Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton

Hong Kong Elections: We didn’t Lose. We didn’t get the Majority because we don’t have universal suffrage.

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong If you have been reading this blog what you wouldn’t know is that on September 12th we had the long awaited Hong Kong Elections. The pro-democratic camp got over 60% of the votes, while 40% were shared between the pro-government (pro-beijing) and moderate candidates, 7% of those went to thoseContinue reading “Hong Kong Elections: We didn’t Lose. We didn’t get the Majority because we don’t have universal suffrage.”

News: Two cyberdissidents handed down harsh prison sentences

The Internet under surveillance 17 september 2004 CHINA Two cyberdissidents handed down harsh prison sentences Reporters Without Borders has expressed outrage after two cyberdissidents, Kong Youping and Ning Xianhua, were sentenced respectively to 15 and 12 years in prison by a court in Shenyang in Liaoning province in the north-east of the country. They wereContinue reading “News: Two cyberdissidents handed down harsh prison sentences”

Democratic Network Press Release

Dear all, The Monitoring Committee on the Fairness of Elections of the Democratic Development Networks will conduct an investigation of LegCo Election 2004 and follow-up on cases, and to produce a report for public release. We accept statements from all parties, to identify typical and exempliary cases, to collect relevant evidence and to verify facts.Continue reading “Democratic Network Press Release”

News: Election upset weakens bedrock party of Hong Kong democracy movement

Thursday September 16, 12:05 PM Election upset weakens bedrock party of Hong Kong democracy movement http://asia.news.yahoo.com/040916/afp/040916040524asiapacificnews.html HONG KONG, (AFP) – The Democratic Party, the bedrock of Hong Kong’s democracy movement founded by veteran campaigner Martin Lee, is in disarray after an election setback. Calls are growing for the resignation of party chairman Yeung Sum afterContinue reading “News: Election upset weakens bedrock party of Hong Kong democracy movement”