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If you read one thing today, let it be this breathtaking piece of writing from @mbrookerhk bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-…
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Phew. @JimmyLaiApple granted bail!
Look at the heroes who were there to support him.
(Photographer prefers not to be credited) twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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This is leadership. He didn’t have to do this, and it won’t be easy. But his example will help to diminish stigma around asylum among #HKers (there’s currently a lot of it).
Thank you, @nathanlawkc
theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…
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Shaun is right about this.
Londoners don’t want to pay for #Uyghurs to be oppressed.
@SadiqKhan should order an urgent audit to root out all contractors complicit in atrocities in Western China. twitter.com/ShaunBaileyUK/…
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What use is a "lifeboat" policy if people can't leave?
hk.appledaily.com/news/20201219/…
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Thanks, Xi Jinping.
A reminder that this study concludes that if non-pharmaceutical interventions had been deployed three weeks earlier by China (ie not covered up) spread could have been reduced by 95%
medrxiv.org/content/10.110… twitter.com/bbclaurak/stat…
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I don’t believe the @sra_solicitors is comfortable with this, so will continue to work with them to root out this excrescence. Ho is a violent and prejudicial man who belongs among his like in the CCP, not practising law in the UK.
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The prosecution failed to bring wider evidence and showed little understanding of the HK context. Nevertheless the fact that Junius was willing to lose tens of thousands of pounds fighting this shows how important it is to remove foreign privileges from cronies like him.
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Bafflingly, today @sra_solicitors let off Junius Ho after a 5 day hearing.
Key points:
1. Junius admitted “kill without mercy” comment was wrong
2. Junius had to pay his own fees (circa £50k)
3. Prosecution didn’t seek any evidence from me at any point
4. I’m not dropping it
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Often feel a lone voice on this, but something about which @JimmyLaiApple and I always agreed:
The international community (especially the U.K.) made treaty promises to Hong Kong which it is FAILING to keep.
And “lifeboat” schemes don’t change that. #HKFightOn
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I cherish the things that come through from #HongKong friends. They help to bring your struggle alive for my family, too.
Thank you for your kindness and encouragement. #NeverGiveUp
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As the last year has proven beyond reasonable doubt, hand-wringing from the UK changes nothing.
What's the action plan?
reuters.com/article/hongko…
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Difficult for companies to boast about their modern slavery statements and ERG credentials while employing members of a party which is enslaving #Uyghurs #IPAC
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
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Absurd, even for Hong Kong in 2020.
This is a transparent attempt to scare #HK Twitter into silence. They know how influential it has been among Western politicians.
Don’t fall for it. It just underlines the power and necessity of your voice.
hk.appledaily.com/news/20201212/…
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Jimmy Lai has a full British passport.
Where is the U.K.? @DominicRaab @UKinHongKong twitter.com/wang_maya/stat…
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Admittedly the tie was a bold choice but surely not crop-worthy @globaltimesnews
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#BREAKING UK GOV DEFEATED. Genocide amendment to the Trade Bill stands.
287 to 161 - majority of 126!
The amendment prevents the UK trading with genocidal states and empowers UK courts to judge on cases of genocide. Thank you to this man 👇
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❗️Urgent Question in the House of Commons today:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the sentencing of the Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam.
Thanks @AlynSmith
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Not again...
@HSBC need to make a choice. Will it be the “world’s local bank” or an accomplice to authoritarianism. Can’t be both. hk.appledaily.com/news/20201207/…
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Thank you @tedhuichifung for joining last night and for so many @ipacglobal members for coming at (very) short notice.
We must #standtogether as CCP pressure on states and individuals intensifies.
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Disgraceful. What the hell is @HSBC playing at? twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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