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3/ Activists were prosecuted for commemorating the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, for the first time in 31 years after the crackdown. Days ago, even the city's pro-democracy media mogul @JimmyLaiApple was arrested under the new security law.
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6/ Also, he has also been accused of organizing an illegal protest at Hong Kong Police Station on June 21, for which he could stand trial soon. He has been banned from leaving Hong Kong and has to report to a police station twice a week.
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10/ The day before announcing his departure, Law testified by video link before a United States congressional committee and criticized the new national security law. He is aware that his words can be used against him to accuse him of a series of crimes under the new law.
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4. 저는 지금 홍콩 데모시스트당의 사무총장직의 사퇴를 선언하며 홍콩 데모시스트당을 탈퇴해 개인의 자격으로 저의 신념을 실천하고자 합니다. 홍콩의 의지는 국가보안법 혹은 어떠한 악법으로도 꺾이지 않을 것 입니다.
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4/ I only wish that during my absence, you can continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong, by following closely to the development, no matter the ill-fated election, the large-scale arrest under National Security Law or the twelve activists in China.
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4. If China insists on delinking this international financial city from the world, it is foreseeable that more countries will have a rethink on the city's human rights protections and safety.
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5/ Should arrest follow, it would be a total war aiming at eradicating dissents: patreon.com/posts/43775586
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7/ More importantly, this move will put the so-called promised autonomy under the 1Country2Systems formula to the test. When even the legislature is a rubber stamp, it Is doubtful whether Hong Kong can still maintain its special status as an independent tariff zone.
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PS This is the cover banner of Choy's social media account. It is doubtful whether our city still has #pressfreedom, and whether #Hongkongers still have the rights to seek truth.
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2. At that time it was like a miracle when the final result was announced. Everybody cheered with joy at the central counting centre, with hopes in our eyes to make some changes in the rigged system that had lost its touch with the people completely.
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‘That’s the transformation of Hong Kongers … Before last summer, nobody could imagine more than 2 million people taking to the streets. […] But we did it. Almost one-fourth of the population [stood] up against the regime of Beijing.’
wheelercentre.com/broadcasts/pod…
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Clearly, the #policebrutality was one of key reasons for #hongkongers to stand out, and it will always be. The virus will not cast off our determination to hold police officers to account for its misconduct.
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2.4/ Czech, Dutch, Spanish and Turkish governments have found the China-made masks and test kits fail to meet safety standards. In other words, those Chinese mask manufacturers are now earning money at the expense of others' safety.
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4/ Also, the law is also posing threats to all ex-pats and travellers both inside or outside Hong Kong, since Beijing has begun arresting non-Chinese nationals overseas. All these brutal crackdowns are trampling on the liberal values that Western democracies rest upon.
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Once again, we express our sincere gratitude to @hkdc_us, @NY4HK and overseas #HongKonger Lady A. It well demonstrates that the international network is the only way to rescue us from this deadly epidemic.
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2. Under #Beijing’s grip, when blank placards are regarded as subversive, w/ liberal books pulled from libraries and #TiananmenSquareMassacre censored, no #HKers can tell whether they'll be safe in the next minute. All we can do is fighting for the best & preparing for the worst
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英國金融時報投稿：國際企業應減少依賴北京（中文翻譯） Chinese translated version. patreon.com/posts/42312591
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4/ It was the time when the regime began to build Berlin Wall, and East Germany surrounded West Berlin amid the Cold War. When #Beijing tightens its grip in HK, the world starts to realize HK has become West Berlin, despite China’s propaganda campaigns whitewashing its crackdown.
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4/ This is because the effect of coercion cannot be a solution, nor will it force the people of Hong Kong to surrender.
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4/ Worse still, China begins to abuse global bodies like the UN Security Council as leverage to expand its political intimidation and censorship regime worldwide, putting western core values in jeopardy.
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14/ As the movie is widely considered as an attempt to spread propaganda & whitewash China's cultural genocide, I also urge Disney to suspend the screening of such a controversial movie and clarify its stance on human rights violations regarding re-education camps in the region.
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[Xi Jinping’s China may one day lead the world — but it will never be loved] thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/…
Progress on the commercial and military fronts have come at a cost, with the industrialised world learning to distrust and even hate the Beijing government. @dicklp
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2. In fact, under #nationalsecuritylaw, the similar threat of #HostageDiplomacy can also happen to foreign investors, travellers and ex-pats in #HJK, just like the two Canadians #MichaelKovrig and #MichaelSpavor that have been detained for over 620 days without trials.
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3. While Apple claims in its commitment to Human Rights that they “make technology people that respect their human rights”, it is just scandalous for this tech giant to side with dictators and leave people defenceless in the face of authoritarian rules.
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