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Our Patron & the last Governor of #HongKong Lord Patten wishes you a very happy #LunarNewYear. 🐰🧧
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Yet another example of the steady erosion of the rule of law in Hong Kong. It is increasingly clear that the Justice Secretary is only interested in bending the law to punish political opponents and protect police officers guilty of human rights abuses. twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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Breaking: #hk police have charged 47 pro-democracy activists with conspiracy to subvert state powers under the National Security Law.
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…
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Important question from @SKinnock raising three key asks for @FCDOGovUK:
1. What will the UK do for HKers born after 1997?
2. What assistance will the UK give to #12HKyouths?
3. It took the UK Govt only days to sanction Belarusian officials, what is causing the delay with HK?
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The use of broadly defined sedition charges to charge an opposition politician for using protest slogans is a clear and unacceptable breach of international human rights norms.
scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
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Parliamentarians from the EU, US, UK, Australia and beyond have joined the call to #save12hkyouths.
Will you stand with them?
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Hong Kong Watch patron, Lord Patten on BBC World:
Apple Daily closure is "profoundly sad". Beijing are setting out "destroying the freedoms, the liberties and eroding the rule of law in Hong Kong."
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We are grateful to immigration and human rights lawyer @Perseus852 for helping us compile this explainer on the new BNO policy.
Read more here: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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.@benedictrogers: "Britain and other like-minded allies must now follow the United States in imposing targeted Magnitsky sanctions against senior Hong Kong government and police officials and Chinese Communist Party leaders."
capx.co/press-freedom-…
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BREAKING: On 7/21, a cross-party group of 17 MPs sent an open letter to the Canadian PM @JustinTrudeau urging for sanctions to be applied against Hong Kong & Chinese officials involved in human rights abuse in the city.
We are pleased to have helped facilitate this. Read more 👇
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We condemn this appalling arrest which is a blow to freedom of the press.
The perpetrators of the Yuen Long attack have not been held to account, there has still been no justice.
HKPF have chosen to arrest a journalist whose only crime was reminding the world of that. twitter.com/hkfp/status/13…
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The 12 young people from Hong Kong have been denied access to their lawyers or contact their family for a month.
It is unacceptable that they have been denied this basic right.
International governments should be pressing China to treat them with dignity.
#save12hkyouths
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UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson: "The enactment of this National Security Law constitutes a clear breach of the Joint Declaration."
"We made clear that if China continued down this path we would make a clear pathway to citizenship for BNOs. That is precisely what we will do."
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New: On 7 July, Lord Patten of Barnes wrote to the Canadian Foreign Minister @FP_Champagne to endorse the idea of Canada considering a Hong Kong ‘Young Talents’ scheme, noting that many young pro-democracy activists are not covered by BNO.
Read more: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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Today on #IWD2021 we would like to honour the bravery of 8 outstanding female leaders, now in custody.
Carol Ng Man-yee
Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam
Helena Wong Pik-wan
Tiffany Yuen Ka-wai
Prince Wong Ji-yuet
Winnie Yu Wai-ming
Claudia Mo
Clarisse Yeung
Their courage is an inspiration.
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Breaking: Pro-Democracy singer and former director of #HK media standnews Denise Ho @hoccgoomusic released from police custody
#StandWithStandNews
#StandWithHongKong
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Thank you @GretaThunberg for standing with HK! @save12hkyouths #save12hkyouths twitter.com/GretaThunberg/…
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Every time an activist is arrested under the National Security Law, the world is reminded that Beijing's introduction of thought crimes into Hong Kong is a flagrant violation of international law and their human rights commitments.
theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
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BREAKING: The Foreign Ministers of the Five Eyes join together to condemn the disqualification of lawmakers from the Legislative Council, calling it a breach of international law.
gov.uk/government/new…
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Hong Kong security law: UN experts voice deep concerns
They said the new law's measures do not conform to China's legal obligations under international law.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
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Our Chair @benedictrogers on today's arrests "As the Justice Secretary & the Hong Kong Police attempt to bend the rule of law out of all recognisable shape, the international community must stand with pro-democracy lawmakers and activists in Hong Kong." hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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🚨Urgent Appeal: We need your support to continue standing up for Hong Kong!
With Hong Kong in crisis, our work matters more than ever.
But we need your help to defend Hong Kong's freedoms. Here's why 👇
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This is a serious blow to freedom of the press.
twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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BREAKING: 100 days after they were detained, a global group of MPs have co-signed an open letter calling Carrie Lam to #save12hkyouths
Signatories include:
👉155 MPs from 18 countries inc. 🇯🇵🇨🇦🇦🇺🇺🇬🇪🇺🇩🇪
👉Foreign Affairs Committee chairs of 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇳🇿
Read: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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