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@demosisto's has received requests for assistance from protesters that were previously remanded at Pik Uk Prison. Three victims, 3 victims testified that they were subject to torture & cruel treatment by prison staff.
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Thank you for @Reuters capturing these important moments of Hong Kong history! The photography staff of Reuters has won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for its coverage of last year's protests in Hong Kong. reut.rs/2W3nkRV
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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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12/ This is why I wrote "Fight at any cost internationally", linking existing LegCo's survival with survival of HK's separate status as a tax haven. On the chessboard of international politics, only with a tight grasp of regime's weaknesses do we stand a chance against Beijing.
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[Beijing is paving the path to disqualify all 70 LegCo councillors if 35 or more are Pro-Democrats]
1/Towards the end of Easter holiday, HKMAO of the State Council unexpectedly released a statement alleging the misconduct of Legislators in public office.
telegra.ph/Beijing-is-pav…
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the World Health Organization (WHO) to lift its ban on Taiwanese journalists, which violates the universal right to information and is undermining efforts to combat the coronavirus epidemic.
rsf.org/en/news/corona…
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4/ The alliance represented not only widespread anger over China’s stance on Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang and Tibet, but also wider regional issues linked to growing Chinese influence and expansion through its Belt and Road initiative and infrastructure development, he added.
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5/ More recently, the hashtag has been aligned with news of satellite evidence showing that Chinese dams withheld water from the lower Mekong region during a damaging drought in downstream countries, raising alarm in Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.
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#MilkTeaAlliance 1/ Joshua added his voice to the throng, posting a meme of three figures clinking glasses of milk tea and calling for pan-Asian solidarity “to fend off all forms of authoritarianism from China.” (Interview from @niccijsmith @Telegraph)
telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/0…
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The timing of the arrests was tactical.
abc.net.au/news/2020-05-0…
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If HKGov arrested political leaders, including Martin Lee, in Nov, 100000 people would've taken to the street immediately that night in different districts. But due to safety concerns over the coronavirus which make it difficult to gather people on the street, it has taken adv.
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2) The Communist Party really struggles to understand economic freedom, or freedoms in general. As Hong Kongers explain, deciding where to spend your own money to support or denounce a cause is precisely the fulfillment of the free market. It is a means of resistance.
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It's funny in two ways. 1) A self-proclaimed Communist Party is trying to criticize the world's most renowned haven of neoliberalism from the right, as if lecturing Hong Kongers: "You folks aren't laissez faire enough!" Don't pro-Beijing left-wingers in the West see the irony?
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With everything going on right now, this statement from the Chinese Liaison Office probably isn't the most important, but it reveals Beijing's mindset. It calls the HK protesters' "yellow economy" (i.e. buying only from pro-democracy stores) a violation of free-market principles.
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The only logical conclusion is that the Communist Party today is a regime devoid of any ideology, except one: ultranationalism. This is clear not just in HK but also Macau, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet, the South China Sea, and beyond. Xi's "China Dream" is just territorial ambitions.
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2. Despite only 4 of us, #hkpolice abused the 4-people gathering ban to disband our booth. We were surrounded by over 50 #police. Once again, #coronavirus measures were used to suppress political dissents in #HKpolicestate.
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[Just-in: Joshua Wong and union members were surrounded by #hkpolice for promoting #labour union on #LabourDay]
1. On #LabourDay2020, #Union members and I set up booths to ask #Hongkongers to join new pro-democracy labour unions.
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This is the new look of the No. 2 Bridge, a pathway into @CUHKofficial, the college campus under siege by the #HKPolice for five days last November. Now it looks like a pathway to prison. What an ironic visualization of how the government sees our generation: all criminals. twitter.com/hkStephenSYY/s…
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Dawkins is a very respected British scientist, but it's clear he has no idea what he's talking about here. Hong Kongers have actively defied the WHO and its lies. That's how we managed to contain the outbreak. The world needs the truth, not disinformation. twitter.com/RichardDawkins…
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Proud to know that for five straight days there have been ZERO new Wuhan Virus cases in #HongKong. What a turnaround! If there are lessons: (1) Don't trust China, (2) Don't trust the WHO, and (3) Always think critically about the things authorities tell you!
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With a New Cold War on the Rise, What Next for Hong Kong’s Autonomy? The West must decide whether and how to keep a foot in China’s door.
thediplomat.com/2020/04/with-a…
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HKprotesters take their protests into the virtual world
abc.net.au/radionational/…
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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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4/ In the police station, it’s like hell! #hongkongprotesters were severely beaten with heads covered with blood. Even though they have already lost consciousness, #police kept torturing them by beating their faces with batons and dragging them on the floor.
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3/ Yan provided first aid services to #HKers. He said one of the patients suffered from severe brain bleed & concussion during detention. X-rays showed that the wound was made by blunt force. The victim has lost his sense of taste & fails to distinguish hot things & sour taste.
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