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"When someone like Jimmy Lai, an entrepreneur and devout Catholic, is jailed in Hong Kong decades after fleeing mainland China in search of freedom, there is really nothing to celebrate and much to mourn today." | @benedictrogers
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"Hong Kong's politics brutally exposes the fragility of democratic norms and institutions.
For all Beijing’s talk of multilateralism, it also shows that the CCP no longer cares about the façade of complying with international law," says @Johnny_HKWatch
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We're pleased to be supporting @nathanlawkc in this campaign.
There is a big gap for younger people in the UK's BNO lifeline policy. We're asking @jacindaardern to offer refuge to the Hong Kongers who most need it. twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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Two former Foreign Secretaries, last Governor of #HongKong, former Lord Chancellor, Director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute and the former chief prosecutor of Slobodan Milosevic call on @trussliz to speak out for Hong Kong
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"The UK must take more substantive steps to signal that there is a diplomatic cost to breaking treaties. The first and easiest way of doing this would be for Dominic Raab to use Magnitsky sanctions," writes Baroness Helena Kennedy
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“After 35 years, the Observer’s former correspondent is leaving as what was once a haven of liberty and peace is transformed into a police state.”
#HongKong
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EU Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a joint-resolution on #HK #AppleDaily calling for: emergency visas for journalists in #HK, expansion of #Erasmus places for HKers as part of a #Lifeboat scheme, extension of EU funding for HK media, & #sanctions. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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If this goes ahead, it will essentially shell out Hong Kong's most democratic institution and once again demonstrate Beijing's contempt for the voice of the Hong Kong people. twitter.com/jooeysiiu/stat…
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Statement from the White House on Apple Daily.
#WeStandWithAppleDaily🍎
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
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If this is true, and Beijing decides to purge pro-democracy voices from LegCo for legally filibustering, then it will be the death knell for democracy in Hong Kong. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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Hong Kong Watch is deeply honoured to have been awarded the Democracy Courage Tribute by the World Movement for Democracy, presented today at the 10th World Movement for Democracy’s Global Assembly. | @MoveDemocracy
Read more: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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The steady suffocation of Hong Kong's free media continues. twitter.com/hkfp/status/14…
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.@benedictrogers writing in Apple Daily:
"Tomorrow around the world demonstrations will be held as part of a global campaign of solidarity with the 12. I will speak in London, alongside my friends @nathanlawkc and @lukedepulford." #save12hkyouths
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"China’s actions in HK are a textbook case study of an authoritarian power-grab.
Redefine national security. Exercise emergency powers in the name of national security. Lock up the opposition. Rewrite the constitution," writes @Johnny_HKWatch cityam.com/hong-kong-chin…
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Amazing to see Italian MPs standing with Hong Kong and calling out the purging of pro-democracy lawmakers by Beijing. #StandWithHongKong twitter.com/LauraHarth/sta…
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Labour and National MPs, as well as @nathanlawkc, urge @jacindaardern to adopt Hong Kong lifeboat scheme.
"Under the NSL, young activists are vulnerable to the risk of arbitrary arrest," the @ipacglobal letter stated.
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Hong Kong’s Electoral Affairs Commission does not have jurisdiction in mainland China, and none of the pan-democrats are able to campaign across the border.
This is a bad decision which will further compromise Hong Kong's quasi-democratic legislature.
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"Hong Kong is in a new era where it cannot be held up as a leading rule of law jurisdiction."
The Supreme Court's endorsement of the Hong Kong’s rule of law "is an utter embarrassment," writes @Johnny_HKWatch for the Spectator.
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The end of Hong Kong’s Next Digital, the publisher of Apple Daily, as an independent company shows the deteriorating business environment in Hong Kong, it further damages the territory’s image as a place that respects property rights, freedom of the press, and the rule of law. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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Patten continued: "...at a time when President Biden will be seeking to put together an international partnership of liberal democracies... If this deal goes ahead it will make a mockery of Europe's ambitions to be taken seriously as a global political and economic player."
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Campaign to free boat detainees goes global.
Report from @guardian on the campaign to Save the 12 👇
Join us! Tweet a photo of yourself with #save12hkyouths and tag 3 friends.
theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
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On the eve of a new law allowing “exit bans” on government critics, an open letter from activists in exile and local HK groups pleads for U.S. action to pass lifeboat legislation and protect Hong Kong’s would-be democrats. politico.com/news/2021/07/2…
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What does the new HK Immigration Bill do? Why do the authorities claim they need it? What are the concerns of civil society/the legal sector? Could the law be used to stop activists & HKers leaving the city? HKW's explainer answers these important Qs. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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The right to join & be a member of trade union is enshrined in Hong Kong's Basic Law which is underpinned by the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Once again Ministers in the HKSAR seem to be willing to undermine basic rights in a desperate attempt to win favour in Beijing. twitter.com/hkfp/status/14…
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