Hong Kong

Censors cast shadow over Hong Kong cinema

Authorities take their purge of dissent into the cultural sphere with film cuts for national security

Speeches and prison snacks lead to Hong Kong arrests

Activist Wong Yat-chin and two colleagues have been arrested on a national security charge of subversion

Hong Kong’s jailed Catholic media mogul gets US award

Jimmy Lai has been honored for his 'commitment to advancing the Catholic Church's mission as a layperson'

Maryknoll Sisters celebrate 100 years of ministry in China

There are eight Maryknoll Sisters currently ministering in Hong Kong

Nine Hong Kong activists given jail terms for joining Tiananmen vigil

More than 100 pro-democracy figures have been arrested under a law, mostly for expressing political views

Hong Kong to create more national security offences: official

China imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong last year in response to huge pro-democracy protests

Hong Kong councillors swear new loyalty oath after hundreds quit

Under new rules imposed by Beijing, a national security committee can disqualify anyone deemed anti-China or disloyal

Hong Kong police raid shuttered Tiananmen museum

The June 4 museum houses exhibits commemorating Beijing's deadly crackdown on Tiananmen Square in 1989

Hong Kong police arrest Tiananmen vigil organizers

Those held are members of a pro-democracy alliance that was once the most visible symbol of the city's political plurality

Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organiser defies police probe

Hong Kong authorities had warned that pro-democracy leaders faced jail if they refused to cooperate with the probe

Hong Kong University researcher detained in China

Friend says Fang Ran is passionate about social issues and 'not afraid of speaking out whenever he sees some injustice'

Hong Kongers rush to archive democracy movement

Activists work in the shadows to provide digital backups of a museum and an opposition newspaper

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Cambodian children face crisis from poor diets

Families seek diocese's help to free 21 Indonesian farmers

Myanmar's Christian region sees rising number of refugees

Christ's cross an invitation to set aside divisions, says pope