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The Hong Kong Centre for Human Rights (HKCHR) today published its submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), ahead of the pre-session review of Hong Kong’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The report documents a wide range of alleged violations affecting children and youth in Hong Kong since the Committee’s last review in 2013 — a 13-year gap the submission describes as an unprecedented deficit in accountability.

The Hong Kong Centre for Human Rights strongly criticizes the authorities for the arbitrary exercise of police power, utilizing various high-handed measures to obstruct and restrict citizens from exercising their legally protected freedoms of speech and assembly, thereby depriving them of their right to peacefully mourn the victims and express their personal opinions.

In January this year, five UN human rights experts issued a communication to the governments of China and Hong Kong, questioning the ongoing and arbitrary detention of Chow Hang-Tung and Lee Cheuk-Yan by the Hong Kong authorities, and expressing grave concern over their situation.

2026年2月23日，香港高等法院上訴法庭就被控「串謀顛覆國家政權」的民主派初選案12名被告的定罪及判刑上訴作出判決，駁回所有上訴，並確認《香港國安法》第二十二條的詮釋及適用範圍。
本中心對裁決深表關注，認為判決擴張「顛覆」及「非法手段」的涵義，對立法會議員依法行使職權的空間造成深遠影響，並為香港的憲制秩序與公民政治參與帶來寒蟬效應。

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance today handed down sentences in the case against Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai and six senior executives of the newspaper involving collusion and sedition charges. Jimmy Lai, convicted of two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and one count of sedition, was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment, while the six Apple Daily executives received sentences ranging from 6 years and 9 months to 10 years.

On 5 February 2026, the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS), established 68 years ago, announced that it would initiate dissolution procedures. In its statement, the HKFS said that “as the environment has changed, member unions and those working alongside them have in recent years faced increasingly severe pressure,” and decided to “bring it to an end today.”

11月29日，聯署發起人、中大學生關靖豐（Miles），被警察國安處以煽動罪拘捕。有關的拘捕，懷疑是因關靖豐發起「大埔宏福苑火災關注組」聯署有關。該聯署提出四項訴求：持續支援受災居民、成立獨立調查委員會、重新審視工程監管制度，以及全力追究監管疏忽並問責政府官員。截至被捕前，聯署已獲逾萬人簽署。關注組的社交媒體專頁及聯署帖文在關靖豐被捕後，已經關閉。

12月15日，香港原訟法庭就壹傳媒創辦人黎智英被控「串謀勾結外國勢力危害國家安全罪」及「串謀發布煽動刊物罪」共三項控罪作出裁決，裁定罪名成立。黎智英自2020年12月31日被收押至今，已在獄中逾1800日。

香港人權資訊中心今日推出香港人權資料庫，系統性記錄及分析香港人權狀況的關鍵資訊。資料庫涵蓋三大主題：聯合國人權條約機構對香港的建議、已根據《公安條例》作出通知的公眾集會，以及與香港人權相關的新聞報導。香港人權資料庫提供中英對照的內容，方便中文及英語用戶使用資料庫了解香港的人權狀況和進行研究、分析。

（香港，2025年9月10日）——香港立法會今日否決《同性伴侶關係登記條例草案》，87名出席議員中，71票反對、14票贊成、1票棄權。草案於恢復二讀時被否決，是現屆立法會運作四年多以來首次有政府法案被否決。