The dying of the light

Hong Kong is marking five years of life under China’s national security law – opposition parties have disbanded, while democracy activists remain in jail or exile.

Protect the heroes of Hong Kong

The Australian government should strongly oppose China’s egregious attempts to impose its censorship abroad, in contravention of Australia’s democratic values, on Australian soil.

Hong Kong’s walled garden

China’s tightening grip on Hong Kong may have fallen from the headlines, but the suffocating grip of the Chinese Communist Party increases every day.

Judicial repression in Hong Kong

The more the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities politicise local courts, the harder it will be for them to pretend that Hong Kong’s legal system can survive under China’s dark shadow.

Turn into something beautiful

China’s imposition of a draconian ‘national security law’ has quashed but failed to extinguish the embers of Hong Kong’s democracy.

China’s crushing of Hong Kong

Twenty-five years after the British handover of Hong Kong to China, every promise made by Beijing to respect its citizens’ rights has been broken.

The indelible city of Hong Kong

Indelible City – Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong by Louisa Lim is a haunting testimonial to the intertwined vitality, tragedy and hope of Hong Kong under the boot of the Chinese communist party.

Judicial repression in Hong Kong

Communist China’s remorseless strangulation of freedom in Hong Kong extends to its courts as well as politics and security.

International pressure can help protect Hong Kong

The UN needs to establish a special envoy to closely monitor the decline of human rights in Hong Kong, says Australia Director at Human Rights Watch and adjunct lecturer at UNSW Law Elaine Pearson.

The death of Hong Kong

Communist China’s brutal assault on Hong Kong’s last vestiges of freedom through its controversial new ‘security law’ is yet more chilling evidence of its repressive and expansionist nature.

The danger of keeping quiet

The former Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, explores the need for international collaboration and honesty in dealing with China.

Political ‘doxxing’ – A Hong Kong case study

Western social media companies must remain alert to the evolving tactics of those who use their platforms as a weapon against the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement.