Hong Kong Activists Find Asylum in UK and Australia Amidst Crackdown
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📂 Category: World News
📰 Source: aljazeera.com
🗓️ Published: 2025-08-17T00:00:00
Two prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, Tony Chung and Ted Hui, have been granted asylum in Britain and Australia, respectively.
Both men faced criminal charges in Hong Kong related to the 2019 anti-government protests and subsequent crackdowns on dissent under the national security law.
Chung, who had advocated for Hong Kong's independence, served prison time before fleeing to the UK.
Hui, a former lawmaker, left Hong Kong in 2020 and is now working as a lawyer in Australia.
Their asylum grants highlight the ongoing tension between Hong Kong's authorities and those who advocate for greater democratic freedoms.
The Hong Kong government condemned the asylum decisions, characterizing the activists as "criminals"..