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2/ The office unprecedentedly accused pro-democracy lawmakers of violating LegCo oaths when they use procedural tactics to block the controversial national anthem and national security legislation. In the eyes of Beijing, LegCo can only serve as a rubber stamp.
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3/ All these imperil the civil liberties that global democracies rest upon. In our global battle against tyranny, HK is at the forefront. The HK movement demonstrates the possibility of saying no to authoritarianism.
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2/ I believed #MilkTeaAlliance could create a “pan-Asia” grassroots movement that would draw more attention to social causes in Asia. “Be it Belarus, Thailand, or other places where injustice is happening, we are constantly fighting for the same beliefs."
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2/ The applicant claims that Returning Officer Laura AARON acted ultra vires of ss.34(1)(b) of the DCO and unlawfully interferes with HK residents’ right to stand for election as stipulated under Basic Law.
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3. By far, I see at least three fatal impacts: 1) Tailor-made offences for key activists and foreigners based on diplomatic needs, 2) Cut-throat damage to judicial independence, and 3) Beijing's direct rule by installing China's institution in the territory of Hong Kong.
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3. Therefore, at the time when holding blank papers was accused of breaching #nationalsecuritylaw, the legislative council election in September has high risks of cancellation. Hence, tomorrow’s primary may be the last chance for #Hongkongers to cast our vote, free from fear.
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10. In a rare move, Former Chief Justice Andrew Li broke silence & slammed the law as 'detrimental to the independence of the Judiciary' today, by far the strongest criticism made among former public officers. But these local opposition voices are not enough to hold China back.
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11/ HKMAO's statement is a reminder for HKers to be vigilant & prepared. Of course, we must strive to get more than half the seats! But even if we succeed in achieving this miracle, the regime may still use ever more creative ways - like oath violations - to unseat Legislators.
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5/ “Milk Tea Alliance is more about how netizens and key opinion leaders on social media can take a leadership role and generate pressure against the momentum of Beijing’s propaganda machine,” he said.
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9/ Jimmy Lai’s arrest has presaged a new dark era of media censorship. With its sweeping powers under national security law, Beijing now extends its reach to the city’s media outlets. After pulling books from libraries, sacking prominent law professor Benny Tai...
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We are asking people who identify as Hongkongers to check the ‘OTHER ASIAN’ box and write in ‘HONGKONGER’ if they come from Hong Kong, their family came from Hong Kong, or otherwise have Hong Kong heritage.
wethehongkongers.org
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5. However, when the regime attempts to instil fear and lies with an iron fist, Hongkongers will continue our fight for justice and democracy, since resistance is the only way to venture through the darkest of times and into the light of hope.
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6/ Under Chinese law, Prof. Wong has the power to visit detention centres across China, including Yantian District Detention Center which is reportedly where 12 are being detained. However, he has remained silent and done nothing, instead of using his power to visit his student.
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HK’s pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sits down with @Monocle24 Monocle to talk about protest, autonomy and his new book #UnfreeSpeech: hyperurl.co/unfreespeech
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3/ It means the law only allows “human rights with Chinese characteristics”. Beijing completely ignores the concerns raised by the Bar Association about how the new law can abide by international standards like ICCPR.
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4/ In October 2019, the U.S. Commerce Department already placed the department on its Entry List, for participating in "human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology...
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3/ When Beijing is sinking its claws over the city, Hongkong protestors are calling for a withdrawal of this evil law to safeguard Hong Kong’s autonomy and liberties, protect the safety of civil society and business community in the city.
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10/ ...and cancelling elections, Beijing has put critical voices in the media in its crosshairs & imperilled the free flow of information to global audiences. Beijing is decoupling HK from the world and turning media outlets in HK into a state-controlled propaganda apparatus.
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4. Under #nationalsecuritylaw, now even slogans #5DemandsNot1Less” and “resist” can be cherrypicked as evidence for #speechcrime, let alone pro-democracy activists being tailed by unknown agents for months, and #police starting to rewrite history to justify further crackdowns.
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5/ ...surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the XUAR." While Disney has been completely remaining silent on the Uyghur issue, its cooperations with the officials responsible for brutal crackdowns on Uighur Muslim minority really...
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심지어 이 지역의 친구들만이 아니라 이 세상 어딘가에서 홍콩인들의 항쟁으로 감동을 받았던 사람들에게까지도 영향을 준다. 오늘 한국의 학생들로부터 메일을 받았는데 그 친구들의 쓴 글의 문장 문장이 모두 너무나 감동적이었다.
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5/ The forthcoming legislative election is a vital testing ground for the scope of China’s authoritarianism over this island, since Beijing has already paved ways to disqualify pro-democracy runners that do not support the national security law.
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2/ Language barriers and cultural differences do not matter.
What happened in Hong Kong has inspired other student protest movements and I know that a lot of Thai protesters in Bangkok look to us Hongkongers for solidarity and support.
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9/ In fact, Mulan was filmed in 2018, the same year that China staged the hardest suppression on Uyghurs in the region. The film was also shot in locations where all these re-education camps have been documented.
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2/ With its swelling economic clout, China pressures the business world to take its side; attacks critics of its human-rights abuses, such as ‘re-education camps’ for Uyghurs; and jeopardises universities’ autonomy through the Confucius Institute programme.
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