Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ted Hui reportedly granted asylum in Australia

<p>Exiled former lawmaker with $200,000 bounty for his arrest, who now works as a solicitor in Adelaide, says he and his family granted protection visas this week</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/17/australia-news-live-federal-politics-net-zero-victoria-protests-nsw-weather-sunday-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The former pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Ted Hui, who is wanted by authorities in the Chinese city, has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who remain jailed.</p><p>The special administrative region, handed back to China by the UK in 1997, has seen dissent quashed since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law following huge and at times violent pro-democracy protests that erupted in 2019.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/17/hong-kong-democracy-activist-ted-hui-asylum-australia-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>