US EditionHong Kong students dissolve pro-democracy group under 'severe' pressure
The Hong Kong Federation of Students cited increasing threats and institutional barriers under the national security law, with multiple student unions dissolving amid shrinking space for dissent.
- On Thursday, the Hong Kong Federation of Students announced its dissolution, and an AFP reporter saw the federation's signboard removed at its address the same day.
- Following the 2019 unrest and subsequent laws, campus activism shrank after Beijing's national security law, with HKFS saying members faced increasingly severe pressures in recent years.
- Several members described receiving threats and stalking, and a Hong Kong Baptist University student union was suspended in December after a condolence message following a fire that killed 168 people.
- Isaac Lai, chair of the HKFS representative council, said the decision was very difficult and painful, adding student participation through institutional channels has become extremely difficult but members vow to keep speaking out.
- Founded in 1958, the Hong Kong Federation of Students played leading roles including the 2014 class boycott, with the Hong Kong Centre for Human Rights saying `These developments reflect the sustained and systematic pressure faced by student organisations, steadily shrinking their space to operate`.
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Hong Kong students dissolve pro-democracy group under 'severe' pressure
A pro-democracy student organisation in Hong Kong said Thursday its members had decided to dissolve, citing "increasingly severe pressures".
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