Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam (何桂藍; born 24 August 1990) is a Hong Kong activist and former reporter for the now-defunct news outlet Stand News. She gained prominence for her frontline reporting during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests and later became a pro-democracy political figure.

Early Life and Education

Ho was educated at Ho Fung College and Tsinghua University. She studied at the University of Amsterdam, where she obtained a master's degree in Journalism through the Erasmus Mundus programme.

Journalism Career

Ho began her journalism career as an intern reporter at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) in 2011. She later worked for various media outlets, including BBC Chinese and The Reporter. She was also employed as a reporter for House News, the predecessor of Stand News. Ho gained recognition as a frontline reporter for Stand News during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, acquiring the nickname "Sister Stand News" (立場姐姐). On 1 July 2019, Ho was one of the reporters present inside the Legislative Council Complex, where she reported on the storming of the Legislative Council. On 21 July, she reported on the 2019 Yuen Long attack, where suspected triad gangsters assaulted pro-democracy protesters at the Yuen Long MTR station. She had been live streaming the attack, which showed one of the violent assailants striking protesters over the barrier of a train's passenger gantry.

Political Activities and Legal Challenges

In June 2020, Ho announced her candidature in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, obtaining a nomination ticket in the general election that was later postponed. For her participation, she was arrested in January 2021 along with over 50 other pro-democrats on national security charges and was remanded in custody. In December 2021, she received a sentence of six months in relation to her role in a banned protest during the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in June 2020.

References

1. Gwyneth Ho - Wikipedia
2. The Gwyneth Ho Story: a young journalist who quit the BBC to make a stand for Hong Kong
3. Gwyneth Ho 何桂藍 - The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation