Hui, who was granted political asylum in the United States and currently serves as the policy and advocacy coordinator at the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, is one of several overseas activists wanted by Hong Kong authorities under the city's sweeping national security law, H
Hong Kong police have issued new arrest warrants for six pro-democracy activists living abroad, offering rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars for information that leads to their capture, according to a report by Voice of America.
Over 10 Taiwanese civil rights activist groups gathered outside the legislature on Monday demanding the immediate release of the 47 pro-democracy activists from Hong Kong who were jailed under China's national security law.
In a stark demonstration of the tightening grip on dissent, Hong Kong's High Court sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to prison terms of up to 10 years under the controversial National Security Law imposed by Beijing.
The list of US citizens includes members of the US government, pro-democracy activists, academics, and leaders of defence contracting firms and financial institutions that supply weapons to Ukraine to respond to Russia's war.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law has praised Taiwan's journey to democracy as a source of "inspiration" for his own advocacy work, adding that Hong Kongers should take note of how the country spent decades fighting for freedom, during the launch of his book in Taipei on Sunday.
The CBS report states that Yuanjun Tang, who had previously protested against the Chinese Communist Party during the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations and later sought refuge in Taiwan and the US, is accused by prosecutors of agreeing to work for China's intelligence agency decades later.
Apart from the cancellation of the "absconders'" travel documents, the government said that the six people were barred from doing any business dealings in Hong Kong, including financial transactions from cash to gold.
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.
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.
The US State Department on Friday said it has “strongly condemned” the Hong Kong authorities’ “ongoing harassment” of family members of pro-democracy activists living overseas, CNN reported.