Hong Kong's Civic Party, a Prominent Pro-Democracy Group, Disbands Amid Chinese Crackdown.

The Civic party, one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy groups, has voted to disband due to a leadership vacuum and members being charged under Beijing's national security law. The party was founded in 2006 by professional elites who wanted to promote democratisation and civil society in Hong Kong. Since 2019, half a dozen of the party's key members have faced criminal convictions for taking part in demonstrations and attempting to raise funds for protesters. The disbandment of the party is seen as a symbol of the end of Hong Kong's nativistic democracy movement, but the movement was not meaningless as it mobilised many people and amassed social capital.