2/ As this movement is leaderless, I think this honor belongs to #HKProtesters. 2019 is the watershed in #hongkong's history. In the past 6 months, #HKers have been fighting hard with tears, sweat and blood. 6000 of us were arrested, 1,000 persecuted and more crackdowns underway.
【7165 arrested, 1154 on trial】 According to the written reply from #HKGov to Legislator @ChuHoiDick, 7165 HKers were arrested since last summer because of protest. 1154 #HKProtesters are now on trial (including me & @chowtingagnes), while 5613 are still under investigation.
[#HKpolice, the Ministry of Truth of 21st century’s #HongKong] 1/ For the first time, #HKPolice attended #UN Human Rights Commission recently after civilians, journalists, elderly, pregnant women & #HKProtesters were forcibly & unreasonably shot, beaten & tortured by them.
5/ Therefore, EU should have more robust strategy to encounter China’s authoritarian threat to freedoms and autonomy worldwide, including HK. Democratic values & civil liberties lay foundations to all western democracies, & these are also the values that #HKProtesters strive for.