The chairman of Hong Kong's Civic Party [6], Alan Leong, announced [7] May 27 that the pro-democracy party is disbanding following a resolution by a majority of members. The Civic Party, one of the few remaining pro-democracy parties in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was founded in 2006. Since Beijing passed the controversial national security law [8] in 2020, multiple Civic Party members have been charged with "subversion." Party members were also accused of organizing and participating in an unauthorized primary election in July 2020.
From Jurist [11], May 30. Used with permission
See our last reports on the Civic Party [12], and the unauthorized primaries [13]. Several pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong have chosen to dissolve [14] since enactment of the National Security Law [15].
