The U.S. is placing sanctions on 11 Chinese officials and their allies in Hong Kong, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam, over their roles in curtailing political freedoms in the former U.K. colony,...

Press Release – For immediate release21 October 2020Contact: World Uyghur Congress www.uyghurcongress.org+49 89 5432 1999 or [email protected] In an important development, the Subcommittee...

Ein führender Hongkonger Aktivist hat Deutschland zu einer klareren Handlungspolitik gegen China aufgerufen. Konkret forderte Nathan Law Außenminister Heiko Maas in einem Brief auf, sich bei dem...

As the EU navigates an increasingly Sino-American world, it finally sees the need to stand together, even against Beijing

Child’s mother says her daughter was buying art supplies when she was tackled and pinned to the ground by police

An opposition activist was arrested in Hong Kong on Sunday by a new police squad for “uttering seditious words”, hours before a rally against a controversial security law. The arrest of…

Those arrested include Tony Chung, the ex-leader of a group that called for Hong Kong independence.

Asset managers should hold Asian giant to account, according to UK politicians

Activist Nathan Law appeals for evidence that could help a private prosecution over alleged mistreatment of protesters.

The new national-security law has professors scared

Chinas Außenminister Wang Yi kommt nach Berlin und erwartet ein herzliches Willkommen. Bundestagsabgeordnete verlangen eher Kritik an China.

Pro-democracy group accused of organising unofficial election last July in largest crackdown on campaigners

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Chinese counterpart are due to meet this week. Prominent pro-democracy activist Nathan Law wants Berlin to increase pressure on China over its rights record.

The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China is pushing for a more realistic approach to China that will address its human rights abuses, trade malpractice and accepted diplomatic norms.

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was detained and then released several hours later by the Hong Kong authorities over last year's protests. Talking to DW, Wong described Hong Kong as "the new East...

Singaporean activist Jolovan Wham is to serve a ten-day jail sentence after being found guilty of organising an illegal assembly in his home country involving Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, who to…

Hong Kong police have arrested one of the producers of a TV documentary about the 2019 Yuen Long mob attacks, the show said on Tuesday. Freelancer Choy Yuk Ling was arrested in the afternoon in con…

Activists working to defend Hong Kong's democracy say police in Canada appear to be helpless against what they call a campaign of harassment and threats against them by supporters of the Chinese...

Tony Chung, 19, was on bail on suspected national security offences when he was reportedly ‘snatched away’

India, Japan and Australia have begun discussions on launching a trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) to reduce dependency on China, necessitated by Beijing's aggressive political and...

In language that is likely to infuriate Beijing, Germany’s Europe minister Michael Roth cast China as a systemic rival that has ‘unfortunately’ challenged Europe’s ‘foundation of values’.

The Chinese foreign minister is visiting Berlin next week for talks. A cross-party group of MPs want Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to bring up issues such as the Uighur internment camps and "aggressi...

The appalling state-sponsored human rights abuses being perpetrated in Tibet and Xinjiang demand a far tougher response

Joshua Wong urges everyone to ‘hang in there, add oil’ as he, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam are taken away ahead of sentencing next week

End of cooperation ‘because of pandemic’ comes as extent of similar British contracts with foreign forces emerges

Britain is on a collision course with China after Boris Johnson approved plans last week to build up alternatives to Huawei in the 5G network, a move that caused a heated cabinet split in the...

Hong Kong activists who have sought sanctuary in Britain have told the Foreign Office that they believe they are under surveillance by Chinese agents in London.Simon Cheng, a former employee of the...

The ABC's China correspondent says he felt like a "pawn in a diplomatic tussle" after Chinese police barred him, along with another Australian journalist, from leaving the country.

President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders prohibiting U.S. residents from doing business with the Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat apps beginning 45 days from now, citing the national...

Thirty people claim to be victims of Communist party intimidation in Australia but only three reported it to local authorities

The four ran up to talk to security guards, who allowed them inside the compound, but they did not stay. Incident came after arrest of three others tied to now-defunct Studentlocalism group.

Teachers and students have refused to comply with a new bilingual education program in Inner Mongolia. The state is cracking down in response.

Buckelt die deutsche Politik zu sehr vor China? Den Vorwurf erhebt ein Unionspolitiker im ZDF – und rechnet nebenbei mit Siemens-Chef Kaeser ab.

Ireland has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following a review of a controversial new national security law.The law introduced by Beijing criminalises acts of secession, subversion,...

Journalists at the embattled pro-democracy Apple Daily say they will keep going as long as possible amid warnings of further police action.

Dominic Raab is under pressure to extend consular and legal protections to British nationals in Hong Kong if they are arrested under Beijing’s new national security law.A cross-party group of MPs and...