31 December

• Prosecution: Political commentator charged with disclosing national security meeting details, denied bail by High Court (The Witness)

30 December

• Prosecution: 68-year-old man accused of posting seditious messages on Facebook under Article 23, remanded until February next year (The Witness)

23 December

• Prosecution: Father of Anna Kwok denies attempting to handle assets of ‘absconder’, verdict due 11 Feb next year (The Witness)

19 December

• Sentencing: Man who tore off 2 Electoral Affairs Commission posters ‘for fun’ fined HK$2,000 after pleading guilty (The Witness)

• Prosecution: 26-year-old man charged with criminal damage over 4 DAB LegCo election banners granted bail pending hearing (The Witness)

• Appeal: Assistant solicitor convicted over prison complaint letter for jailed activist Owen Chow seeks to appeal to top court, hearing due January next year (The Witness)

• Acquittal: Hong Kong man convicted on sedition, insulting national anthem charges walks free after winning sentence appeal (HKFP)

17 December

• Sentencing: Teenager jailed for 3.5 years over Hong Kong independence group involvement (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Hong Kong man pleads guilty to damaging election posters, says he tore off only fingertip-sized piece (HKFP)

16 December

• Appeal: 1 July LegCo riot case: Court hears appeals from Gregory Wong, Althea Suen and 5 others (The Witness)

15 December

• Conviction: Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty under national security law (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Teenager charged with writing seditious words in male toilet admits damaging property but denies sedition (The Witness)

• Prosecution: 2 charged with subversion after earlier arrests over illegal weapons training (HKFP)

12 December

• Arrest: Hong Kong national security police arrest 9 men for alleged military-style ‘unlawful drills’ (HKFP)

11 December

• Prosecution: 7 HKFTU election flags granted bail pending hearing (The Witness)

9 December

• Prosecution: Political commentator remanded in custody after being charged with revealing details of national security probe (HKFP)

7 December

• Arrest: ‘Patriots only’ poll: 4 arrests over social media comments allegedly urging election boycott or invalid ballots (HKFP)

• Arrest: 71-year-old first to be arrested over ‘prejudicing’ national security case; warning issued over Tai Po fire mourning site (HKFP)

5 December

• Prosecution: 50-year-old man accused of damaging flagpole belonging to LegCo candidate fails to attend hearing; court issues arrest warrant (The Witness)

4 December

• Appeal: 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund Societies Ordinance case: Court finishes hearing closing arguments from both appellant and prosecution, verdict expected in 9 months (The Witness)

2 December

• Arrest: Hong Kong solicitor taken in by national security police, as civic press event on deadly Tai Po blaze axed (HKFP)

1 December

• Arrest: Tai Po fire: Ex-local councillor and volunteer arrested for allegedly inciting hatred of government (HKFP)

30 November

• Arrest: Hong Kong man arrested for alleged sedition in relation to fatal Tai Po blaze (HKFP)

28 November

• Prosecution: 29-year-old man accused of damaging 3 Electoral Affairs Commission posters granted bail pending hearing (The Witness)

27 November

• Prosecution: 2 men charged with conspiracy to commit secession over joining pro-independence group remain remanded, case adjourned until 22 Jan next year (The Witness)

26 November

• Arrest: Hong Kong police arrest 2 over ‘seditious’ posts shared on pancake shop’s social media account (HKFP)

25 November

• Arrest: 29 arrested over alleged attempts to sabotage ‘patriots only’ legislative polls, Hong Kong security chief says (HKFP)

24 November

• Prosecution: 23-year-old man charged with criminal damage over damaging 2 Electoral Affairs Commission posters, granted bail pending hearing on 16 Dec (The Witness)

21 November

• Prosecution: Hong Kong man charged with sedition over social media posts inciting others not to vote (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Joshua Wong’s foreign collusion trial adjourned until March next year as transfer procedures not completed (The Witness)

20 November

• Prosecution: Hong Kong anti-corruption watchdog charges 3 for boosting calls to boycott ‘patriots only’ polls (HKFP)

19th November

• Prosecution: 24-year-old man accused of criminal damage over tearing off election posters ‘for fun’ bound over for two years for HK$2,000 (The Witness)

18 November

• Arrest: Hong Kong man arrested over alleged ‘seditious’ online posts, urging boycott of ‘patriots only’ elections (HKFP)

• Appeal: 3 Hong Kongers who pleaded guilty to conspiring to participate in unlawful assembly lose sentence appeal bids (The Witness)

17 November

• Arrest: 3 arrested over online posts allegedly urging boycott of ‘patriots only’ legislative elections (HKFP)

• Appeal: Hong Kong court rejects jailed media tycoon’s bid to file new evidence in libel suit against Beijing-backed paper (HKFP)

14 November

• Sentencing: Jailed Hong Kong democrat Albert Ho suspended as notary public for 7 years over unauthorised assembly convictions (HKFP)

13 November

• Sentencing: Hong Kong woman, 19, jailed for 1 year over filming ‘seditious’ videos for Canada-based group (HKFP)

11 November

• Sentencing: Hong Kong couple jailed for over a year for helping fugitive protesters evade authorities (HKFP)

7 November

• Arrest: 2 men arrested for allegedly stealing and damaging posters promoting ‘patriots only’ legislative election (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Man charged with stealing 9 Starry Leeelection posters granted bail pending trial (The Witness)

• Sentencing: Elderly man fined HKD$500 and ordered to pay government HKD$18 compensation after admitting damaging 2 election posters (The Witness)

5 November

• Prosecution: 4 nabbed for allegedly damaging Hong Kong ‘patriots only’ legislative poll posters, campaign flag (HKFP)

• Appeal: Hong Kong appeals court cuts sentences of 10 people jailed over 2019 university siege by up to 6 months (HKFP)

• Appeal: Hong Kong top court denies Portuguese citizen final chance to appeal for shorter nat. security sentence (HKFP)

3 November

• Appeal: Hong Kong court rejects Tiananmen activist Chow Hang-tung’s bid to have subversion charge quashed (HKFP)

31 October

• Prosecution: 16-year-old pleads guilty to conspiring to commit secession over involvement with Hong Kong independence group (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Hong Kong woman, 19, pleads guilty to sedition over videos promoting ‘subversive’ shadow legislature (HKFP)

24 October

• Prosecution: National security trial of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil group delayed again to January (HKFP)

22 October

• Appeal: Woman convicted of rioting denied certificate to appeal to Court of Final Appeal (The Witness)

16 October

• Prosecution: Brother of wanted Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok says unaware father met her (HKFP)

15 October

• Appeal: Hong Kong lawyer denied bid to overturn conviction over jailed activist’s prison complaint at top court (HKFP)

10 October

• Appeal: DOJ ordered to pay full costs after losing bid to overturn Lo Kin-hei’s unlawful assembly acquittal (The Witness)

9 October

• Prosecution: Man accused of attempting to handle funds belonging to ‘absconder’ met with fugitive daughter, court hears (HKFP)

• Arrest: Elderly Hong Kong man granted bail after sedition arrest on China’s National Day (HKFP)

8 October

• Prosecution: 3 alleged members of Hong Kong independence group charged with conspiracy to commit secession, 15-year-old plans to plead guilty (The Witness)

26 September

• Prosecution: Lam Cheuk-ting denies violating LegCo (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance in fight for extradition bill committee chair, trial adjourned until 29 Sept (The Witness)

• Appeal: Top court rejects LSD chair Chan Po-ying’s bid to overturn conviction of unauthorised fundraising, citing no grounds to grant leave (The Witness)

22 September

• Prosecution: 3 accused of conspiring to commit succession via Taiwan-based Hong Kong independence group, trial adjourned until 8 Oct in District Court (The Witness)

19 September

• Sentencing: Hong Kong man handed 1-year probation order over ‘6436’ graffiti on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary (HKFP)

12 September

• Sentencing: Hong Kong artist handed 3-week suspended jail sentence over ‘Freedom’ graffiti (HKFP)

9 September

• Prosecution: 25-year-old man accused of conspiring to commit succession via Taiwan-based Hong Kong independence group denied bail in High Court (The Witness)

5 September

• Appeal: Hong Kong court denies Portuguese citizen’s appeal for shorter nat. security sentence at top court (HKFP)

• Appeal: Ex-convict Alvin Cheng wins rioting appeal as court rules trial judge erred in allowing additional charge after prima facie case presented (The Witness)

4 September

• Prosecution: Woman acquitted of rioting and sent back for retrial plans to plead not guilty, trial set for 23 Apr 2026 (The Witness)

• Prosecution: Hong Kong man pleads guilty to spray-painting ‘6436’ on noticeboard on 36th Tiananmen anniversary (HKFP)

• Acquittal: League of Social Democrats activist found not guilty of displaying unauthorised street booth poster in 2022 (HKFP)

3 September

• Acquittal: Former LSD vice-chair acquitted of displaying banner without permit (The Witness)

28 August

• Prosecution: 15-year-old and 2 others charged with conspiracy to commit secession via Taiwan-based Hong Kong independence group, remanded pending transfer to District Court (The Witness)

• Prosecution: Hong Kong court to hand down Jimmy Lai’s national security case verdict ‘in good time’ (HKFP)

27 August

• Sentencing: Hong Kong student sentenced to 180 hours of community service for insulting national anthem during World Cup qualifier (The Witness)

26 August

• Prosecution: 19-year-old woman charged with sedition in Hong Kong for allegedly promoting ‘subversive’ group (HKFP)

21 August

• Prosecution: 2 charged with perverting the course of justice over assisting protesters indicate plans to plead guilty, trial adjourned until 11 Nov (The Witness)

19 August

• Prosecution: Teenager accused of writing seditious slogans in commercial complex toilet to return to court on 15 Oct with bail extended (The Witness)

• Appeal: 11 jailed for rioting lodge appeals, ruling expected within six months (The Witness)

18 August

• Appeal: DOJ appeal against Lam Cheuk-ting and 2 others’ acquittals for allegedly forcing deletion of protest photos to be heard in June next year (The Witness)

15 August

• Prosecution: Jimmy Lai trial: Closing arguments further postponed due to ‘medical issue’ with media mogul’s heart (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Hong Kong artist behind ‘Freedom’ graffiti charged with three counts of criminal damage, plans to plead guilty and granted bail until September hearing (The Witness)

14 August

• Prosecution: Hong Kong court to hear closing submissions in Jimmy Lai trial (HKFP)

12 August

• Prosecution: National security trial for Tiananmen vigil group to begin in November (HKFP)

11 August

• Prosecution: Tiananmen vigil group subversion case: Albert Ho plans to plead guilty, trial to begin in November (The Witness)

8 August

• Prosecution: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong’s second national security case to be transferred to High Court (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Hong Kong man’s incitement to subversion case under nat. security law transferred to District Court (HKFP)

6 August

• Prosecution: Father of activist wanted under national security law pleads not guilty to attempting to handle daughter’s insurance funds (HKFP)

5 August

• Appeal: Man found guilty of desecrating Chinese, Hong Kong flags seeks to overturn conviction at city’s apex court (HKFP)

4 August

• Prosecution: 2 men acquitted of unlawful assembly to be retried, both maintain not-guilty pleas (The Witness)

1 August

• Prosecution: 2 charged with perverting the course of justice over assisting protesters to appear in District Court on 21 Aug (The Witness)

• Arrest: Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly threatening media outlets to publish ‘seditious’ report (HKFP)

31 July

• Prosecution: Teenager accused of writing seditious slogans in commercial complex toilet granted High Court bail (The Witness)

30 July

• Conviction: Hong Kong university student found guilty of insulting national anthem during World Cup qualifier (HKFP)

28 July

• Prosecution: Twins in criminal damage case plead guilty and jailed for 7 months following retrial (The Witness)

25 July

• Bounties: National security police issue HK$200K bounties for 15 Hong Kongers wanted for involvement in overseas political group (HKFP)

23 July

• Arrest: Hong Kong teen arrested for allegedly writing ‘seditious words’ in commercial building toilet (HKFP)

22 July

• Appeal: Top court rejects appeal bid by woman acquitted of rioting and sent back for retrial, trial to resume on 4 Sept (The Witness)

17 July

• Appeal: Hong Kong court to rule on appeals in city’s largest national security case within 9 months (HKFP)

14 July

• Prosecution: Hong Kong court urged to ‘reverse’ democrat’s acquittal in landmark subversion case (HKFP)

• Appeal: Hong Kong court to hear appeals from 13 jailed democrats and gov’t in landmark nat. security case (HKFP)

10 July

• Arrest: Hong Kong national security police arrest 4, aged 15 to 47, for alleged subversion via Taiwan-based group (HKFP)

• Appeal: Hong Kong activist Tam Tak-chi drops appeal application against nat. security jail sentence (HKFP)

9 July

• Prosecution: Ex-lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting denies violating LegCo (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance in fight for extradition bill committee chair, trial to begin on September (The Witness)

• Prosecution: 22-year-old man accused of posting seditious messages online now charged with inciting subversion under national security law, remanded until 8 Aug (The Witness)

4 July

• Prosecution: 2 Hong Kongers accused of helping protesters flee city to face trial in District Court for perverting the course of justice (The Witness)

• Appeal: Hong Kong woman convicted of rioting loses appeal, to seek leave from Court of Final Appeal (The Witness)

3 July

• Prosecution: Twins deny criminal damage charge in retrial, closing arguments to be submitted in writing ahead of 29 Aug verdict (The Witness)

26 June

• Appeal: 3 jailed for 25 to 30 months for conspiracy to unlawful assembly, appeal rejected despite sentences exceeding starting point by 21 months (The Witness)

25 June

• Sentencing: Hong Kong court jails 5 for rioting in 2019 protests following government appeal against acquittal (HKFP)

• Appeal: Hong Kong court to hear former Stand News editor’s appeal application against sedition conviction in Sept 2026 (HKFP)

24 June

• Appeal: Hong Kong man who challenged local security law after being denied early prison release loses appeal (HKFP)

23 June

• Sentencing: Hong Kong artist given suspended sentence for criminal damage over ‘Freedom’ graffiti (HKFP)

22 June

Appeal: Hong Kongers acquitted in 2019 protest cases face lengthy legal battle after government appeals (HKFP)

18 June

Appeal: Teenager facing sedition and 3 other charges to have appeal heard in 2026 (The Witness)

13 June

• Prosecution: National security case of wanted Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok’s father adjourned until August (HKFP)

12 June

• Sentencing: Hong Kong social worker Jackie Chen loses licence for 5 years over rioting conviction (HKFP)

• Sentencing: 4 Hong Kong activists fined up to HK$6,600 for fundraising and displaying posters without permit (HKFP)

10 June

• Prosecution: Twins in criminal damage case sent for retrial, hearing adjourned until 3 July (The Witness)

9 June

• Conviction: 2 Hong Kong men convicted of rioting during 2019 protests following retrial (HKFP)

6 June

• Prosecution: Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong charged with conspiring to collude with foreign forces (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Hong Kong artist remanded after being charged again over ‘Freedom’ graffiti (HKFP)

5 June

• Arrest: 2 arrested, 10 taken away by Hong Kong police on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary (HKFP)

• Appeal: 9 seek to overturn rioting convictions, sentences over 2019 storming of Hong Kong’s legislature (HKFP)

27 May

• Prosecution: Twins in criminal damage case sent for retrial, hearing adjourned until 10 June in the absence of legal representation (The Witness)

23 May

• Appeal: Hong Kong court rejects appeal bids of 5 people jailed for rioting near besieged university in 2019 (HKFP)

22 May

• Appeal: LSD chair Chan Po-ying seeks final appeal against unauthorised fundraising, top court asks why bid should not be dismissed (The Witness)

• Appeal: 5 Hong Kongers jailed for 5 years for rioting lose appeal (The Witness)

20 May

• Prosecution: Hong Kong High Court grants bail to father of wanted activist Anna Kwok pending his national security trial (HKFP)

• Appeal: Jailed Hong Kong social worker Jackie Chen appeals against rioting conviction, sentence after retrial (HKFP)

16 May

• Appeal: Hong Kong independence activist jailed under national security law appeals for shorter sentence at top court (HKFP)

15 May

• Prosecution: 5 men charged with rioting over PolyU siege after over 4.5 years, 2 to plead guilty, 2 to plead not guilty, trial set for 4 May 2026 (The Witness)

13 May

• Appeal: Jailed Hong Kong activist Owen Chow, lawyer lose appeals over prison letter convictions (HKFP)

8 May

• Sentencing: Hong Kong man jailed for 1 year over ‘seditious’ online posts targeting police, judges, government (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Father of wanted Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok denied bail on nat. sec grounds (HKFP)

7 May

Appeal: Hong Kong woman cleared of charge over assaulting roadblock clearer, DOJ’s appeal 3 years later dismissed with costs ordered (The Witness)

3 May

• Prosecution: Wanted activist Anna Kwok’s father detained pending trial for attempting to handle financial assets of ‘absconder’ (HKFP)

30 April

• Arrest: Hong Kong man, 22, arrested under new security law for allegedly publishing ‘seditious’ online posts (HKFP)

• Appeal: Man jailed for 5 years for rioting denied leave to appeal (The Witness)

29 April

• Prosecution: ‘Truth is very clear’: 4 activists refuse to make arguments in League of Social Democrats street booth trial (HKFP)

16 April

• Appeal: Hong Kong court blocks activist jailed under national security law from appealing for lighter sentence (HKFP)

9 April

• Sentencing: Hong Kong social worker Jackie Chen jailed for 3 years and 9 months for rioting following retrial, 3 who changed plea sentenced to 2 years and 5 months (The Witness)

• Sentencing: Article 23 security law: Hong Kong man jailed for 1 year over publishing 145 seditious comments online (HKFP)

8 April

• Prosecution: Most of protest-related, national security court cases concluded, Hong Kong’s Judiciary says (HKFP)

2 April

• Sentencing: Man jailed for 10 months for sedition, criminal damage over graffiti on Taiwan independence, Chinese Communist Party (HKFP)

• Appeal: 5 Hong Kongers appeal against rioting convictions, former Civic Passion member Alvin Cheng seeks lighter conviction for perverting the course of justice (The Witness)

1 April

• Appeal: 2 Hong Kongers convicted of rioting have appeals dismissed (The Witness)

31 March

• Appeal: Man found guilty of desecrating Chinese, Hong Kong flags loses appeal (The Witness)

• Appeal: Top court to hand down ruling on 1 Apr on DOJ’s final appeal over Lam Cheuk-ting’s disclosure of identity of police superintendent under investigation (The Witness)

27 March

• Appeal: 2019 Yuen Long attack: Ex-Hong Kong bank executive files appeal against rioting conviction, jail term (HKFP)

26 March

• Appeal: Hong Kong court rejects 2 Hong Kongers’ rioting conviction appeals (The Witness)

25 March

• Appeal: 2019 Yuen Long attack: Man jailed for 2 years and 7 months appeal against rioting conviction and jail term (The Witness)

21 March

• Appeal: Hong Kong court rejects journalism graduate’s rioting conviction appeal (The Witness)

• Appeal: Hong Kong court rejects DOJ’s bid to overturn Lo Kin-hei’s unlawful assembly acquittal (The Witness)

20 March

• Sentencing: Hong Kong man jailed for 3 years and 9 months for rioting in 2019 after returning to city from Japan (HKFP)

• Appeal: Hong Kong student has rioting conviction appeal dismissed as court finds ‘no prospect of success’ (The Witness)

19 March

• Appeal: Ex-lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting files bid to appeal against rioting conviction and jail term linked to 2019 Yuen Long attack (HKFP)

14 March

• Prosecution: 27-year-old man remanded after pleading guilty to rioting, court hears he was working in Japan and arrested during family visit in Hong Kong (The Witness)

• Appeal: 3 jailed for rioting during 2019 Yuen Long mob attack file bid to appeal (HKFP)

12 March

• Sentencing: 2 jailed ex-Hong Kong lawmakers sentenced to weeks in prison over legislature clash six years ago (HKFP)

11 March

• Sentencing: HK$108,000 confiscated as Hong Kong man jailed for 16 months over laundering funds tied to group assisting protest arrestees (The Witness)

• Prosecution: Hong Kong social worker Jackie Chen found guilty of rioting during 2019 protest after retrial (HKFP)

10 March

• Appeal: 5 Hong Kongers convicted of rioting file appeal, one gets 3-month reduction in jail term (The Witness)

• Appeal: 3 Hong Kongers plead guilty to rioting in retrial after government appeal (HKFP)

7 March

• Prosecution: Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai trial scheduled to hear closing arguments in late July (HKFP)

• Prosecution: 4 Hong Kong activists to face trial in April over alleged unauthorised fundraising (HKFP)

6 March

• Prosecution: Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai wraps up testimony at national security trial after 52 days in witness box (HKFP)

• Appeal: Jailed Hong Kong activist Tam Tak-chi loses landmark appeal at top court over uttering ‘seditious words’ (HKFP)

• Acquittal: Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of Tiananmen vigil trio in national security case (HKFP)

5 March

• Prosecution: Hong Kong artist behind ‘Freedom’ graffiti charged again for criminal damage (HKFP)

4 March

• Judicial review: Hong Kong judge orders prisoner to foot legal costs for failed Article 23 challenge after government petition (HKFP)

3 March

• Prosecution: 36-year-old man accused of posting seditious messages on Facebook has trial adjourned until 8 May (The Witness)

27 February

• Sentencing: Ex-lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting jailed for 3 years, 1 month over 2019 Yuen Long attack rioting (HKFP)

• Prosecution: Case of man charged with sedition under Hong Kong’s Article 23 security law adjourned to May (HKFP)

24 February

• Prosecution: Verdict for Jimmy Lai’s national security trial expected in October, Apple Daily’s liquidation proceeding to follow (HKFP)

21 February

• Prosecution: Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Albert Ho may plead guilty in subversion case against Tiananmen vigil group (HKFP)

• Appeal: Portuguese man jailed for 5 years for conspiring to incite secession appeals against sentence (The Witness)

20 February

• Appeal: Man aged under 21 at time of offence jailed for 5 years for rioting has sentence cut by 3 months after winning appeal (The Witness)

19 February

• Judicial review: Portuguese man in Hong Kong Independence Party case denied leave for judicial review (The Witness)

18 February

• Appeal: 2 men acquitted of unlawful assembly sent back for retrial, 1 to apply for leave to appeal to Court of Final Appeal (The Witness)

17 February

• Prosecution: 5 acquitted of rioting sent back to District Court, 2 allowed to testify on grounds of ‘major developments’ (The Witness)

14 February

• Appeal: Siblings convicted of rioting denied leave to appeal (The Witness)

10 February

• Prosecution: Bail denied for Hong Kong woman arrested by national security police for allegedly helping fugitive protesters (HKFP)

• Arrest: Hong Kong police arrest man in connection with helping 4 2019 protesters hide from authorities (HKFP)

6 February

• Prosecution: Tiananmen vigil group subversion case: Court says May trial unlikely to proceed as scheduled, seeks adjournment (The Witness)

• Appeal: Hong Kong man cleared of rioting in 2019 after appeals court casts doubt over police officer’s testimony (HKFP)

22 January

• Prosecution: 36-year-old Hong Kong man charged under Article 23 security law over ‘seditious’ online posts (HKFP)

16 January

• Prosecution: Prosecution begins questioning Jimmy Lai (HKFP)

8 January

• Appeal: No foreign judge to hear landmark appeal over activist Tam Tak-chi’s sedition conviction at top court (HKFP)

7 January

• Appeal: Twins acquitted of criminal damage, DOJ appeals, citing CCTV sufficient to confirm identity (The Witness)

6 January

• Prosecution: Hong Kong student pleads not guilty to insulting China’s anthem during World Cup qualifier (HKFP)

3 January

• Appeal: Hong Kong’s top court to hear final appeal next Wednesday in case of Tiananmen vigil group’s refusal to submit information (The Witness)