Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once the city’s largest pro-democracy political force, has voted to move forward with plans to disband. The decision follows increasing political pressure and alleged warnings from Chinese officials amid a broader crackdown on dissent under the national security law. Over 90% of party members supported the motion, signaling a significant retreat of organized opposition in the city. The party had long advocated for moderate reform and democratic freedoms, but found itself increasingly marginalized. Its dissolution marks a symbolic end to Hong Kong’s once-vibrant political pluralism.
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A Chapter Closes: Hong Kong’s Democratic Party to Disband
The party, once the city’s largest opposition force, long championed a moderate approach. It ended up squeezed between a discontented populace and a repressive Beijing.
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Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party gets mandate to move closer to disbandment
Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party has received its members’ mandate to proceed with steps toward a potential disbandment, part of the erosion of political freedoms as China cracks down on dissent in the southern city.
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Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party moves to disband as freedoms dwindle
Today, his Democratic Party is moving toward dissolution, a symbolic marker of the diminishing Western-style civil liberties and high degree of autonomy that the ruling Communist Party in Beijing
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