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2/ But no matter how peaceful it was, over thousand #hkpolice were deployed to suppress such a non-violent assembly. Police pointed rubber bullet guns at unarmed citizens and tourists. Residents were forcibly pushed into corners. Reporters were humiliated by police with F-words.
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“Hong Kong is not under the framework of one country, two systems anymore,” Joshua Wong told @FoxBusiness before @SecPompeo's decision on Wednesday.
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[#CCP members nominated to head #HK's university]
1. According to @StandNewsHK, two #Chinese scholars (at least of them is #CCP member) are nominated as the vice presidents of #HKU, months after the university sacked the co-founder of #UmbrellaMovement #BennyTai.
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ft.com/content/cbfde7…
Mr Wong’s mother said her son’s case was proof that last year’s protests against an extradition law that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China for the first time were justified.
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[Witch hunting under #nationalsecuritylaw]
1. I just wrote back to electoral officers this morning. Clearly, a large-scale witch hunt is underway & electoral officers are cooking up #nationalsecurity charges against all pro-democracy runners, not solely vetting our candidacy. twitter.com/joshuawongcf/s…
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3/ while we received the list of GFS personnel involving in the operation, contact details of the entire Operations Unit is deleted from its telephone directory. Clearly Govt is hiding from the truth. @owenchowkashing @ChuHoiDick @LesterShum @save12hkyouths
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1/ Underneath #BTS saga, there are worrying signs of escalating Chinese nationalism & tensions between China & the world. In post-pandemic era, political uncertainty piles up as it becomes even more unpredictable to anticipate what issue will strike Chinese nationalists’ nerve.
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3/ The proposed national security agency is like the #secretpolice branch in HK. The biggest concern is arbitrary & political interpretation of the law, When using the law in China, lawyers, reporters, NGOs, religious groups were accused of “inciting subversion”.
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6/ Tonight’s assembly shows that #coronavirus does not kill the spirit of #hongkongprotests. The plague will end one day. But under #China's authoritarian rule, #HK’s freedom, human rights and autonomy can only be protected with the arrival of democracy.
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Litmus test for #HK #PressFreedom
-JimmyLai & @appledaily_hk,most vocal pro-democracy media,targeted
-News heads of 2 credible media iCable/NowTV replaced
-New security unit to review journo's visa
-Issues/renewals of visa for Int'l media delayed
-Indie media barred fr reporting twitter.com/rachel_cheung1…
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SURVEY: Should democracies ally to protect HK?
HK’s freedoms and civil rights have been under constant attack by China for years, but the situation has been dramatically deteriorating in the last few weeks.
now.world/the_wave_of_fr…
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香港民主活動家、黄之鋒氏の素顔は
(福岡静哉・台北特派員)
mainichi.jp/premier/politi…
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Hi, @AmbLiuXiaoMing. Why do you need to block @NathanLaw? Here is @Twitter not @SinaWeibo. Don’t apply what you have done in China to the free world that is without great firewall.
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ウルトラマンダイナ
ありがとうございます twitter.com/takeshi_tsurun…
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All eyes on the president tomorrow. Let's see what happens. I very much hope the administration will strike the right balance between exerting economic pressure on China and defending Hong Kongers' rights. twitter.com/jeffreychngo/s…
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Yesterday it was #Tibet. Today is #HongKong. Tomorrow might be #Taiwan’s turn. If we don’t stand up for freedom, #China will prevail.
Join the #FridaysForFreedom protests by @now4humanity in front of Chinese Embassies to #FreeHongKong.
now.world/fridaysforfree…
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist ranked No.1 in 2020 TIME100 Reader Poll | Stand News | 立場新聞 thestandnews.com/english/hong-k…
@nathanlawkc
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5/ When all countries are now busy combating #coronavirus, the authoritarian regime of #China is now clamping down on democracy movements in #HongKong. I call upon the world to keep watch on #Beijing’s tyranny and #standwithhk.
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‘Joshua Wong is a brave and inspiring young leader. Together we are one loud voice that cannot be silenced.' –@GretaThunberg, climate change activist & bestselling author of #NoOneIsTooSmalltoMakeaDifference
Thank you for #Greta endorsing #UnfreeSpeech: hyperurl.co/unfreespeech!
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🇩🇪 Petition for Germany version of Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act has already reached the target of 50000 petitions before the deadline by Dec 25th. President Xi, we wish you a Merry Christmas :)
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We welcome @BorisJohnson’s offer of a path to citizenship to those eligible, but added the ideal situation would be for UK to pressure China into abandoning evil law that could curb dissent in the former British colony. We need to stand up and fight back.
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Despite #BelarusProtest in #Minsk, #Lukashenko secretly inaugurated today. According to #HK media @dbchannel_hkers, armoured cars are everywhere in city w/ heavy #police presence. It's rumored metro service will be suspended tonight alongside internet shutdown. #StandWithBelarus
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#BrickArches, designed by #hkprotesters, are nominated for #BeazleyDesignsoftheYear in Transport Category.
When protests become the only way against injustice under tyrannies worldwide, protesters’ creativity deserves admiration.
Please vote👇🏻
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