Hong Kong lawmakers have voted down a bill that would have recognized same-sex partnerships, dealing a major setback to the LGBTQ+ movement.

Hong Kong lawmakers are set to debate a government-proposed framework to recognize same-sex partnerships.

Hong Kong's pro-democracy League of Social Democrats has disbanded under intense political pressure.

Ten same-sex couples have gotten married in the United States over the internet from Hong Kong.

An activist detained in Hong Kong has begun his final appeal seeking recognition for his same-sex marriage registered overseas, in a landmark case for the city’s LGBTQ+ community.

(Vivek Prakash/AFP/Getty Images)(CNN) - Four people were injured during a knife attack outside a Hong Kong mall on Sunday, including a local politician whose ear was reported to have been partially bitten off. The attack happened outside the Cityplaza mall in Tai Koo, where pro-democracy protests took place earlier in the day. High-profile Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong tweeted that his "close colleague Dr Andrew Chiu was assaulted" and his "left ear was brutally halved." Hong Kong is due to go to the polls later this month. Hong Kong Police confirmed in a statement Sunday that protesters gathered at Cityplaza "vandalized a restaurant in the mall" but they have not officially released details on the knife attack.

According to Wang, protesters in Spain had begun to adopt Hong Kong tactics, including the "Be Water" slogan to avoid police. The same day, an editorial in state-run tabloid Global Times accused Hong Kong demonstrators of "exporting revolution to the world." The United States has repeatedly voiced support for the Hong Kong protesters, to the fury of the Chinese government. Many of them will eventually manifest in the way the Hong Kong protests did," he said. There has been a series of bloody attacks on pro-protester and pro-Beijing supporters in Hong Kong this month.

The leader of one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy groups was hospitalized Wednesday evening after being attacked by a group of men wielding hammers and knives. HONG KONG - The leader of one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy groups was hospitalized Wednesday evening after being attacked by a group of men wielding hammers and knives. On August 29, Sham was attacked by masked men carrying baseball bats and knives in Kowloon district. Police condemned the "cruel and pre-planned violent incident" and said they had "assigned staff to safeguard Sham in hospital." Amnesty International has urged Hong Kong authorities to launch a "prompt and thorough investigation into a brutal attack."