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Hong Kong Court issues arrest warrant for mainland Chinese man over allege
Updated : 8 months ago IST
The Hong Kong court has issued an arrest warrant for a 30-year-old mainland Chinese man accused of misrepresenting his academic background to obtain a visa through the city's Top Talent Pass Scheme.
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Hong Kong court finds former Stand News editors guilty of 'sedition'
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
District Court judge Kwok Wai-kin announced the verdict on Thursday, which declared former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam guilty of conspiring to publish seditious publications based on 17 articles.
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Hong Kong court rejects Jimmy Lai's legal bid to end national security tri
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Lai's national security trial, which started in Hong Kong in December 2023, is set to resume on November 20, when Lai is expected to present evidence.
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World Uyghur Congress condemns Hong Kong Court's pro-democracy activist se
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress has strongly condemned the sentencing of 14 pro-democracy activists by a Hong Kong high court in the largest case under the National Security Law (NSL) imposed by China in 2020.
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Hong Kong convicts pro-democracy activists in city's largest national secu
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In a significant verdict in what is said to be the city's largest national security case, the Hong Kong Court has convicted over a dozen pro-democracy activists of subversion charges on Thursday, reported CNN.
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Hong Kong court orders liquidation of indebted Chinese company Evergrande
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Evergrande is a real estate developer with more than USD 300 billion in debt, sitting in the middle of the world's biggest housing crisis. There isn't much left in its sprawling empire that is worth much. And even those assets may be off-limits because property in China has become intertwine
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Hong Kong court rules in favour of same-sex relationships; falls short of
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In a partial victory for the LGBTQ activists, Hong Kong’s top court on Tuesday ruled in favour of same-sex couples asking the government to create ‘legal recognition’ for them, CNN reported.
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Hong Kong court rejects plea by former Stand News editors to terminate tri
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A Hong Kong Court rejected an application to terminate a sedition trial against now-defunct online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News, a case that could see two former top editors jailed if convicted, Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported.
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Hong Kong court finds Cardinal Joseph Zen, five others guilty over relief
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The people who have been found guilty include Zen, barrister Margaret Ng, former lawmaker Cyd Ho, scholar Hui Po-keung, singer-activist Denise Ho and Sze Ching-wee.
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5 Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for conspiracy over 'seditious' child
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 11 (ANI): A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced five speech therapists to 19 months in prison over 'seditious' children's books.
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Hong Kong veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu sentenced to 9 months in jail
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 13 (ANI): A Hong Kong court has sentenced a veteran activist to nine months in jail under the so-called sedition law for planning to protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics earlier this year.
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Hong Kong: Pro-democracy activist put to 10-month sentence over illegal vo
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 26 (ANI): A Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed democracy activist Benny Tai, also a former law professor, for 10 months on charges of the illegal promotion of a strategic voting scheme for the 2016 Legislative Council (LegCo) elections.
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