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A busy day today writing #HongKong chapter (2014 to today) of my book on #China #CCP #HumanRights, published by @opibooks in October...featuring @nathanlawkc @alexchow18 @Ray_WongHKI @jooeysiiu @tedhuichifung @chungchingkwong @finnlau_cd @catherinekyli @denniswhkwok & many others
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#HongKongers: on Tuesday 12 April, we will be hosting an event in Sutton to help #HKers in UK understand how to engage in our forthcoming local government elections.
Come and join me and @hk_watch team, as well as @nathanlawkc and representatives of major political parties 👇
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"Benedict Rogers, chief executive of @hk_watch, has warned that if Lee takes over, “Hong Kong’s journey from one of Asia’s most open cities into one of the region’s most repressive police states will only intensify”.
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China is cracking under the weight of zero Covid telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/1…
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Profoundly disturbing
This is turning #HongKong into #Xinjiang and #Tibet
The international community must speak out and act to make clear how totally unacceptable it is
#StandWithHongKong twitter.com/lukedepulford/…
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【離散港人】持BNO港人下月可投票選英國地方議員 組織籲港人珍惜民主 rfa.org/cantonese/news…
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The total, utter, complete and disgustingly evil barbarity, inhumanity, cruelty and criminality of #XiJinping's #CCP regime in #China 👇 twitter.com/EnesFreedom/st…
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It is vital that we do everything possible to help #HongKongers protect the Cantonese language, as #CCP tries to erode #HongKong identity within #HK and as more #HKers move into exile
The quest to save Cantonese in a world dominated by Mandarin latimes.com/california/sto…
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THREAD: I want to share a few reflections & principles about why - & how - I try to support #HongKong's #FightForFreedom, have done so for the past 8 years
1. The most important point is that I have never, ever claimed to represent #HongKongers. All I try to do is support /
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Hong Kong Authorities 'Brainwashing' Convicted Pro-Democracy Activists voanews.com/a/hong-kong-au…
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A new report by Hong Kong Watch ... found that nine Hong Kong officials and 12 members of Hong Kong’s legislature have property overseas including in Britain, Canada, the United States, Australia, Japan and France.
scmp.com/news/china/art… via @SCMPNews
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I'm wearing blue today in solidarity with thousands of political prisoners in #Myanmar/#Burma
Many face brutal torture & sexual violence
The int'l community must speak out for all political prisoners & demand immediate, unconditional release
#BlueShirt4Burma #BlueShirtDay
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'Prisoners of conscience': Jimmy Lai, Joshua Wong among Hong Kong activists nominated for Nobel Peace Prize - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP hongkongfp.com/2022/04/22/pri…
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Exactly.
So we cannot let #Putin win
If Putin wins this war, he will have beaten the West – and everything that it stands for telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/2…
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Indeed
A truly ridiculous #CCP sham charade, put on by #XiJinping's toe-curling quisling proxy puppet goons in #HongKong
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We really need to wake up and act, quickly.
Democracies and the dragon – Chinese political interference has Western spooks worried economist.com/china/2022/04/…
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Just got home from my short semi-break and writing week, where I have come closer to finishing my new book on #China #CCP #HumanRights. Still more to do, but the end is in sight :)
Delighted to find @limlouisa's new book waiting for me when I got home. Looking forward to it!
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Dear @elonmusk:
Congratulations on purchasing @Twitter
I would like you to be clear what is your relationship with & attitude to #XiJinping #CCP regime, & what implications, if any, that may have for our freedom on this medium.
Please clarify urgently
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#HongKongers: Today @hk_watch will launch our new report on #PressFreedom in #HongKong - In the Firing Line.
Here's a brief message for you from me about it.
#FightForFreedom #StandWithHongKong
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Hong Kong’s free press nearly completely dismantled by Beijing, report says independent.co.uk/asia/china/hon…
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報告揭香港新聞自由如何被摧毀 促國際保護受威脅的新聞工作者 rfa.org/cantonese/news…
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A privilege to launch @hk_watch's new report, In the Firing Line: The Crackdown on Media Freedom in #HongKong, in Parliament this evening, with our Patrons @CatherineWest1 & Fiona Bruce MP @UK_FoRBEnvoy
Delighted that another of our Patrons, @amcarmichaelMP, joined us too 🙏
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Chief Executive/cofounder, Hong Kong Watch; Senior Analyst, CSW; cofounder, Conservative Party Human Rights Commission; IPAC. Activist, writer. Tweets personal