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Report points to alarming rates of sexual and physical violence in Hong Kong prisons

Report finds juvenile detainees subjected to rampant sexual violence while in prison

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Hong Kong summons British envoy after UK grants asylum to ‘wanted’ democracy activist Tony Chung

China accuses the UK and Australia, which also granted asylum to an activist last week, of ‘interfering’

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025

Hong Kong activist Tony Chung says he has been granted asylum in the UK

Chung, one of youngest people to get jail sentence under security law, posts Home Office letter agreeing he has ‘well-founded fear of persecution’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2025

Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants and bounties for six activists

Hong Kong police have announced a fresh round of arrest warrants for six activists based overseas, with bounties set at $1 million Hong Kong dollars for information leading to their arrests

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2024

'Life In Danger': Hong Kong Independence Advocate Decries Police Pressure

A few days before Christmas, Hong Kong activist Tony Chung boarded a flight to Okinawa, Japan, carrying nothing but a backpack -- his casual appearance a ruse to hide plans to seek political asylum in the UK. Chung was among the youngest people in Hong Kong to be convicted under…

International Business Times · Dec 30, 2023

‘I already miss Hong Kong’: Democracy activist Tony Chung flees to the UK

The 22-year-old says his probation conditions meant he was under surveillance and could not work

The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2023

After serving jail term over security law, a Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in UK

An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was jailed under its sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2023

Pro-democracy activist Tony Chung flees Hong Kong to seek asylum in UK

Chung says supervison order put him under ‘enormous amount of stress’

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2023

‘Filled with fear’: Former Hong Kong student leader seeks UK asylum

Tony Chung was released in June after serving jail term under security law but said he lived under constant pressure.

Al Jazeera · Dec 29, 2023

Hong Kong Democracy Advocate Seeks Asylum In Britain

Hong Kong democracy activist Tony Chung said Friday he had fled to Britain because he could no longer endure living in fear, with authorities pressuring him to become a paid informant while banning him from working.

International Business Times · Dec 29, 2023