Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy group to disband
Hong Kong’s League of Social Democrats said on Sunday that it would disband amid “immense political pressure” from a five year-long national security crackdown, leaving the China-ruled city with no formal pro-democracy opposition presence.
The LSD becomes the third major opposition party to shutter in Hong Kong in the past two years. Founded in 2006 as a radical wing of the pro-democracy camp, the LSD is the last group in Hong Kong to stage small protests this year.
China imposed a national security law in 2020, punishing offences like subversion with possible life imprisonment following mass pro-democracy protests in 2019.
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