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Hong Kong Watch and leading Parliamentarians call on Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary to act urgently in response to violent attacks against protesters at Chinese Consulate in Manchester twitter.com/bbcchinese/sta…
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New details from the Canadian Government on its lifeboat scheme for Hong Kongers, including details about eligibility, fees, & family reunification canada.ca/en/immigration…
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Patten continued: "It is surely inconceivable that the European Parliament can support the miserable draft deal that the European commission wants to sign with Beijing. It is a massive strategic blunder..."
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Today 20 parliamentarians have called on @MarcGarneau to undertake an audit of the financial assets and connections of #HK officials & their families in #Canada to establish the effectiveness of #MagnitskySanctions. You can read the full letter here: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Teen environmentalist @GretaThunberg joins global campaign demanding release of #12HKYouths.
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Lord Alton of Liverpool asking a vital question in the House of Lords.
Will @trussliz audit the assets held by Carrie Lam and Chen Quanguo in the UK, and enact sanctions?
Will HMG audit UK exposure to heavily indebted Chinese property developers, e.g. nine elms?
@DavidAltonHL
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BREAKING: Over 50 activists in exile call for immediate suspension of all Extradition Treaties between European Member States and mainland China.
They say the treaties "play a key role in the CCP’s effort to export its regime of political terror overseas.”
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.@benedictrogers adds that: "Coming just a week after EU leaders rewarded China with an investment treaty, it is clear once again that Xi Jinping not only has contempt for democracy but no interest in upholding China’s treaty obligations under international law."
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Free Lester Shum
Lester Shum was disqualified from LegCo in July 2020 after taking part in the pro-democracy primaries, & was arrested in January 2021 & charged with subversion along with 46 activists & politicians in February 2021. He was denied bail.
#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
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Thanks 🇨🇦 @SenatorHousakos for speaking in the🎵 Music Rally “ Glory to Hong Kong” and #StandWithHongKong
Over 68,000 viewers have watched on FB and over 20,000 views on YouTube already for the event on Saturday. twitter.com/SenatorHousako…
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Our Patron @DavidAltonHL introduces amendment to extend #BNO rights to young #HongKongers born after 1997, together with our Patron, last Governor of #HongKong Lord Patten of Barnes & with support from former Lord Chancellor @LordCFalconer, @BishopStAlbans and across all parties
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"Earlier, @hk_watch said in a report that red capital - money originating from mainland China - had fundamentally shaped HK’s politics, media & city’s status as a business hub."
HK dropped from Economic Freedom Index as policies 'controlled from Beijing'.
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#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
A generation of HK's leaders are behind bars. They must not be forgotten.
Free Andrew Wan, @joshuawongcf, Ray Chan, Tiffany Yuen, Fergus Leung.
Follow the campaign: hongkongwatch.org/political-pris…
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Deeply concerning to hear reports that the German Government is no longer recognising BNO passports. We hope @HeikoMaas will release a statement and clarify the position of German Government on BNO passports urgently. @MargareteBause @GydeJ @MPatzeltCDU @EnginEroglu_FW @bueti twitter.com/RudyDrischel/s…
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Britain must hold its nerve over Hong Kong. Important op-ed 👇
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"This question is about grievous bodily harm...done to a peaceful protester who has had to be hospitalised. It is about the #CCP believing it is above the law ... on British soil. It is about the importation of CCP brutality" - our Patron @DavidAltonHL in House of Lords tonight /
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“Glory to Hong Kong”, a song that rose to popularity during the 2019 protest movement, was played in place of the Chinese national anthem
before the Asian Rugby Sevens final match between #HongKong & South Korea in Incheon.
#StandwithHK
#FreeHK
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The Hong Kong Government has today passed an immigration bill which lacks basic human rights safeguards.
The bill gives power to the Hong Kong Government to introduce the type of draconian “exit bans” that exist in mainland China."
Our statement 👇
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⚖️Hong Kong Watch calls for the release of all Hong Kong journalists
#FreeLawWaiKwong #釋放羅偉光
#FreeHKJournalists #釋放所有新聞工作者
#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners #釋放所有政治犯
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⚖️Chow Hang-tung's appeal trial against her conviction of "inciting participation in a banned vigil" and sentence of 15 months will begin at High Court this morning
#釋放所有政治犯 #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
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"Hong Kong Watch has been a resourceful and influential ally for Hong Kongers."
We are hugely grateful to Hong Kong lawmaker in exile Ted Hui for this message of support for our crowdfunding drive.
You can support us here: crowdfunder.co.uk/hongkongwatch
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The letter, signed by various organisations including Hong Kong Watch, called for "a cross-government working group to ensure the successful welcome and integration of large numbers of Hong Kong new arrivals”.
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"Can I make it clear to the Minister, I do not want him to speculate about the use of Magnitsky sanctions, I want him to use them."
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"We must urge the UK Government to lead democracies around the world, to coordinate, not to act one-by-one, but to coordinate and act together to sanction every official who is responsible for destruction of HK's freedoms." | @benedictrogers
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Hong Kong democracy movement must unite to defeat its common enemy, a new op-ed by @benedictrogers
ucanews.com/news/hong-kong…
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