Hong Kong human rights lawyer Chow Hang-tung is detained over her role in organizing the city’s Tiananmen crackdown vigil, for which she faces up to 10 years in jail under the National Security Law. Her partner and fellow activist, Ye Du, is living under police surveillance in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Ahead of Valentine’s Day, here Ye Du shares a poem he has written to his imprisoned partner.

Responding to a Hong Kong court’s conviction of the father of US-based pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok under the city’s Article 23 law, Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas spokesperson Joey Siu said:

Responding to the 20-year sentence handed to Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai for ‘national security’ offences, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: 

Since September 2021, authorities have detained Hong Kong activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan on charges of “inciting subversion of state power.” Their so-called crime: commemorating the Tiananmen crackdown. Prosecutors have set their trial for January 2026 — after over 4 years of detention without bail, they face up to 10 years’ imprisonment. Sign the petition—demand their immediate release.

Today, Hong Kong’s High Court handed down a ruling against Chow Hang Tung, finding that the current prison policy is constitutional, despite its differential treatment of male and female inmates.In response, Fernado Cheung, the spokesperson of Amnesty Hong Kong Overseas Section said:“Despite being held in unjust detention for 52 months simply for exercising her right to freedom of expression, Chow Hang Tong’s courage—whether on the outside or behind bars—remains unwavering.”

Former Hong Kong prison inmates have told of inhumane and degrading conditions in new research published today by Amnesty International, as the organization called for authorities to urgently investigate the situation in the city’s correctional facilities.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

10 December 2025

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COP30 leaders must keep people, and not profits and power, at the heart of negotiations by committing to protect and address activists’ demands to ramp up the climate action our planet urgently needs – a full, fast, fair and funded fossil-fuel phase-out and just transition to sustainable energy for all, in all sectors, Amnesty International said ahead of the annual UN climate summit in Brazil. 

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We, the undersigned 92 civil society organisations and individuals, call on the governments of the G7 and EU/EEA members to exert diplomatic pressure, both bilaterally and multilaterally, on the Hong Kong government to drop all charges and release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan immediately and unconditionally.