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Joshua Wong has written a thoughtful & reflective thread ahead of his sentencing tomorrow:
“Despite possible jail sentences ahead, it is my honour to stand with each of you from the very beginning... whatever storm we might face, I always have my faith in my fellow HongKongers” twitter.com/joshuawongcf/s…
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Apple Daily reports well-known activist Grandma Wong, recently released after more than a year in detention in mainland China, was arrested (in HK) on Friday & charged with assault. Court appearance was due today, but delayed as Wong has been hospitalised. hk.appledaily.com/local/20201121…
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Breaking: Just hours after fresh CUHK graduates held a ‘Graduation March’ on campus in which they chanted & displayed slogans banned under the NSL, the HK police’s national security department announced it has launched an investigation into the incident.
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Breaking: Statement from foreign ministers of Five Eyes (🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿) on the disqualification of the 4 pro-democracy legislators; says DQ “part of a concerted campaign to silence all critical voices following the postponement of September’s LegCo elections” gov.uk/government/new…
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Breaking: Former legislators @ray_slowbeat (陳志全) & @ChuHoiDick (朱凱廸) have both been arrested just prior to 7AM in connection to the pair disrupting the passage of the National Anthem Bill in LegCo in June. They threw some bio-fertiliser in an attempt to stop proceedings.
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Big statement from the Foreign Secretary on the disqualification of pro-democracy legislators. The new claim that the UK will “hold China to the obligations it freely assumed under international law” strongly implies the UK will pursue breaches of the JD in international courts. twitter.com/DominicRaab/st…
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After reports Beijing intends to disqualify 4 sitting pro-democracy legislators (Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki & Kenneth Leung) at this weeks NPCSC, HK01 reports democrats are considering going back on plans to remain in LegCo & resign en masse. hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%8…
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As the U.S. election rumbles on & on, a reminder that this week the HK Police have launched a Stasi-style national security hotline for people to snitch on their fellow citizens — & claim they’ve received 2,500 tips already.
My latest for @AppleDaily_HK: hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202011…
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Breaking: SCMP reports 4 activists have entered the US consulate in HK to request asylum, hours after Tony Chung was arrested within metres of the building. SCMP captured video of them “talking to security guards before being allowed into the building.”
scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
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Latest for @AppleDaily_HK detailing the flight tracking data & leaked post-flight logs that reveal how the Hong Kong Police & Government Flying Service lured the 12 youths detained in mainland China to their fate. So many questions, so few answers. hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202010…
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Now being widely reported across HK media that another lawyer hired to represent Kok Tsz-lun, one of the 12 Hongkongers detained in mainland China after attempting to flee to Taiwan, was forced to back out of the case on the orders of mainland authorities. hk.appledaily.com/news/20200927/…
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The Hong Kong Police Have Declared War on Journalists — Jack Hazlewood
New @appledaily_hk piece looking at the changes to Police General Orders, which amount to a de facto police-imposed press accreditation system & are disastrous for press freedom in HK hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202009…
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Breaking: The Civil Human Rights Front (民間人權陣線) received a letter of objection from the HK Police re the Oct 1st (national day) march supporting the #save12hkyouths campaign. CHRF say they’ll appeal but it effectively makes the march illegal & attendees liable for arrest.
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If the arrest of Joshua Wong proves one thing, it’s that the authorities can & will arrest you for anything. Arrested for illegal assembly & wearing a mask under the anti-mask law - today it’s illegal to NOT wear a mask. A-M law also currently under legal challenge by democrats. twitter.com/joshuawongcf/s…
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Today’s @AppleDaily_HK leads with a showcase of horrific incidents of police brutality that were captured by media outlets that won’t be recognised under new Police General Orders - a de facto police-imposed press accreditation system. Press freedom in HK withers away yet further
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Chinese state media reporter: HSBC ’highly likely’ to be put on China’s new Unreliable Entity List.
HSBC & its executives publicly supported the National Security Law in the most craven & pathetic act of fawning. But you can never kowtow enough for the regime. It’s never enough. twitter.com/qingqingparis/…
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Reminder that newly-promoted British HK Police officer David Jordan headed up the Police Tactical Unit for the past year, which led the rapid-response to protests & put down pro-democracy demonstrators with sickening brutality.
Utterly disgusting.
thestandnews.com/english/david-…
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Great piece on press freedom in China by @MRJKilcoyne:
“Xi Jinping’s regime censors the press from a position of moral weakness [...] foreign reporters in countries ruled by dictators are essential in providing scrutiny where oppressed people can’t do so”
thetimes.co.uk/article/britai…
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HK’s biggest pro-🇨🇳 newspaper Oriental Daily (東方日報) has responded furiously to a CNN piece which (accurately) said OD’s founders the Ma brothers were drug dealers. Today’s front page shows a CNN missile being launched against them by rival pro-democracy media owner Jimmy Lai.
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Big intervention: After Carrie Lam’s incendiary remarks that the separation of powers has never existed in HK (!), the Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office of The State Council has explicitly stated it “agrees with CE Carrie Lam’s comments”; describes SoP as “westernised” & “wrong”.
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Full statement here. The video is from brave HKUST student reporters.
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The Hong Kong Police have issued a statement (see below) claiming this 12 year old girl buying crayons “fled immediately”, “looked suspicious”, & that the officers who viciously tackled, kicked & pinned her down used “the minimum force necessary”.
Watch & decide for yourself:
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Per @StandNewsHK, the HK bus driver detained during the march today for allegedly beeping his horn at police officers was arrested for ‘dangerous driving’.
You could not find a clearer case of selective enforcement/politicised policing if you tried.
thestandnews.com/politics/9-6-%…
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Leaflets showing HK police officers’ names, personal details & social media were captured by @StandNewsHK
Telegram channels, the usual medium for this doxxing, are under increased scrutiny post-Nat Sec Law. Activists have discovered print-outs are seemingly a more secure method.
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Full article here: hk.appledaily.com/local/20200906…
H/t: @HKGlobalConnect
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