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One of the few remaining pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong voted to dissolve itself on Saturday, joining a growing list of organizations that have disbanded as authorities crack down on dissent.
Civic Party chairman Alan Leong told reporters that the dissolution of the party was a "writing on the wall" as there was no one to take over. None of its members at an extraordinary general meeting filed nominations for executive positions.
Thirty of the 31 members voted to disband, with one person abstaining.
The party, which was founded in 2006, was made up of mostly professionals, lawyers and academics. At its peak, it won six seats in the Hong Kong legislature during the 2012 elections, and was the city's second-largest pro-democracy party after the Democratic Party.
Several members were charged with subversion under the sweeping national security law that was imposed by Beijing following massive 2019 protests calling for political freedoms that were promised the semi-autonomous territory after its handover from Britain in 1997.
They were accused of participating in an unofficial primary to pick up the best candidates for the legislative elections that would allow the pro-democracy camp to win a majority of seats. Authorities, however, said that the primary was aimed at subverting the government.
In a written statement, Leong thanked "all like-minded people who joined our long walk to democracy for different parts of the journey."
"Today, the Civic Party is bidding Hong Kong farewell," he wrote. "We hope Hong Kong people will live in the moment with a hopeful and not too heavy heart. Live in truth and believe in tomorrow."
Since the national security law was passed, the city has undergone major changes to its political landscape. An overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system was made to ensure that only "patriots" loyal to China would be able to take office, and more than 200 people have been arrested for allegedly committing acts that endanger national security.
Many pro-democracy political organizations in Hong Kong have already disbanded. They include the protest organizer Civil Human Rights Front and the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which was behind the annual Tiananmen Square vigil to mark the 1989 massacre in Beijing of pro-democracy activists by Chinese soldiers. The vigil has been banned for the last three years.
The city, which used to be a bastion of free speech and expression, has not seen a large-scale pro-democracy protest since 2020.
Blood biomarkers of telltale signs of early Alzheimer’s disease in the brain of his patient, 55-year-old entrepreneur Simon Nicholls, had all but disappeared in a mere 14 months.
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