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[New era for #HK academia under uni head w/ #CCP membership]
1. Despite backslash, #HKU council, mostly appointed by pro-#Beijing #Carrielam, approved 2 #Chinese scholars incl one, #MaxShen,who's listed by #Tsinghua 3 times as "party committee member"
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After all, it is the authoritarian rulers that turn the whole civil society into enemies, lies into truths, critical voices into dissents and taboos, and ordinary citizens into modern martyrs. letter.wiki/conversation/8…
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4. However, even under the ill wind of #China’s direct authoritarian rule, #Hongkongers will continue to fight for our freedoms and democracy for the city’s next generations. When justice fails, our fight goes on.
Photo: Lam Yik Fei
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Here is Winnie The Flu that we call as #WTF
Credit to Yeahman Tse via Legend Bricks LEGO Forum
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“Every day I sleep, I also worry will the government come to arrest me immediately, or the day after, storm into my house at 5:00 am just like experienced by @JimmyLaiApple ,” Joshua Wong said.
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12 Miffy appearing in the Netherlands rally supporting Hong Kong. The 12 Miffy represents the 12 HK teens that have been secretly detained by the CCP
#save12hkyouths #save12 #save12hkyouth @save12hkyouths
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I will continue to fight until the last minute since that’s no reason for us to give up, and in such an uphill battle we will continue to stand with fellow HK protestors. I have no hope towards the government, but I have hope towards the people. twitter.com/AdityaNSharma/…
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4. What we are doing now is to explain the value of freedom to the world, through our compassion to whom we love, so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our own. I'm still learning to conquer the fear and I believe you are with me along this journey.
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[Opinion: Tiananmen has always served as a moral to learn from]
Implementing the new national security law in HK and banning the Tiananmen massacre vigil in the city are attempts to silence Hong Kongers, write activists @joshuawongcf and @KwongGlacier.
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🇮🇳 [Why India should have HK's back?] moneycontrol.com/news/india/why…
1/ As per data, Hong Kong is India's top trading partner with a business worth $4.2 billion as against $2.3 billion with China. Standing up for Hong Kong is in India's interest — both economically and diplomatically.
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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.
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[Vanishing free speech - Universities at the forefront of China’s propaganda war]
1. Universities are one of prime targets of #China’s overseas propaganda campaigns, as a way to stamp out overseas #CCP critics like @DrewPavlou & critical studies on China
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Among 12 #asylumseekers, a Portugal citizen was now detained in #China, w/ all access to lawyers/relatives blocked. Foreign nationals ain't only covered and wanted under #nationalsecurity, but also with human rights or rights to consular access & protection stripped before trial. twitter.com/joshuawongcf/s…
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Please read this thread on the recent arrests of Tobias Leung and Isaac Cheng from Demosisto. As for our masks, which the customs agency have now seized: We've been shipping them to various American lawmakers for distribution in their home states to combat COVID-19. twitter.com/jeffreychngo/s…
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This is how #CCP police treated Hong Kong women. Hong Kong Police must stop the use of sexual violence. 6/6
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Hong Kong downsizing considered by one-third of Japanese companies asia.nikkei.com/Business/Busin…
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Update: With courage and tenacity, over 412,000 #HKers have already cast their ballots, for the first 7 hours today. This is the silent protest of all freedom-loving citizens in #Hongkong to say no to the sweeping #NationalSecurityLaw. twitter.com/joshuawongcf/s…
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Six former Canadian ministers call for release of jailed Chinese dissident in open letter /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
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5/ At the same time, the police watchdog, IPCC, has just released a report which has zero mention of #policemisconduct during the pro-#Beijing mob attack on citizens and pregnant women in 21 July last year.
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[Court rejects Joshua Wong bid over disqualification]
1/ As the only candidate being censored out from ballot in the 2019 District council election. I applied for Judicial review and to appeal how do returning officers just have abuse of power.