China: Hong Kong pro-democracy group de-registered amid subversion allegations (update)
Event- Country
- China
- Initial Date
- Oct 26, 2021
- Event Description
On 26 October 2021, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam ordered that the Hong Kong Alliance be removed from the Companies Register on the basis that "the operation of the Alliance which seeks to end the Chinese Communist Party's leadership amounts to seeking to overthrow" the political system of the People's Republic of China and subverting state power. The Alliance's five operational goals were: freeing pro-democracy activists; rehabilitating the 1989 pro-democracy movement; holding perpetrators accountable for the 1989 Tiananmen massacre; ending one-party dictatorship; and building a democratic China.
On 24 September 2021, members of the Alliance had already voted to dissolve the organisation and the liquidation process has been on-going. A former leader of the Alliance who is in charge of liquidation said the Chief Executive's order is difficult to understand, regrettable, and unnecessary, stating further that the Alliance disagrees with and does not accept the government's conclusion that the Alliance's goals and its operations endangered national security, public safety and public order.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Administrative Harassment
- Vilification
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of association
- Offline
- Right to protect reputation
- Right to work
- HRD
- NGO
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 22.279779224419904
Longitude: 114.16066905440162
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 26 October 2021, the Hong Kong Alliance, pro-democracy group, was officially de-registered based on alleged activities aimed at overthrowing the government leadership in Hong Kong, China.