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3/ Joshua Wong told Reuters he was subjected to demeaning treatment in prison, such as being made to squat naked while being questioned by guards in an area of the prison with no CCTV.
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2/ Never have I underestimated the chance of imprisonment at the upcoming hearing on Mon, especially at the time when lawmakers were expelled, journalists were sued for mentioning police brutality, and universities were probed in the pretext of national security claims.
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4. Clearly, it is another assault on #HK's rule of law and judicial independence & also casts doubt on whether presumption of innocence still holds under # Beijing's sweeping #nationalsecuritylaw, where citizens/foreigners can be extradited to #China's secret courts and jails.
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2. Even more creepily, #hkpolice counted exact number of each slogan that Tam chanted from Jan to Aug. It implies #hkpolice is now undergoing persistent surveillance on the city’s activists, cherrypicking evidence for speech crimes under #nationalsecuritylaw. #secretpolicestate
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5/ #Hongkongers are not merely the people living in #HK or speaking Cantonese, but also those who strive to safeguard liberal values and democracy that we all cherish and #StandwithHK under authoritarian oppression, no matter who you are and where you live.
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4/ The act of inserting this new evil law in a top-down manner now risks all the benefits Beijing could & did exploit, but it is all of Beijing’s own doing. Beijing is dragging HK into a “political mutual destruction” that will costs us a high price, yet the hit is necessary.
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6/ What we strive to work on now is that if our voice cannot be heard soon, we still hope that the world could speak louder and to defend democracy with more concrete and forceful efforts.
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Under Beijing's tightening grip, it is understandable that people may feel gloomily frustrated about the future, with some of them risking their lives on angry sea fleeing for asylum overseas. But more importantly, many of us also vow to stay and fight until our very last breath.
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5/ Without effective checks & balances, #Policeviolence will just prevail without consequences. Under #China’s iron fist, #policebrutality becomes unerasable, only paving way to authoritarianism. It's the reason why #HKers' cause for democracy is only way to bring justice to HK.
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🇦🇺[Reflect on the past year of protest]
1/ Joshua Wong wasn't among the protesters streaming onto the streets on June 9 last year. He was in jail, serving a two-month sentence for contempt related to his involvement in the Umbrella Movement protests.
abc.net.au/news/2020-06-0…
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@BrianLeungKP: The battle for HK’s democracy is going to be decades long link.medium.com/9SAXa1g4g7
" I think HK is going to look like Taiwan after the post-war era, from 1950s to 1980s. "
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2/ While over 6000 protesters have been arrested and 1000 of them are prosecuted, zero police officer is prosecuted for his unlawful use of force. That is the undeniable example of political prosecution.
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3. I always remember #ArseneWenger's parting words before his retirement - "Take care of the values of the club." Unfortunately, reality appears to be the opposite.
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Tell Hong Kong Government not to oppose LGBTI+ Housing Right! Hong Kong court has ruled that same-sex couple can apply for public housing. Yet Government Officials are considering to appeal against it. action.allout.org/en/m/ba67b8af/
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Lately the solidarity with Hong Kongers that @iingwen, @MOFA_Taiwan and our Taiwanese friends have shown has been nothing short of heartwarming. Thank you!
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5/ It will be more worrying if the Northern Ireland government chooses to turn a blind eye to the potential human rights concerns behind the law and bow down low to Beijing solely in exchange for more economic ties with China in business and education. belfast.chineseconsulate.org/chn/zlghd/t180…
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7/ From now on, reporters can only cover the news with the police permission, which is clearly a deadly blow to press freedom. For a long time, HK has remained as the last bastion of press freedom on China’s soil, but today’s arrest preludes a new dark era of media censorship.
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9/ 저도 제가 담대하고 의연하게 나아갈 수 있을지는 모르지만 여러분이 저와 함께 할 것이라고 믿습니다.
저는 홍콩을 사랑하는 여러분과 함께 홍콩인의 항거의지와 굳건한 모습을 계속 국제사회에 전할 것입니다.
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6/ Ever since the outbreak of the movement last year, when the smell of tear gas has become our collective memory, I always remember what one of Hong Kong activists, @BrianLeungKP , said, “More than language and values we share, what connects all the Hongkongers is the pain.”
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3/ It is understandable, then, that tensions escalate. It is my belief, however, that all those clashes could have been avoided by – and the political dilemma can only be resolved with – genuine political reform. The democratisation experiences of South Korea & Taiwan echo this.
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[Conversation with Cardinal Joseph Zen and @FT Asia Editor @JamilAnderlini in Forum 2000]
The lesson in Czechoslovakia and Poland tells us that eventually, total conformity is what an authoritarian regime wants. Isn’t history repeating itself? patreon.com/posts/42731417
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10/ We hope the world can keep watch on the development in the upcoming weeks. To support our fight for the city’s future, please join my Patreon: patreon.com/joshuawong
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2/ But it looks that the #Portuguese Consulate office has yet to intend to visit the detained Portuguese national in person. Earlier his lawyer worried that efforts of the Portuguese authorities are 'far from satisfactory'.
observador.pt/2020/09/12/sem…
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8/ Five years ago, after the Umbrella Movement, we all once believed mass movements were no longer possible. Nevertheless, it was the courage and resolution of each Hongkonger that have brought us through darkest valley and made the impossible possible.
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