Human rights activist devoted to exposing abuses in China and observing people’s aspirations to freedomWhen Robin Munro walked off Tiananmen Square – Read More
Jul 12, 2021
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Jun 12, 2021
Agnes Chow: activist leaves jail as China says Hong Kong ‘pawn in geopolitics’
Key figure in 2019 anti-government protests was imprisoned for more than six months under national security law imposed by mainland ChinaThe Hong Kong Read More
Apr 27, 2021
Beijing calls Hong Kong bar association chief an ‘anti-China politician’
Authorities lambast British-born Paul Harris for criticising treatment of pro-democracy campaignersBeijing and Hong Kong authorities have accused the Read More
Apr 24, 2021
Yemen, Myanmar and George Floyd: human rights this fortnight in pictures
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cambodia to Peru Continue reading... Read More
Apr 20, 2021
Eben Hamilton obituary
My uncle Eben Hamilton, who has died aged 83, was one of the leading insolvency lawyers of his time. His expertise led him to be commissioned by the Read More
Mar 17, 2021
Policing bill is a grave threat to our right to protest | Letters
Guardian readers on the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill and the threat it poses to civil libertiesYour leader (The Guardian view on policing Read More
Feb 16, 2021
Key pro-democracy figures go on trial over Hong Kong protests
Veteran activist Lee Cheuk-yan accuses police and government of depriving Hongkongers of constitutional rightsA veteran champion of democracy in Hong Read More
Feb 08, 2021
HSBC urged to unfreeze accounts of Hong Kong activist
International politicians say the bank, already under fire for backing China’s security law, could ‘gravely tarnish’ its reputationAn international Read More
Feb 08, 2021
HSBC urged to unfreeze accounts of Hong Kong activist
International politicians say the bank, already under fire for backing China’s security law, could ‘gravely tarnish’ its reputationAn international Read More
Jan 20, 2021
David Perry QC quits prosecution of Hong Kong activists
British barrister was called ‘mercenary’ by UK foreign secretary for taking on case against pro-democracy figuresThe British QC hired to run the Read More
Jan 17, 2021
Dominic Raab calls QC acting for Hong Kong government ‘mercenary’
David Perry is giving China a PR coup by acting against pro-democracy activists, foreign secretary saysDavid Perry QC, the barrister acting for the Read More
Jan 17, 2021
Dominic Raab calls QC acting for Hong Kong government ‘mercenary’
David Perry is giving China a PR coup by acting against pro-democracy activists, foreign secretary saysDavid Perry QC, the barrister acting for the Read More