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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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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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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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What use is a "lifeboat" policy if people can't leave?
hk.appledaily.com/news/20201219/…
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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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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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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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If you read one thing today, let it be this breathtaking piece of writing from @mbrookerhk bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-…
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❗️Action ❗️Ask your MP to support the genocide amendment.
Make China answer for their crimes in a court of law.
genocideresponse.org twitter.com/Coalition4GR/s…
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Massive news. Why does the U.K. have to be dragged kicking and screaming to do the same?
foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/23/pom…
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Something about this image.
#GrandmaWong #StandWithHK
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#HappyChristmas all, from frosty Glos.
O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae...
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Looks like Mr Liu has been brought to heel, having dipped his 🦶in the waters of diplomacy. Now he can put his 🦶 up, having walked many miles in the 👞 of a diplomat. His successor will have big 👞 to fill.
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
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I’ve been contacted by legislators all over the world today making clear that they’re paying very close attention to the trials of the #HK12
#FreeAndyLi
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Spare a thought for Andy today as he endures a secret sham trial.
This is how this vicious regime treats young people who dare to dissent. twitter.com/andy_is_missin…
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While better than nothing, ‘deeply concerned’ with no concrete follow up only serves as an encouragement to Beijing that their actions carry no consequences. twitter.com/BeijingToBrit/…
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Can somebody put this infront of Angela Merkel, please? buzzfeednews.com/article/alison…
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Yes. And if this is the case for FULL BRITISH CITIZENS imagine what it’s like for British Nationals (Overseas).
You don’t have to imagine. Look at the denied requests for consular sanctuary in #HK. twitter.com/patrickwintour…
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International Treaties China broke this year:
👉 Sino British Joint Declaration
👉 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
👉 Sino-Aus Free Trade Agreement
And that’s before you get to CEDAW, CERD, CRC, all violated in XUAR.
But yeah, they’ll keep this one 🙄 twitter.com/StuartKLau/sta…
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I’m sorry we couldn’t do more for you, Andy.
This is the state of the UK’s treaty promises to Hong Kong: theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…
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