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Hong Kong Free Press ( HKFP) is a free, non-profit [1] news website based in Hong Kong. It was co-founded in 2015 by Tom Grundy, [2] [3] who believed that the territory's press freedom was in decline, to provide an alternative to the dominant English-language news source, the South China Morning Post, and to cover the pro-democracy movement.
The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government 's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition. It was the largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong.
However, since the introduction of the 2020 law, Hong Kong authorities have severely limited free speech and assembly under the rubric of maintaining national security. Many activists were ...
The Hong Kong Government first described the historic rainfall as "once-in-a-century", but then upgraded the narrative to "once-in-500-years", or a 0.2% chance. It caused uproar from the public as an attempt to deflect the blame, after the authorities were questioned and criticised for the preparedness for such an emergency.
The period from March to June 2019 in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests is considered the early stage of the movement. Until the first mass demonstrations in June, protests were focused on the withdrawal of the extradition bill. In June, protesters started to lay out five demands. The additional four demands concerned the reactions of the Hong ...
Hong Kong has experienced a dramatic decline in press freedom in recent years, falling to 140th out of 180 countries and territories in Reporters Without Borders’ 2023 World Press Freedom Index ...
On 13 May 2024, the Metropolitan Police of London, United Kingdom, announced three men had been charged with national security offences for assisting Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference, including Bill Chung-biu Yuen, Administrative Manager of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London (HKETO London).
Gwong1fuk6 Hoeng1gong2, si4doi6 gaak3ming6. A flag with the slogan at an anti-extradition bill protest. " Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times " ( Chinese: 光復香港，時代革命; also translated variously) is a slogan used by social movements in Hong Kong. The slogan was first used in 2016 by Hong Kong Indigenous spokesman Edward ...