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Last Crawled2026-04-02 20:05:00 (5 days ago)
First Indexed2020-04-06 05:50:29 (6 years ago)
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Meta Title2019 Hong Kong Protests & Unrest | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Meta DescriptionMass city-side pro-democracy protests erupted in HK in June 2019 over an extradition bill. Full news coverage of the unrest and aftermath.
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Features on the 2019 protests Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS on 2019 China saw hundreds of demos this year, but Hong Kong remains quiet “[B]oth the PRC Constitution (Article 35) and the Basic Law (Article 27) recognise freedom of assembly, procession, and demonstration. Why is the practice of these freedoms so different on the mainland and in Hong Kong?” asks John Burns. 11:00, 8 December 2024 Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. FRONTLINE PHOTOGRAPHY from 2019 Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
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They [escalated](https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/25/explainer-from-five-demands-to-black-cops-to-independence-the-evolution-of-hong-kongs-protest-slogans/) into sometimes violent displays of dissent against police behaviour, amid [calls for democracy](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/26/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-universal-suffrage/) and anger over Beijing’s encroachment. [Demonstrators demanded](https://hongkongfp.com/tag/five-demands-explainer/) an [independent probe](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/24/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-independent-investigation-police-behaviour/) into police conduct, [amnesty for those arrested](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/25/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-amnesty-arrested-protesters/) and a [halt to the characterisation](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/28/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-halt-characterisation-protests-riots/) of protests as “riots.” [![Hong Kong actor among 7 who lose appeals over 2019 storming of legislature](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2026-03-18T125526.453.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/18/hong-kong-actor-among-7-who-lose-appeals-over-2019-storming-of-legislature/) ## [Hong Kong actor among 7 who lose appeals over 2019 storming of legislature](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/18/hong-kong-actor-among-7-who-lose-appeals-over-2019-storming-of-legislature/) The appellate court dismissed the appeals lodged by actor Gregory Wong and six others, including children’s rights activist and former student leader Althea Suen. [![Hans Tse](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/) by [Hans Tse](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/) 13:41, 18 March 2026 13:41, 18 March 2026 [![Hong Kong woman, 21, charged over 2019 protests after returning from Australia](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2026-03-10T114224.339.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/10/hong-kong-woman-21-charged-over-2019-protests-after-returning-from-australia/) ## [Hong Kong woman, 21, charged over 2019 protests after returning from Australia](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/10/hong-kong-woman-21-charged-over-2019-protests-after-returning-from-australia/) Ami Chan allegedly carried two laser pointers and three bottles of spray paint on September 8, 2019, on a section of Oil Street between King’s Road and Electric Road in Fortress Hill, amid the pro-democracy protests and unrest that rocked Hong Kong that year. [![Hans Tse](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/) by [Hans Tse](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/) 12:23, 10 March 2026 21:13, 10 March 2026 [![Hong Kong retiree jailed for 8 months over seditious Facebook posts](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2026-03-01T171845.262.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/02/hong-kong-retiree-jailed-for-8-months-over-seditious-facebook-posts/) ## [Hong Kong retiree jailed for 8 months over seditious Facebook posts](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/02/hong-kong-retiree-jailed-for-8-months-over-seditious-facebook-posts/) Lam Chung-ming, 68, admitted to publishing 130 seditious posts on Facebook between September 2024 and November last year, with his lawyer saying Lam’s account had around a dozen friends. by [Hans Tse](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/) 07:20, 2 March 2026 [![Hong Kong gov’t expands rehabilitation programme for released protesters with mainland China tours](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CSD-tour.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/24/hong-kong-govt-expands-rehabilitation-programme-for-released-protesters-with-mainland-china-tours/) ## [Hong Kong gov’t expands rehabilitation programme for released protesters with mainland China tours](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/24/hong-kong-govt-expands-rehabilitation-programme-for-released-protesters-with-mainland-china-tours/) Under the expanded Project PATH, the Correctional Services Department (CSD) has been organising tours to mainland China for released prisoners under supervision since early February. by [Irene Chan](https://hongkongfp.com/author/irenehkfp/) 14:13, 24 February 2026 14:13, 24 February 2026 [![Timeline: Over 60 Hong Kong civil society groups disband following the onset of the security law](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/civil-society-groups.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/19/explainer-over-50-groups-gone-in-11-months-how-hong-kongs-pro-democracy-forces-crumbled/) ## [Timeline: Over 60 Hong Kong civil society groups disband following the onset of the security law](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/19/explainer-over-50-groups-gone-in-11-months-how-hong-kongs-pro-democracy-forces-crumbled/) HKFP lists which civil society groups have disappeared in the wake of Hong Kong’s 2020 security law. by [Hong Kong Free Press](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hongkongfreepress/) 10:10, 19 February 2026 22:48, 19 February 2026 [![HKFP Monitor Feb 7, 2026: Brief history of policy reversals; Epstein’s Hong Kong friends](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Monitor-feb-7.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/07/hkfp-monitor-feb-7-2026-brief-history-of-policy-reversals-epsteins-hong-kong-friends/) ## [HKFP Monitor Feb 7, 2026: Brief history of policy reversals; Epstein’s Hong Kong friends](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/07/hkfp-monitor-feb-7-2026-brief-history-of-policy-reversals-epsteins-hong-kong-friends/) by [Hong Kong Free Press](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hongkongfreepress/) 10:00, 7 February 2026 15:04, 24 February 2026 [![Judge questions relevance of 2019 protest remarks in nat. sec case against Tiananmen vigil activists](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Judge-questions-relevance-of-2019-protest-remarks-in-national-security-case-against-Tiananmen-vigil-activists.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/30/judge-questions-relevance-of-2019-protest-remarks-in-nat-sec-case-against-tiananmen-vigil-activists/) ## [Judge questions relevance of 2019 protest remarks in nat. sec case against Tiananmen vigil activists](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/30/judge-questions-relevance-of-2019-protest-remarks-in-nat-sec-case-against-tiananmen-vigil-activists/) by [James Lee](https://hongkongfp.com/author/jameshkfp/) 20:04, 30 January 2026 10:59, 3 February 2026 [![Hong Kong courts still handling around 70 cases linked to 2019 protests](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2019-court-cases.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/21/hong-kong-courts-still-handling-around-70-cases-linked-to-2019-protests/) ## [Hong Kong courts still handling around 70 cases linked to 2019 protests](https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/21/hong-kong-courts-still-handling-around-70-cases-linked-to-2019-protests/) by [Hillary Leung](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hillaryleung/) 12:24, 21 January 2026 12:24, 21 January 2026 [![Hong Kong police officer jailed for 6 months over fraudulent sick leave claims during 2019 protests](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Police-fraud.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/31/hong-kong-police-officer-jailed-for-6-months-over-fraudulent-sick-leave-claims-during-2019-protests/) ## [Hong Kong police officer jailed for 6 months over fraudulent sick leave claims during 2019 protests](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/31/hong-kong-police-officer-jailed-for-6-months-over-fraudulent-sick-leave-claims-during-2019-protests/) by [Hillary Leung](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hillaryleung/) 18:10, 31 December 2025 18:56, 31 December 2025 [![hong kong protests archive arrests](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1.-protest-archive-arrests.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kong-protest-movement-data-archive-arrests-protest-statistics/) [![hong kong protests archive explainers](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2.-protest-archive-explainers.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kongs-2019-protest-movement-explained/) [![hong kong protests archive glossary](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/3.-protest-archive-glossary.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kong-protest-movement-data-archive-glossary/) [![hong kong protests archive news](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/0.-latest-news.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/anti-extradition-movement/) [![hong kong protests archive mobilisation map](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/4.-protest-archive-mobilisation-map.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kong-protest-movement-data-archive-mobilisation-map/) [![hong kong protests archive posters](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5.-protest-archive-posters.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kong-protest-movement-data-archive-poster-search-engine/) [![hong kong protests archive photography](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/6.-protest-archive-photography.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kongs-2019-protest-movement-in-pictures/) [![hong kong protests archive posters](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7.-protest-archive-protests.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kong-protest-movement-data-archive-protest-timeline/) [![hong kong protests archive tear gas](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/8.-protest-archive-tear-gas-map.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kong-protest-movement-data-archive-tear-gas-map/) ## 2019 Features [![Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 64](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Explainer_-Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-%E2%80%93-month-64.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/09/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-64/) ### [Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 64](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/09/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-64/) by [Hong Kong Free Press](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hongkongfreepress/) 08:00, 9 November 2025 08:14, 15 November 2025 [![‘It has been so long’: Hongkongers acquitted in 2019 protest cases face lengthy legal battle after gov’t appeals](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Article-feature-protester.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/22/it-has-been-so-long-hongkongers-acquitted-in-2019-protest-cases-face-lengthy-legal-battle-after-govt-appeals/) ### [‘It has been so long’: Hongkongers acquitted in 2019 protest cases face lengthy legal battle after gov’t appeals](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/22/it-has-been-so-long-hongkongers-acquitted-in-2019-protest-cases-face-lengthy-legal-battle-after-govt-appeals/) by [Hans Tse](https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/) 18:30, 22 June 2025 11:06, 2 October 2025 ## the five demands [![Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – halt the characterisation of protests as ‘riots’](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-13.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/28/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-halt-characterisation-protests-riots/) ### [Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – halt the characterisation of protests as ‘riots’](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/28/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-halt-characterisation-protests-riots/) [![Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – universal suffrage](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-9.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/26/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-universal-suffrage/) ### [Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – universal suffrage](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/26/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-universal-suffrage/) [![Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – amnesty for all arrested protesters](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-10.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/25/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-amnesty-arrested-protesters/) ### [Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – amnesty for all arrested protesters](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/25/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-amnesty-arrested-protesters/) [![Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – an independent investigation into police behaviour](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-11.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/24/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-independent-investigation-police-behaviour/) ### [Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – an independent investigation into police behaviour](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/24/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-independent-investigation-police-behaviour/) [![Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – withdrawal of the extradition bill](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-12.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/23/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-withdrawal-extradition-bill/) ### [Explainer: Hong Kong’s Five Demands – withdrawal of the extradition bill](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/12/23/explainer-hong-kongs-five-demands-withdrawal-extradition-bill/) ## Features on the 2019 protests [![Easter exodus: More Hong Kong families head to mainland China for affordable fun](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Article-Spot-story-1.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/26/easter-exodus-more-hong-kong-families-head-to-mainland-china-for-affordable-fun/) ### [Easter exodus: More Hong Kong families head to mainland China for affordable fun](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/26/easter-exodus-more-hong-kong-families-head-to-mainland-china-for-affordable-fun/) 08:35, 26 April 2025 21:47, 30 April 2025 [![Hong Kong 47: Dozens queue for 5 seats in courtroom to witness sentencing of democrats in landmark security law case](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hong-Kong-47_-Dozens-queue-outside-courthouse-ahead-of-sentencing-for-45-democrats-1.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/11/18/hong-kong-47-dozens-queue-for-5-seats-in-courtroom-to-witness-sentencing-of-democrats-in-landmark-security-law-case/) ### [Hong Kong 47: Dozens queue for 5 seats in courtroom to witness sentencing of democrats in landmark security law case](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/11/18/hong-kong-47-dozens-queue-for-5-seats-in-courtroom-to-witness-sentencing-of-democrats-in-landmark-security-law-case/) 20:19, 18 November 2024 20:19, 18 November 2024 [![Visitors to Hong Kong museums hail China’s history and champion its development on National Day](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/National-Day-museums-story-2.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/10/01/visitors-to-hong-kong-museums-hail-chinas-history-and-champion-its-development-on-national-day/) ### [Visitors to Hong Kong museums hail China’s history and champion its development on National Day](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/10/01/visitors-to-hong-kong-museums-hail-chinas-history-and-champion-its-development-on-national-day/) 18:32, 1 October 2024 11:15, 2 October 2024 [![In Pictures: Most visitors to revamped, renamed Hong Kong museum unaware of patriotic education push](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Most-visitors-to-revamped-renamed-Hong-Kong-museum-unaware-of-patriotic-education-campaign.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/09/07/in-pictures-most-visitors-to-revamped-renamed-hong-kong-museum-unaware-of-patriotic-education-push/) ### [In Pictures: Most visitors to revamped, renamed Hong Kong museum unaware of patriotic education push](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/09/07/in-pictures-most-visitors-to-revamped-renamed-hong-kong-museum-unaware-of-patriotic-education-push/) 11:54, 7 September 2024 08:12, 8 September 2024 [![Hong Kong’s new national security gallery tells different story about unrest than Western media, foreign visitors say](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Aug-8.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/09/hong-kongs-new-national-security-gallery-tells-different-story-about-unrest-than-western-media-foreign-visitors-say/) ### [Hong Kong’s new national security gallery tells different story about unrest than Western media, foreign visitors say](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/09/hong-kongs-new-national-security-gallery-tells-different-story-about-unrest-than-western-media-foreign-visitors-say/) 20:12, 9 August 2024 09:56, 3 February 2026 [![Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 49](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NSL-roundup-month-49.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/04/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-49/) ### [Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 49](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/04/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-49/) 10:00, 4 August 2024 10:36, 6 August 2024 [![Social workers were once among the most active in Hong Kong’s civil society. 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Please refresh the page and/or try again. ## 2019 Protests Explained [![Data analysis: How Hong Kong convicted 200 people for rioting during the 2019 protests and unrest](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Riot-cases-summary-explainer-feature-2.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2023/04/07/data-analysis-how-hong-kong-convicted-200-people-for-rioting-during-the-2019-protests-and-unrest/) ### [Data analysis: How Hong Kong convicted 200 people for rioting during the 2019 protests and unrest](https://hongkongfp.com/2023/04/07/data-analysis-how-hong-kong-convicted-200-people-for-rioting-during-the-2019-protests-and-unrest/) [![Shifting Narratives: From ‘violent attack’ to ‘gang fight’ – How the official account of the Yuen Long mob attack changed](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Article-Featured-1-1200x675.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2021/07/21/from-violent-attack-to-gang-fight-how-the-official-account-of-the-yuen-long-mob-attack-changed-over-a-year/) ### 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covid-19](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-17.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/20/explainer-beijings-5-day-crackdown-on-hong-kongs-opposition-during-covid-19/) ### [Explainer: Beijing’s 5-day crackdown on Hong Kong’s opposition during covid-19](https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/20/explainer-beijings-5-day-crackdown-on-hong-kongs-opposition-during-covid-19/) [![Explainer: What can Hong Kong’s democrats do with their new District Council majority?](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-2.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/11/27/explainer-can-hong-kongs-democrats-new-district-council-majority/) ### [Explainer: What can Hong Kong’s democrats do with their new District Council majority?](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/11/27/explainer-can-hong-kongs-democrats-new-district-council-majority/) [![Explainer: Aggressive policing creates rifts in Hong Kong’s civil service, with firefighters caught in fallout](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-1-1.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/11/11/explainer-aggressive-policing-creates-rifts-hong-kongs-civil-service-firefighters-caught-fallout/) ### [Explainer: Aggressive policing creates rifts in Hong Kong’s civil service, with firefighters caught in fallout](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/11/11/explainer-aggressive-policing-creates-rifts-hong-kongs-civil-service-firefighters-caught-fallout/) [![Explainer: ‘Renovation’, ‘decoration’ and ‘fire magic’ – the businesses targeted by Hong Kong’s hit-and-run protesters](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-2-1.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/10/09/explainer-renovation-decoration-fire-magic-businesses-targeted-hong-kongs-hit-run-protesters/) ### [Explainer: ‘Renovation’, ‘decoration’ and ‘fire magic’ – the businesses targeted by Hong Kong’s hit-and-run protesters](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/10/09/explainer-renovation-decoration-fire-magic-businesses-targeted-hong-kongs-hit-run-protesters/) [![Explainer: ‘The Communist Party’s Railway’ – How Hong Kong’s once-respected MTR fell afoul of protesters](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-3.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/09/22/explainer-communist-partys-railway-hong-kongs-respected-mtr-fell-afoul-protesters/) ### [Explainer: ‘The Communist Party’s Railway’ – How Hong Kong’s once-respected MTR fell afoul of protesters](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/09/22/explainer-communist-partys-railway-hong-kongs-respected-mtr-fell-afoul-protesters/) [![Explainer: Know your rights at Hong Kong protests: FAQ with the Progressive Lawyers Group](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Article-Explainer-4.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/09/14/know-rights-hong-kong-protests-faq-progressive-lawyers-group/) ### [Explainer: Know your rights at Hong Kong protests: FAQ with the Progressive Lawyers Group](https://hongkongfp.com/2019/09/14/know-rights-hong-kong-protests-faq-progressive-lawyers-group/) More explainers Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. ## COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS on 2019 [![A constitutional innovation: Never mind Hong Kong’s Basic Law, consider the context](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tim-Basic-Law-vs-context.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/12/a-constitutional-innovation-never-mind-hong-kongs-basic-law-consider-the-context/) ### [A constitutional innovation: Never mind Hong Kong’s Basic Law, consider the context](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/12/a-constitutional-innovation-never-mind-hong-kongs-basic-law-consider-the-context/) Changing Hong Kong’s mini-constitution is “a matter for parliament, not something to be done in court in the name of ‘context’,” writes Tim Hamlett. 10:30, 12 January 2025 [![China saw hundreds of demos this year, but Hong Kong remains quiet](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/brave_1dPLvUHQ5L.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/08/china-saw-hundreds-of-demos-this-year-but-hong-kong-remains-quiet/) ### [China saw hundreds of demos this year, but Hong Kong remains quiet](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/08/china-saw-hundreds-of-demos-this-year-but-hong-kong-remains-quiet/) “\[B\]oth the PRC Constitution (Article 35) and the Basic Law (Article 27) recognise freedom of assembly, procession, and demonstration. Why is the practice of these freedoms so different on the mainland and in Hong Kong?” asks John Burns. 11:00, 8 December 2024 [![Hong Kong’s years-long court delays: Why some public figures accept them](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tim-hamlett-court-delays.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/11/10/hong-kongs-years-long-court-delays-why-some-public-figures-accept-them/) ### [Hong Kong’s years-long court delays: Why some public figures accept them](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/11/10/hong-kongs-years-long-court-delays-why-some-public-figures-accept-them/) “The government is apparently happy to continue on its present course, which will lead to continued prosecutions hitting the court sheet until about 2035, by which time the defendants will have been waiting for 16 years,” writes Tim Hamlett of continued court delays. 10:30, 10 November 2024 [![Hong Kong’s worst ever riots? Read the history](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/brave_3QNSyZO9eg.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/06/17/hong-kongs-worst-ever-riots-read-the-history/) ### [Hong Kong’s worst ever riots? Read the history](https://hongkongfp.com/2024/06/17/hong-kongs-worst-ever-riots-read-the-history/) “When the teargas cleared a total of 59 people had been killed, more than 500 injured and some 6,000 arrested, though only 2,200 of the latter were eventually charged with anything. Property damage was estimated at US\$1 million,” Tim Hamlett writes of the 1956 riots. 17:58, 17 June 2024 17:58, 17 June 2024 More commentary Something went wrong. 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[Hong Kong authorities banned sale of sign language T-shirt at Pride event, LGBTQ group says](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/26/hong-kong-authorities-banned-sale-of-sign-language-t-shirt-at-pride-event-lgbtq-group-says/) 19:13, 26 November 2025 21:02, 26 November 2025 [![Hong Kong police arrest 2 over ‘seditious’ posts shared on pancake shop’s social media account](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pancake-shop-sedition.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/26/hong-kong-police-arrest-2-over-seditious-posts-shared-on-pancake-shops-social-media-account/) ## [Hong Kong police arrest 2 over ‘seditious’ posts shared on pancake shop’s social media account](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/26/hong-kong-police-arrest-2-over-seditious-posts-shared-on-pancake-shops-social-media-account/) 11:00, 26 November 2025 [![Hong Kong man jailed for 18 years over 2019 protests related-bomb plot lodges appeal](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/High-Court-appeal-bomb-plot.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/20/hong-kong-man-jailed-for-18-years-over-2019-protests-related-bomb-plot-lodges-appeal/) ## [Hong Kong man jailed for 18 years over 2019 protests related-bomb plot lodges appeal](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/20/hong-kong-man-jailed-for-18-years-over-2019-protests-related-bomb-plot-lodges-appeal/) 11:00, 20 November 2025 [![2 Hong Kong men jailed for over 16 years for 2020 bomb plots lodge appeal](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-87-1.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/13/2-hong-kong-men-jailed-for-over-16-years-for-2020-bomb-plots-lodge-appeal/) ## [2 Hong Kong men jailed for over 16 years for 2020 bomb plots lodge appeal](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/13/2-hong-kong-men-jailed-for-over-16-years-for-2020-bomb-plots-lodge-appeal/) 12:43, 13 November 2025 15:41, 13 November 2025 [![Hong Kong couple jailed for over a year for helping fugitive protesters evade authorities](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo11.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/11/hong-kong-couple-jailed-for-over-a-year-for-helping-fugitive-protesters-evade-authorities/) ## 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[3 Hong Kong men jailed for up to 18 years over 2020 bomb plots](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/27/3-hong-kong-men-jailed-for-up-to-18-years-over-2020-bomb-plots/) 13:49, 27 October 2025 13:51, 27 October 2025 [![National security trial of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil group delayed again to January](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/National-security-trial-of-Hong-Kong-Tiananmen-vigil-group-delayed-again-to-January.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/24/national-security-trial-of-hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-group-delayed-again-to-january/) ## [National security trial of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil group delayed again to January](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/24/national-security-trial-of-hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-group-delayed-again-to-january/) 18:40, 24 October 2025 15:52, 4 November 2025 [![Hong Kong slams UK over ‘despicable political manoeuvres’ in report calling for release of jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Hong-Kong-slams-UK-over-%E2%80%98despicable-political-manoeuvres-in-report-calling-for-release-of-jailed-tycoon-Jimmy-Lai.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/24/hong-kong-slams-uk-over-despicable-political-manoeuvres-in-report-calling-for-release-of-jailed-tycoon-jimmy-lai/) ## [Hong Kong slams UK over ‘despicable political manoeuvres’ in report calling for release of jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/24/hong-kong-slams-uk-over-despicable-political-manoeuvres-in-report-calling-for-release-of-jailed-tycoon-jimmy-lai/) 12:42, 24 October 2025 12:43, 24 October 2025 [![Hong Kong press freedom rebounds slightly from historic low, reflecting ‘resilience,’ journalists’ union says](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Press-freedom-rebounds-slightly-from-historic-low-demonstrating-sectors-%E2%80%98resilience-union-says.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/17/hong-kong-press-freedom-rebounds-slightly-from-historic-low-reflecting-resilience-journalists-union-says/) ## [Hong Kong press freedom rebounds slightly from historic low, reflecting ‘resilience,’ journalists’ union says](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/17/hong-kong-press-freedom-rebounds-slightly-from-historic-low-reflecting-resilience-journalists-union-says/) 07:30, 17 October 2025 12:24, 17 October 2025 [![Hong Kong trio convicted of conspiracy over 2019-2020 bomb plots resented police, court told](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-83.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/10/hong-kong-trio-convicted-of-conspiracy-over-2019-2020-bomb-plots-resented-police-court-told/) ## [Hong Kong trio convicted of conspiracy over 2019-2020 bomb plots resented police, court told](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/10/hong-kong-trio-convicted-of-conspiracy-over-2019-2020-bomb-plots-resented-police-court-told/) 16:31, 10 October 2025 16:32, 10 October 2025 [![Hong Kong court orders ex-protester who broke police officer’s finger to pay HK\$150,000 in damages](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Hong-Kong-court-orders-protester-who-broke-officers-finger-to-pay-HK150000-in-damages.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/08/hong-kong-court-orders-ex-protester-who-broke-police-officers-finger-to-pay-hk150000-in-damages/) ## [Hong Kong court orders ex-protester who broke police officer’s finger to pay HK\$150,000 in damages](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/08/hong-kong-court-orders-ex-protester-who-broke-police-officers-finger-to-pay-hk150000-in-damages/) 18:59, 8 October 2025 19:00, 8 October 2025 [![HKFP Monitor Oct 4, 2025: Cost of National Day displays remains unknown, Beijing’s ‘4 don’ts’ for US envoy](https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Article-HKFP-Monitor-October-4-2025.jpg)](https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/04/hkfp-monitor-oct-4-2025-cost-of-national-day-displays-remains-unknown-beijings-4-donts-for-us-envoy/) ## 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