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Breaking: Tony Chung, a young HK activist who was arrested for breaking the #NSL in July, was arrested again near the US Consulate of HK this morning. Reportedly, he planned to enter the consulate and seek asylum. The police may once again prosecute him for colluding with the US.
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One year. Never forget never forgive.
#PolyUbesiege twitter.com/SunnyCheungky/…
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Let’s not give up and try everything we can to support @joshuawongcf and other activists who are detained and purged by the authoritarian regime.
@anewscomtr
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The arrest of @joshuawongcf Agnes and Ivan fomented a global concern. Thanks for the interview by Brazil medias @correio allowing me to disseminate the importance of supporting my friends and freedom-loving HKers.
Por favor apoiem as pessoas de hong kong luta pela democracia
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Last yr tdy, we celebrated the passage of the #HKHRDA
The largest rally I ever held which 100K HKers joined that night.
It took a bipartisan effort to pass the bill which led to the US gov unprecedentedly sanctioned the evil HK gov. Thank you the @POTUS , @GOP & @TheDemocrats
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This is outrageous. It is absolutely a political purge. @joshuawongcf cant attend his university’s graduation ceremony and @chowtingagnes cant celebrate her birthday tmr.
Is it a crime to demand the police to be impartial enforcement?
Certainly not. Rmb, they are not criminal.
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Thank you President Tsai for standing with Hong Kong people. twitter.com/iingwen/status…
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@joshuawongcf 剛剛接受外媒訪問的時候，他問我會怎樣形容黃之鋒。我說他是一個永不放棄的人，而且他很相信香港人。
一日有香港人，一日還有希望。一日有希望，一日還有香港人。
希望大家把傷感好好記住，提醒自己要成為更好的人，才能不負時代，不負為你我犧牲的人。
存亡時刻，猶幸有着不屈火苗。
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Breaking: The court refused to grant @JimmyLaiApple bail, he is immediately detained until next April.
Ytd, @joshuawongcf and @chowtingagnes were put into jail, and now Jimmy is in custody. A wave of political purge is undergoing, please #StandWithHongKong and reprimand the CCP.
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It’s absurd to accuse Ben as a racist. It is just a tactic used to discredit Ben. With hindsight, the history of CCP is full of discrimination. They often frame the West as barbaric and uncivilised. The extreme nationalism engendered by the ccp is truly xenophobic & racist. twitter.com/benedictrogers…
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Thank you for standing with HKers Senator. Previously, what the Beijing mouthpiece denigrated you is totally nonsense and impudent. Beijing is afraid of truth and so they have to act like thugs to threaten and silence people. And they call it as diplomacy. twitter.com/MarshaBlackbur…
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BREAKING
The 12 HK youths who were detained in China received their sentence today. TANG and QIAO were to be jailed 3 and 2 yrs respectively. The rest will be jailed for 7 months.
Their status and health condition are still unknown.
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Just in: more than 20 nominees of the 2020 democratic primaries are arrested for breaking the NSL and subverting the regime.
As one of those nominees, I strongly condemn these arrests which reveals the demise of HK. I urge the Free World to take action and contain the #CCP NOW
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1. The current political crackdown is not only limited to the winners of the 2020 Pro-Democracy Primary Elections, nor is it limited to the Resistance Camp formed after the Primaries. This is a large-scale liquidation involving 52 democrats across different political spectrums.
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2. This crackdown unmasked the regime’s intention to uproot the democracy of Hong Kong once and for all, restricting their rights to enter or leave Hong Kong, as well as their potential expression of opinions in the future.
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3. According to Police, they believed the Primary Elections is to paralyse the LegCo. This further hints that every citizen who has organised, participated, and 600K citizens voted in the primary elections can be accused of “subverting state power”.
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5. This is once again hard proof that the Hong Kong Legislative Council is a rubber stamp for the NPC, losing any democratic value it once held. The CCP hopes to stifle all traces of democracy in the city. Hong Kong would only be left with “dissidents” who are loyal to the CCP.
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4.Every LegCo member enjoys the right to veto the budget as it is a right conferred by law, it is definitely not “subversive” by nature. The CCP is asserting that any future actions in the LegCo showing resistance and not complete compliance will be regarded as subversion of gov.
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6. There is no doubt that today’s crackdown is equivalent to the Formosa Incident. 2021 is the start of a decade, and this decade would only bring further crackdown from the CCP. Free World should support us and stop the CCP from encroaching our rights and liberal values.
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7. The arrests were made during the final days of the Election Certification of the US Presidential Election. It is obvious that the CCP is hoping this crackdown would go unnoticed amidst such arduous times, it is an attempt to avoid the international gaze and spotlight.
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Sunny Cheung, a participant in the primaries, said the arrests show his decision to flee overseas after the national security law came into effect was right, though painful. “This is obviously a political purge to erase the whole pro-democracy camp” wsj.com/articles/hong-…
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1. The duties of a LegCo member a right to veto in accordance with the Law. Without the veto, monitoring functions such as amendments and debates could not be substantially carried out. There is no protective boundary between exercising a legal right and a criminal offence.
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3. The pro-democratic primary election is completely legitimate, unlike what HKPF’s distorted claim. Not only because of 600k HKers casted their votes in the primary election, but its nature is identical to primary election in other states. It is a common practice to hold primary
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2. The Basic Law provides for the dissolution of the LegCo if the Chief Executive and the LegCo fail to achieve consensus. The incorporation of this procedure allows for disagreement and mechanisms to settle the stalemate. The notorious NSL had effectively rewrote the Basic Law.
Advisor @hkdc_us / Co-founder @flowhk / Fellow @PacificForum / @SAISHopkins