted Hui, which coincides with Hong Kong’s ruthless authoritarian turn in recent years. I’m not holding my breath for the Law Society of Hong Kong to speak out in my defence.
Great musical with lots of meaning for those of us fighting tyranny. The performance was brilliant.
Alas - the lady who sat to my left thought that she was at karaoke, and it was not always easy to block out her at best very ordinary voice and focus on the performance.
Alas - the lady who sat to my left thought that she was at karaoke, and it was not always easy to block out her at best very ordinary voice and focus on the performance.
May 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Great musical with lots of meaning for those of us fighting tyranny. The performance was brilliant.
Alas - the lady who sat to my left thought that she was at karaoke, and it was not always easy to block out her at best very ordinary voice and focus on the performance.
Alas - the lady who sat to my left thought that she was at karaoke, and it was not always easy to block out her at best very ordinary voice and focus on the performance.
I won’t go into details, but I know for a fact that this abusive use of HK tax authorities to go after critics of HK and Chinese governments is not confined to HK-based independent media companies and journalists.
hongkongfp.com/2025/05/21/h...
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HK's independent news sector faces simultaneous tax audits, demands
Hong Kong's independent news sector, including companies, staff and family members, are facing simultaneous tax audits and backdated demands, a press union says.
hongkongfp.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I won’t go into details, but I know for a fact that this abusive use of HK tax authorities to go after critics of HK and Chinese governments is not confined to HK-based independent media companies and journalists.
hongkongfp.com/2025/05/21/h...
hongkongfp.com/2025/05/21/h...
I have been a disillusioned Catholic for a while now, thanks mainly to the Holy See’s caving into China. But compared with the social media tidal wave of “Christians” (they really mean a certain type of … (1/3)
May 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I have been a disillusioned Catholic for a while now, thanks mainly to the Holy See’s caving into China. But compared with the social media tidal wave of “Christians” (they really mean a certain type of … (1/3)
Donald Trump has now lost elections in Germany, Canada and Australia.
May 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Donald Trump has now lost elections in Germany, Canada and Australia.
The party that governed and campaigned from the moderate, sensible centre has won the election with a swing towards it. Proud to be Labor. #auspol
May 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The party that governed and campaigned from the moderate, sensible centre has won the election with a swing towards it. Proud to be Labor. #auspol
Fantastic profile of my mate Ted Hui. And it would be great if Ted can become an Australian parliamentarian!
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/li...
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/li...
He evaded Beijing’s clutches. But this Adelaide lawyer is still a wanted man
A fake climate conference, friends in far-flung places … a pro-democracy activist reveals the story of his dramatic escape from Hong Kong.
www.theage.com.au
May 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Fantastic profile of my mate Ted Hui. And it would be great if Ted can become an Australian parliamentarian!
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/li...
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/li...
ANZAC Day glorifying war? What? The whole idea of choosing 25 April to commemorate veterans was to remind everyone of the futility and callousness of Empire in using Aussie and Kiwi boys as cannon fodder in Gallipoli. Stop smearing ANZAC Day.
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
Pro-Palestine group sends teachers classroom guide challenging ‘Anzac mythology’
Teachers for Palestine want schoolchildren taught about Australian soldiers acting as ‘enforcers of Empire’ in post-WWI Egypt.
www.theage.com.au
April 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
ANZAC Day glorifying war? What? The whole idea of choosing 25 April to commemorate veterans was to remind everyone of the futility and callousness of Empire in using Aussie and Kiwi boys as cannon fodder in Gallipoli. Stop smearing ANZAC Day.
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
Watch for endless talk of doomsday if Pietro Parolin becomes Pope, with attempts to cast him as “Peter the Roman” in the alleged prophecies of St Malachy.
April 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Watch for endless talk of doomsday if Pietro Parolin becomes Pope, with attempts to cast him as “Peter the Roman” in the alleged prophecies of St Malachy.
Life as a person wanted by China/Hong Kong on trumped up political charges is never straightforward, and I would be lying if I were to say that I never feel worn down. But there is no better pick-me-up than going down to the MCG to support my mighty Hawks!
April 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Life as a person wanted by China/Hong Kong on trumped up political charges is never straightforward, and I would be lying if I were to say that I never feel worn down. But there is no better pick-me-up than going down to the MCG to support my mighty Hawks!