After stirring up a huge political fight with a planned anti-subversion law, Hong Kong government leaders on Tuesday announced a scaled-back version that appeared intended to appease critics who fear ...

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's government should reconsider its anti-subversion bill because of public fears that civil liberties will be taken away, pro-democracy lawmakers said Wednesday, a day after a ...

Britain may need anti-subversion laws to counter threats from states determined to undermine democracy, a government watchdog has said. Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of state threat ...

HONG KONG — Saddled with economic woes, eroding confidence and a struggling political leadership, the last thing Hong Kong needs is doubt cast on the future of its democratic freedoms. But the ...

HONG KONG (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents marched Tuesday to protest a planned anti-subversion law -- a demonstration that overshadowed the sixth anniversary of Britain's handover of ...

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 9 December 2002 CPJ press release: PROPOSED ANTI-SUBVERSION LEGISLATION THREATENS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN HONG KONG December 9, 2002, New York-The Committee to Protect ...

BEIJING — In a last-ditch effort to defuse an escalating political crisis, the Hong Kong government today postponed the vote on a controversial anti-subversion bill that critics say would undermine ...

2003-02-14 04:00:00 PDT Hong Kong-- The government Thursday unveiled a long-awaited anti-subversion bill that opponents fear could threaten Hong Kong's democratic freedoms. The legislative bill was ...

Last year, the Philippines moved forward with a key executive order designed to shore up its approach to defeating a decades-old communist insurgency. The move bears noting within the broader question ...

Hong Kong's chief executive agrees to delay a vote on an anti-subversion bill that sparked public outrage and threw the government into its biggest crisis in six years. Tung Chee-hwa's decision comes ...