“It is alarming that such consequential legislation was rushed through the legislature through an accelerated process, in spite of serious concerns raised about the incompatibility of many of its provisions with international human rights law,” Volker Türk said in a statement deploring the move in the former British colony which has been a Special Administrative…
Escalating armed violence in Haiti has triggered a profound humanitarian crisis, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Wednesday. At least 170,000 children are now displaced – double the number from last year – amid a surge in gang-led killings and kidnappings, sexual violence and a severe food crisis. “In Haiti, children and families are…
Mr. Lai is the founder of the campaigning pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, which was shut down in 2021 in the wake of the June 2020 National Security Law clampdown in the region. He has spent much of the past three years in solitary confinement after campaigning for decades for freedom of speech and democratic space…
City of Victoria: Hong Kong’s health minister has said that citizens should look down on smokers to make the city smoke-free. According to international media reports, Professor Lu Qingmao said that people who smoke in areas where it is prohibited, if everyone starts staring at them, they cannot turn around and eventually stop smoking in…
Hong Kong citizens wearing masks, photo courtesy of SCMP Hong Kong became the last country to lift the ban on wearing masks, the ban on wearing masks to prevent the corona virus was lifted after 945 days. The country’s leader, John Lee, said during a press briefing that citizens will not need to wear masks…
After three years of strict corona restrictions, China will fully reopen its borders to Hong Kong and Macau from next week. The resumption of regular travel to Hong Kong and Macau will greatly help the battered economies of both cities. According to Macau and Hong Kong authorities, from February 6, travelers entering China from Hong…
Hong Kong opened its doors to the world after the end of the corona virus, the government announced to give 5 lakh free air tickets. The travel ban due to the corona virus has ended after three years and the Hong Kong government has announced to give away 500,000 air tickets for free. The government…
