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Hard to believe that this time last year I was with @Stand_with_HK friends at a Lunar New Year celebration 🧧
Feels like another world. #Happyyearoftheox
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Personal reflection on the absurdity of what happened yesterday.
The last time I saw these two was Sept 2019 in #HK
They spent much of the time talking about how they didn’t know *any* of the organisers of the 2019 protests and (thought they’d never have said it publicly) how...
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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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Diplomacy in 2021:
“Send your athletes to Beijing or we will sanction you”
#China #UyghurGenocide twitter.com/AMFChina/statu…
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BREAKING: there will be no vote on the #GenocideAmendment tomorrow. Even if we beat the Government's wrecking amendment, it will not be possible to "ungroup" the two amendments it seeks to wreck.
Two (completely different) amendments. Only one vote.
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Over 100 leaders from student societies wrote to @DominicRaab to ask him to accept the #GenocideAmendment twitter.com/UyghurStop/sta…
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#BREAKING @pritipatel expands the #HongKong scheme, and relaxes application conditions!!🚨🚨
Fantastic news! Thank you so much @ukhomeoffice for listening!
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Question for China policy people: how do you “engage” meaningfully when your interlocutor does things like this? twitter.com/SariArhoHavren…
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🚨Hearing STRONG rumours within @GOVUK that BN(O) scheme for #HongKong WILL be extended within 24 hours to include some younger #HKers (details unclear)
If so, HUGE credit @hk_watch @DamianGreen @DavidAltonHL Lord Patten @benedictrogers @Johnny_HKWatch @SamGoodman22 + others 👏
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BREAKING: Government amendment narrowly passes 318 to 303
Now to the Lords, where we will re-insert the courts, and send it back to the Commons so they can actually vote on it.
Thanks to everyone working so hard on this. The arc of justice is long!
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#AndyLi - diminutive, skinny, peaceful advocate for the fulfilment of the promises made to #HongKong by China and the UK, treated like the Incredible Hulk in a ridiculous show by the HK authorities. twitter.com/lokinhei/statu…
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Read this. Get angry. And act.
Batches of 50 to 100 Uighur workers are being advertised on the Chinese internet | World News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/new-evid…
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5 days until the #HK BNO scheme.
I really hope there's an integration plan. Things could go badly wrong. Non-exhaustive:
1. Quarantine
2. Language
3. HK community divisions.
4. Stupid assumption all HKers are rich.
The e-gates will open, but what will be our welcome?
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Working on a case of a Hong Konger (born after ‘97) involved in the 2019 protests, had their application for asylum (stupidly) rejected, and faces deportation. They’d be arrested in HK.
Many are running out of time waiting for the BN(O) changes @SuellaBraverman
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#NEW 🚨🚨 SUPERB amendment from @DamianGreen supported by @hk_watch which, if successful, will EXTEND the BN(O) scheme to those born after 1997. 👊
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Lord Alton asks about the case of #AndyLi in the @UKHouseofLords with @tariqahmadbt replying that @UKinHongKong raised it last week. twitter.com/lukedepulford/…
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Break:
U.K. Government says that the U.K. will expect China to waive diplomatic immunity so to that, if police thinks there are chargeable offences, officials involved in #BobChan beating can be prosecuted, and if they do not there will be “serious diplomatic consequences”.
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Denied bail, and dragged off to prison, Ma Chun-Man shouted into the court:
“Spread the word. Democracy is cultivated by blood and sweat”
Hong Kong, 2020 twitter.com/XinqiSu/status…
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🇺🇸= China is committing genocide.
🇨🇦= About to declare the China is committing genocide.
🇬🇧= Whipping the life out of MPs to prevent the Government from having the necessary legal basis to say that China is committing genocide.
#Lame twitter.com/stevenchase/st…
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👉 CCP attacks IPAC
👉 More MPs join IPAC
Welcome @SarahChampionMP @Wera_Hobhouse @LaylaMoran @ShabanaMahmood @GeraintDaviesMP @KieranMullanUK from @UKParliament and more international friends. twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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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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In a now deleted post, Chinese media site @NewsQQ claimed that @Huawei was “immediately coming to Russia’s aid” after “cyber attacks” made the internet unstable in 🇷🇺.
Article posted on the same day @YourAnonCentral targeted Russia.
Shocking, even for Huawei.
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