July 1 marks 26 years since Britain returned #HongKong to #China, with a promise of a high degree of autonomy for the city. But freedoms in Hong Kong have been increasingly eroded. NTD spoke with Benedict Rogers, chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, to hear his insights. https://www.ntd.com/hong-kong-has-become-repressive-police-state-benedict-rogers_927969.html

"Google has been thinking about pulling out from #HongKong. I know a few more technology companies [are] considering reducing [their] exposure."

The Hong Kong government is trying to get the iconic Hong Kong protest song "Glory to Hong Kong" removed from various platforms like Google, YouTube, and elsewhere via court injunction.

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#CocoLee, a #HongKong-born singer and songwriter who had a highly successful career in Asia, has died by suicide, her siblings said. She was 48.
https://www.ntd.com/hong-kong-born-singer-coco-lee-dies-by-suicide-at-age-48-her-siblings-say_929277.html

#HongKong police arrested another person accused of supporting overseas activists who allegedly endangered national security, in a further expansion of a government clampdown on pro-democracy dissidents. https://www.ntd.com/hong-kong-police-arrest-another-person-accused-of-supporting-overseas-activists_929439.html

Seven of #HongKong’s most prominent pro-democracy advocates had part of their convictions quashed over their roles in one of the biggest pro-democracy #protests in 2019. https://www.ntd.com/prominent-hong-kong-democracy-activists-partially-win-bid-to-quash-convictions-over-2019-protest_936241.html

Ronson Chan, the head of #HongKong’s top journalists group is about to spend five days behind bars. He was sentenced in a case critics are calling another blow to media freedoms in the financial hub.
https://www.ntd.com/hong-kong-journalist-group-leader-sentenced-to-5-days_944046.html

A Washington state senator was arrested at the airport in #HongKong after discovering a firearm in his carry-on bag that was not licensed there, according to a statement from his office.
https://www.ntd.com/washington-state-sen-jeff-wilson-arrested-charged-over-firearm-in-bag-at-hong-kong-airport_949747.html

“Probably I won’t return for the rest of my life.”

One of the most prominent faces of #HongKong’s pro-democracy movement revealed that she is living in Canada and will not return to meet bail conditions as police investigate allegations she endangered national security. https://www.ntd.com/i-wont-return-hong-kong-democracy-activist-agnes-chow-reveals-she-has-moved-to-canada-and-plans-to-skip-bail_958204.html

Residents went to the polls in #HongKong’s first district council #elections since an electoral overhaul was implemented under Beijing’s guidance of “patriots” administering the city, effectively shutting out all pro-democracy candidates. https://www.ntd.com/hong-kong-holds-first-council-elections-under-new-rules-that-shut-out-pro-democracy-candidates-activists-arrested_959594.html

Voter turnout plunged below 30 percent in #HongKong’s first district council elections since new rules introduced under Beijing’s guidance effectively shut out all pro-democracy candidates, setting a record low since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
https://www.ntd.com/voter-turnout-plunges-below-30-percent-in-hong-kong-election-after-rules-shut-out-pro-democracy-candidates_959618.html