Court rejects appeal of 12 pro-democracy activists in ‘Hong Kong 47’ national security case High profile ‘Hong Kong 47’ case was largest to be brought under national security law The Independent UK · Feb 23
Hong Kong Court To Hear Appeals By Jailed Democracy Campaigners A Hong Kong court will hear appeals starting on Monday from 13 democracy campaigners who were jailed for subversion last year during the city's largest national security trial. International Business Times · Jul 14, 2025
Hong Kong’s light fades as another pro-democracy party folds The demise of one of Hong Kong’s last major pro-democracy parties, the League of Social Democrats, is the latest blow to the city’s crumbling democratic credentials. The Conversation · Jul 4, 2025
The last Hong Kong pro-democracy party holding street protests disbands Hong Kong's pro-democracy League of Social Democrats has disbanded under intense political pressure The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2025
One Of Hong Kong's Last Opposition Parties Says It Will Disband Hong Kong's League of Social Democrats, one of the city's last remaining opposition parties after a five-year political crackdown by Beijing, said Friday that it will disband. International Business Times · Jun 27, 2025
Who are ‘Hong Kong 47’? Pro-democracy activists at centre of largest national security trial Key figures in ‘Hong Kong 47’ represent cross-section of city’s pro-democracy movement The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024
Scholar, Lawmakers And Journalist Among Hong Kongers Jailed Hong Kong's largest national security trial came to an end on Tuesday with 45 pro-democracy figures jailed for holding an informal election over four years ago. International Business Times · Nov 19, 2024
Activists, professors, legislators: who are the Hong Kong 47? The group are at the centre of Hong Kong’s biggest national security trial and have been handed sentences of up to 10 years The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2024
7 prominent Hong Kong activists fail to overturn their convictions over 2019 protest Seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists lost their final bid to overturn their convictions at the city’s top court on Monday over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019 The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024
The Hong Kong Activist Who Kept Fighting After Husband's Arrest Hong Kong activist Chan Po-ying became one of the city's only pro-democracy voices after her prominent husband's arrest in 2021, refusing to give up the struggle they had waged together for decades. International Business Times · May 30, 2024
A Hong Kong court is set to deliver a landmark verdict in the city's biggest national security case Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists charged in the city’s biggest national security case will begin to hear their verdicts as early as Thursday The Independent UK · May 30, 2024
Hong Kong Activists Face Verdict In National Security Law Case Activist Chan Po-ying visits her husband in jail amid crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Recent case involving 47 activists has left famili... Top News · May 29, 2024
The toll of Beijing's security law on Hong Kong's activists For decades, Hong Kong's activists have been fighting for democracy The Independent UK · May 29, 2024
Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists partially win bid to quash convictions over 2019 protest Seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy advocates have had part of their convictions overturned over their roles in one of the biggest pro-democracy protests in 2019 The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023
Radio France Internationale · Feb 7, 2023 Hong Kong starts largest ever trial against pro-democracy activists Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.
ABC News · Feb 6, 2023 Trial of Hong Kong democracy activists opens two years after arrests under national security law The trial of 16 Hong Kong democracy activists charged in January 2021 under a controversial national security law imposed by Beijing begins under tight security.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2023 Hong Kong: landmark national security trial of 47 democracy advocates begins Protests as former politicians, activists, campaigners and community workers appear in court accused of ‘conspiracy to commit subversion’