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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

2016-07-16T11:00:10-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/254/20160716111516003_hd.jpgHalbert Jones talked about Mexico’s anti-subversion laws, which were in effect ...

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 ...

Whether democracy, monarchy or dictatorship of the people, a government can only be effective so long as its citizens believe in it. The Hong Kong government’s greatest failing may be its complete ...

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 ...