The 2014 Umbrella Movement was a 79-day-long pro-democracy civil disobedience campaign originally conceived as “Occupy Central.” Thousands occupied roads around the legislature and in two other key districts following a student sit-in. Leading figures of the largely peaceful movement were jailed in the years following the police clearance.
LATEST NEWS & VIEWS
Hong Kong former lawmaker and prison rights activist Shiu Ka-chun dies at 55
“His concern for the underprivileged, his insistence on social justice, and his contribution to the work of prisoners’ rights will live on forever,” said former lawmaker Fernando Cheung.
Hong Kong activist Wong Ji-yuet seeks to overturn sentence in landmark subversion case involving 47 democrats
Wong Ji-yuet, 27, was jailed for four years and five months last month along with 44 others convicted of “conspiracy to commit subversion” over their roles in an unofficial primary election.
Hong Kong Umbrella Movement activist and ex-lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun reveals cancer diagnosis
In a social media post, the 55-year-old said the diagnosis was confirmed weeks after he first felt discomfort in his stomach in early October.
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS
The Hong Kong Bar Association’s endangered reputation, and the seven-year itch
“The question which… arises is how long and how far the effort by the government and its fans to dig up legal brickbats they can throw at retired democratic politicians will go,” writes Tim Hamlett after the Bar censured democrat Tanya Chan.
Winning hearts and minds: mission impossible for Hong Kong’s new leader and his national security agenda?
No one wants to risk making critical potentially seditious remarks about the new Chief Executive – sedition being a new area of interest for Hong Kong’s national security police, writes Suzanne Pepper.
FEATURES
Closely-watched national security trial of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai finally set to start
Stymied by delays and debates, the national security trial against detained media mogul Jimmy Lai is finally set to get underway. While officials maintain it has nothing to do with press freedom, the case has been framed internationally as a bellwether for media freedoms in Hong Kong.
As books disappear from Hong Kong’s public libraries, some ‘rescue’ titles for private, overseas collections
The removal of certain titles from Hong Kong’s public library system has sparked a sense of urgency among those keen to keep track of books before they are purged from public view.
‘Not recommended’ reading: The books Hong Kong is purging from public libraries
From books about democracy and protests, to romantic and travel literature penned by democrats, HKFP gives an overview of the titles deemed “not recommended” by the Hong Kong government following another purge at public libraries.
