Overview
- The League of Social Democrats voted unanimously on June 29 to disband after citing relentless political pressure and threats to member safety.
- Leaders blamed the 2020 national security law and 2024 Article 23 measures for criminalizing core protest tactics and undermining grassroots organizing.
- The LSD closure follows the Civic Party’s 2023 dissolution and the Democratic Party’s early-2025 wind-down, leaving Hong Kong without any formal pro-democracy parties.
- Despite holding small street protests and booth events, the party faced frozen bank accounts, fines and the near-total imprisonment of its leadership.
- Key figures such as founder Leung Kwok-hung remain jailed on subversion charges while activist Jimmy Sham was released last month after serving over four years in prison.