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Hugely grateful to the senior Parliamentarians from across the House of Commons, led by @DamianGreen, who are backing this amendment to allow the descendants of BNOs to access the visa scheme.
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HKW's patron @amcarmichaelMP in this morning's Urgent Question on Hong Kong: "In practical terms for the likes of Carrie Lam the idea that at some stage she might be subject to Magnitsky sanctions is something for which we may have lost the element of surprise."
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#UK Government commits to expanding #BNO scheme for #Hkers born after 1997
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Regarding Hong Kong, the German ambassador expressed "deep concerns" about elements of the recently enacted national security law, which allowed for certain cases to be transferred for prosecution to mainland China.
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Hong Kong activist Andy Li has been held in solitary confinement at a psychiatric hospital after being charged under the national security law, according to Apple Daily sources.
@andy_is_missing
#save12hkyouths #andyismissing hk.appledaily.com/news/20210329/…
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NEW: Latest op-ed by @benedictrogers in @appledaily_hk on the arrests of 53 pro-democracy activists in #HongKong. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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"If this regime gets away with what it has done to #HongKong, it won’t stop there. It will be emboldened in its aggression toward Taiwan, & it will continue encroaching on our liberties, too. We can’t kowtow any longer"
@benedictrogers in @nypost today
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⚖️#FreeHKJournalists
On this day last year, #AppleDaily published its newspaper for the last time and ceased all operations immediately afterwards. A number of senior executives have been arrested and detained on political grounds and lost their freedom.
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Pleased to be working with @nathanlawkc to call for NZ to offer pathways to citizenship for young Hong Kongers.
@jacindaardern we ask that you offer a lifeline. twitter.com/EmanuelStoakes…
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Boris Johnson under pressure from top Tories to take stronger stand against China.
Hong Kong Watch CEO @benedictrogers is Deputy Chair of the Conservative Human Rights Commission which is publishing a report detailing gross rights abuses in China.
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Concerning to see award winning journalist Bao Choy Yuk-ling, who reported on the Yuen Long MTR station attack in 2019 which saw 45 commuters & protestors injured by suspected gang members, charged today for 'using public records for a documentary' and fined HK$6,000. #FreePress twitter.com/hkfp/status/13…
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"He stressed that Hong Kong’s situation is increasingly chilling, but precisely because of that, we need to "stand tall,” he concluded."
Let's stand tall in hard times, says Jimmy Lai.
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This is appalling and inhumane.
Newspaper editors publishing pro-democracy editorials being treated like terrorists and denied bail. twitter.com/lwcalex/status…
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This is the "most severe blow to media freedom in Hong Kong. Having said that the Apple Daily team are absolutely extraordinary in their determination and courage."
@benedictrogers on BBC World this morning.
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🇬🇧 U.K. announces new comprehensive welcoming pack for BN(O) arrivals - 12 welcome hubs will be set up across 4 nations, resources for schools on UK-HK connection to be provided and a digital assistance for HK families to navigate.
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"Lawmaker for the education sector, Ip Kin-yuen, said the crime the teacher was accused of is fabricated. The theme of the teaching materials centered on freedom of speech."
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Great to see the UK Prime Minister meet with 4 newly arrived BNO families today and engaging with some of the challenges Hong Kongers are facing, so that the BNO policy works as well as possible. | @krishk twitter.com/krishk/status/…
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The first National Security trial verdict "sets a grim precedent that will open the path to further arrests, prosecutions, and political trials", says @benedictrogers.
Our statement on today's judgment.
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"With many of the NSL cases being escalated to the High Court, some of HK’s leading democrats now face a minimum of ten years in jail. Their crimes? Writing news editorials or standing in primary elections. It is appallingly unjust." | @Johnny_HKWatch
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WATCH: @benedictrogers speaking today for #save12hkyouths at the London rally, alongside @nathanlawkc and @lukedepulford
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HKW patron Fiona Bruce MP "It's clear that human rights safeguards are effectively collapsed in Hong Kong, and one of those key human rights is freedom of religion."
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Citizen News, another prominent pro-democracy online media in HK, has announced their closure just days after #HK police raided Stand News, arrested 7 and charged 2 of them with publishing seditious contents. twitter.com/XinqiSu/status…
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FB LIVE 🎶 Rally
A clip from 🎵video from “Glory to HK” featuring overseas rallies supporting HK. Join us this Sat 10pm HKT/ 9am EST/ 2pm GMT
Lord Patten, @SenatorHousakos @RepTedYoho @marcorubio @DavidSweetMP @erinotoole @SenatorMunson
will be speaking.
#standwithhk
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"When a fledgeling democracy is overturned in a coup as in Myanmar, & promised liberties trampled on in breach of an intl treaty as in Hong Kong, it is a danger to the intl rules-based order and to freedom itself." | @benedictrogers and @nathanlawkc independent.co.uk/voices/myanmar…
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Tomorrow:
Join us, for a webinar with @benedictrogers, @LaylaMoran, Neil Jameson, @Perseus852 and @hk_brits on what's next for BNOs.
The event will be on Facebook Live at 11:00 GMT (19:00 HKT) tomorrow.
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