Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty over June 4 'illegal assembly'
It was the first time the vigil had been banned in the global financial hub, with police citing, as it did for all demonstrations last year, coronavirus restrictions on group gatherings. It is expected to face a similar fate this year.
Apr 30, 2021, 11:14 AM IST
China uses national security as excuse to violate basic human rights, arrests over 50 in Hong Kong
This latest arrest of more than 50 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong has signalled the death of the ‘one country two systems’.
Jan 09, 2021, 00:16 AM IST
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 13-1/2 months for anti-government protest
Wong`s sentence comes as critics say the Beijing-backed government is intensifying a crackdown on Hong Kong`s opposition.
Dec 02, 2020, 14:38 PM IST
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested for 2019 illegal assembly
Hong Kong police arrested prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong on Thursday for participating in an unauthorised assembly in October 2019 and violating the city`s anti-mask law, according to a post on his official Twitter account.
Sep 24, 2020, 14:13 PM IST
My town is the new Cold War's Berlin, says Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong
The 22-year-old activist, who was in Berlin for a newspaper-sponsored event at the German parliament celebrating human rights activists around the world, pledged that protests would not be lulled into complacency.
Sep 10, 2019, 08:05 AM IST
Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong sent back to jail
Joshua Wong, 22, was sentenced to three months in jail in January last year for disobeying a court order and not leaving a protest zone during the rallies that blocked major roads in the Chinese-ruled city for nearly three months.
May 16, 2019, 13:50 PM IST
Crowds rally in Hong Kong after activists jailed
Protesters stayed on until the evening Sunday as campaigners addressed the crowds and messages of solidarity were projected onto the building of the Court of Final Appeal.
Aug 20, 2017, 21:11 PM IST
Hong Kong student leaders say they won't contest Occupy protest charge
The Hong Kong protests that Wong and others helped drive represented one of the biggest populist challenges in decades to the leaders of China's Communist Party since the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement in Beijing.
Jul 06, 2017, 14:00 PM IST
China's President Xi Jinping in landmark visit to Hong Kong
The three-day visit is Xi's first since becoming leader in 2013 and comes at a time when there are growing fears that Beijing is threatening semi-autonomous Hong Kong's freedoms.
Jun 29, 2017, 10:02 AM IST
Hong Kong activist deported from Thailand `at China`s request`
Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong returned home Wednesday after being deported from junta-run Thailand, where he was due at events commemorating a massacre of student activists, as he and his supporters blamed China for his detention.
Oct 05, 2016, 20:16 PM IST
Thailand bars entry to teenage HK activist 'at China's request'
Thailand on Wednesday barred entry to a Hong Kong student activist who helped organise pro-democracy protests in the Chinese-ruled city in 2014.
Oct 05, 2016, 15:48 PM IST
Hong Kong activist held in Thailand `at China`s request`
Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong was stopped from entering junta-run Thailand, where he was due at events commemorating a massacre of student activists, an official said Wednesday, as supporters blamed China for his detention.
Oct 05, 2016, 12:21 PM IST
Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates retain veto in key vote
A group of young Hong Kong pro-democracy activists pulled off a stunning election victory, gaining a foothold in the southern Chinese city's legislature and setting the stage for a new round of political confrontations with Beijing, official results showed on Monday.
Sep 06, 2016, 00:36 AM IST
Hong Kong student leader Wong convicted for protests
Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong was found guilty Thursday of participating in a protest that led to mass pro-democracy rallies, in a prosecution blasted as a "chilling warning" by rights campaigners.
Jul 21, 2016, 10:56 AM IST
Hong Kong student leader says HSBC blocked new accounts
Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong said Wednesday that the city`s HSBC branches had refused to open an account for his new party, accusing them of "political censorship".
Apr 06, 2016, 10:48 AM IST
Hong Kong activists on trial over `Occupy` protests
Three pro-democracy activists went on trial in Hong Kong on Monday over charges relating to mass rallies in 2014, with the movement`s student leader accusing the government of "unreasonable" prosecution.
Feb 29, 2016, 18:01 PM IST
