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We all keenly believe in freedom and democracy. The prosperity of the global community is not achieved by totalitarianism and dictators -- It’s by a more equal, democratic and sustainable future.
Thanks for your kindness and encouragement. @TimmermansEU
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Statement regarding Beijing’s recent “fact sheet” on Hong Kong that entails falsifying accusations on Hong Kong democratic movements and campaigners.
#HongKong
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A few takes of who's John Lee
- Most hawkish among candidates Beijing could choose from
- No experience apart from Security issues (silencing dissidents is his main task)
- Difficult to work with, refuses to be held accountable
- Applauds Xinjiang's way of control and oppression twitter.com/bbcworldservic…
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The next Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
//By 2016, when Law was elected into the legislature, Lee "was already notoriously difficult to deal with" and seemed hostile to any journalists or opposition lawmakers who raised questions or challenges, Law said.// cnn.com/2022/05/07/asi…
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Friends in 🇳🇱:
A special event is coming! I am going to speak at the @DeBalie Freedom Lecture, sharing my thoughts about the struggle of Hong Kong and why we should not take freedom for granted.
Looking forward to meeting you all!
#StandwithHongKong
debalie.nl/programma/what…
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1. Elected members are accountable to the public and should answer concerns from them. Instead, I received an email from @cllralexyip, who worked with Christine Lee in the BCR, requesting me to take down an article about his connections with Beijing to avoid “further steps.”
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1. The recent controversy about pro-Beijing groups getting funding from BN(O) scheme makes me worried that the integration partners fail to understand the traits of the Hong Kong community.
To conduct a successful integration campaign for HK arrivals, we must know a few facts.
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//Law said:“The origin of the BNO scheme was the suppression of basic freedom and human rights in Hong Kong. I believe this funding should not be awarded to organisations that support these intrusions of the Chinese government.”//
thetimes.co.uk/article/china-…
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Evil policy. twitter.com/EnesFreedom/st…
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With @TransworldBooks donating the books, I had my book signing session yesterday at an event in St Albans. All the sales income goes to humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.
Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. People resisting autocrats stand together.
#StandWithUkraine
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3. He's made many controversial speeches. He has denied any responsibility for police violence during 2019 protest; he had said the "anti-terror" campaign (including “concentration camps”) in Xinjiang is a good learning example; he headed the campaign of cracking down protests.
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1. Rumor says that the HK govt’s Chief Secretary (No.2) John Lee is the ideal person in Beijing’s eye and picked as the next Chief Executive. It will be a nightmare for Hong Kong people, and signal Xi's intention to continue exerting pressure on this authoritarian police state.
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What a BIG LIE promoted by the Chinese influencers, suggesting that all these massacres were committed by Ukrainian but not Russian soldiers.
The Chinese state has been supporting the invasion and hope that they can justify their potential war in the future. twitter.com/TGTM_Official/…
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam once said she wanted to retire in the UK. Please don’t. Her visa should be declined as a result of her suppression of basic human rights and freedom of Hong Kong people. We should not allow perpetrators like her to walk around like they are innocent.
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Even though he is jailed for more than a year and doesn't know when he can get out, Joshua never gives up and remains in good spirit.
Activists like him, Jimmy Lai and Benny Tai are in Stanley Prison, Hong Kong's highest security prison. These are blatant political persecution. twitter.com/joshuawongcf/s…
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The withdrawal of UK judges in Hong Kong has been an initiative pushed by all sides of politics. It's a consensus that Hong Kong does not enjoy rule of law. I urge the remaining UK judges in HK to resign as soon as possible.
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/…
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Hong Kong government has been notoriously colluding with gangsters to attack civilians, quash protests or simply terrorise the population. Many of my friends were injured in these atrocities. youtube.com/watch?v=ARB-z8…
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Whenever I see Russian officials commenting on their war crimes, I see hostility and despise to truth. The same happens when Chinese officials comment on Hong Kong.
We oppose dictators for their brutalities, and also the way they distort reality and lie to people. It's digusting
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Don't forget that Xi wants to launch a war on Taiwan as Putin did to Ukraine. Their ambitions are the same.
We must think ahead -- to stop the next invasion from happening.
Ukraine calls on China to condemn Russia’s invasion aje.io/5anbpf via @AJEnglish
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//...two of whose directors waved Chinese communist flags and denied the Uyghur genocide.The Monitoring Group has received up to £55,000 a year from The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) via the Catch anti-hate partnership.//
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Chinese companies and officials who are assisting Putin’s invasion to Ukraine should also be sanctioned.
Russian banks rush to switch to Chinese card system reuters.com/business/finan…
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2/ Democracy is a project — a long and difficult one, that guarantees no success. But we are determined to walk this path. I am a human rights activist, refugee and definitely not rich. I do it because I believe in helping the people protect democracy; it’s helping your democracy
Youngest lawmaker of #HongKong. Activist. Exiled in London. Author of Freedom.
Founder @HKDC_US @HKUC_UK @hongkongmarch @demosisto (disbanded)
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