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“China, Disney’s last, best hope to turn the movie into a hit, silenced all coverage of the film on the mainland a couple of days before its release. All Disney’s pandering to Chinese authorities meant nothing as soon as there was a whiff of political trouble.” #BoycottMulan twitter.com/ForeignPolicy/…
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Let’s not leave it at that, @Disney. With one scandal after another surrounding #Mulan, at some point you have to ask yourself: What the hell is all this bootlicking and trashing of American values for? An elusive market that doesn’t even welcome you? #BoycottMulan
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a global coalition gathering over 320 NGOs call for the United Nations (UN) to establish an international mechanism to monitor the human rights violations perpetrated by the Chinese regime. rsf.org/en/news/china-…
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HK social worker Jeffrey Andrews appeals for support after fire rips through refugee NGO's office hongkongfp.com/2020/09/14/hon… Please support Centre for Refugees in rebuilding & recovery, refugee clients are desperate for Home away from home to reopen again: christian-action.org.hk/donationbox/do…
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I need to attend the court hearing tomorrow because of being charged with participating in unauthorized assembly during 64 Commemoration of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. No matter how's the result of the verdict, I have no regret to commemorate the crackdown from Tyranny.
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[#HK Christianity becomes #Beiijing’s tool of nationalist propaganda] 1. After textbooks were found censoring #TiananmenSquareMassacre, now even religious textbooks at primary schools were injected w/ Chinese patriotism, asking students to learn from Jesus to love their nation.
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2. It is the first time that sacred texts are largely replaced by Chinese nationalistic education in religious textbooks. Under #nationalsecuritylaw, now even the controversial sinicized Christianity in #China started to expand to #HK with HK diocese kowtowing to #Beijing.
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[I don't see hope because I see it, I need to continue to see hope.] After attending the court hearing, I hope to let people know that I have no regret to commemorate the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Despite the uphill battles ahead, our spirit of resistance never ends.
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The West Kowloon Court on Tuesday adjourned the case against 26 leading pro-democracy activists over the Tiananmen massacre candlelight vigil to October 15, pending the prosecution’s request to transfer the cases to the District Court. news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…
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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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[#Portugese 🇵🇹 & #UK’s #BNO holders 🇬🇧 detained in #China for over 3 weeks] 1. Of the 12 #HKers detained in #China, one is reportedly #Portuguese passport holder while another two are #BNO holders. They are held w/o legal access, sparking growing concern of inhumane treatment.
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3. The twelve could be in China custody for a long time, without any trace. This worse scenario may unveil a new form of Chinese hostage diplomacy under growing tension between #EU & #China
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2. It is worrying, under #nationalsecuritylaw, foreign passport holders are deprived of basic rights of access to family-appointed lawyers, which is claimingly promised in #China’s law, esp when 4 lawyers were forced to quit the case due to unusual pressure from #CCP authorities.
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5. Since their situation becomes more and more critical, especially for those running out of medication, the basic legal rights of HKers and foreign nationals should be well protected. We wish to see their immediate return to #HK safe. #Save12HKyouths #SaveTheChildren
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4. In fact, it is common for #China to use discretion power to return criminal suspects to #Hongkong in the past. @hkcnews_com revealed, #Beijing did send around 2-3 suspects per year to #HK over the past 5 years, even for cases that fell into China’s jurisdiction.
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Demand Disney Remove Mulan from Disney #BoycottMulan stopgenocide.org/boycottmulan/
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Twitter Suspends Account of Chinese Virologist Who Claimed Coronavirus Was Made in a Lab 1/ After publishing a report over the origins of the widespread Coronavirus, virologist Dr. Li-Meng Yan who fled #China recently, had her Twitter account blocked. newsweek.com/twitter-suspen…
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4/ Any debate over the origins of the virus is indisputably contentious. Cautious to safeguard free and genuine information flow, huge strain has been put upon media platforms to tackle misinformation.
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2/ Despite Yan’s disputed claim, suspending a user’s account is unusual, deviating from Twitter’s latest policy of labelling controversial posts since May.
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5/ But before further disclosure of the evidence, is it a response in proportionality to silence a #whistleblower whose life might put at risk to safeguard viewpoints that are potentially inconvenient to an oppressed regime like #CCP ?
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[HK judge hails pro-#CCP assailant while he stabs activist and throws death threat at me] 1. A pro-#Beijing assailant, Wong, was hailed by #HK judge for his “passion to society” while Wong stabbed democracy ex-lawmaker “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung with a pointed metal chisel.
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2. Wong said if he has a gun, he will use it to shoot Leung. He even publicly threw death threats on court, saying "Joshua Wong & Ted Hui must die”. But without slamming his reckless words, judge praised Wong for being “willing to contribute to society" and released him on bail.
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4. In contrast, activists like #TamTakChi are charged sedition and denied bail just because they chanted slogans like “#5DemandsNot1Less” and blasted #HKgov and #hkpolicebrutality with critical voices.
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3. That’s another case that #Hongkong judges biasedly praise pro-#Beijing assailants. Earlier in April, HK judge hailed another assailant for having "noble sentiments” after he slashed three #HKers with beef knife, causing one's lung collapsed and wounds on their necks and backs.