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Foreign Secretaries of UK, Canada, US and Australia issue a joint statement on the Hong Kong elections
"Many of the city’s opposition politicians – most notably the majority of the “NSL 47” - remain in prison pending trial, with others in exile overseas."
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From charging international fees at university to language tuition and mental health support, there are many areas to improve in the government's British Nationals Overseas scheme.
Important oped by @LaylaMoran which cites our new briefing on #BNO.
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Canadian Government responds to lawmakers’ call for “swift and emphatic action” to secure the release of pro-democracy activist Denise Ho and other activists arrested in Hong Kong
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We hope the world is watching and likeminded democracies are ready to act in response to the increasing deterioration of human rights, freedom, and the rule of law in Hong Kong.
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⚖️Hong Kong Watch calls for the release of all Hong Kong Journalists
#FreePatrickLam #釋放林紹桐
#FreeHKJournalists #釋放所有新聞工作者
#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners #釋放所有政治犯
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🇨🇦 officials confirmed it would be “entirely illegal” for PRC to open police stations on Canadian soil.
The hearing also heard from @AileenCalverley of HKW.
“With the police stations, they can intimidate people like us,”
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Thanks HKW’s patron and Canadian parliamentarian @GarnettGenuis for calling for a swift response from the 🇨🇦 Canadian government re Denise Ho’s @hoccgoomusic arrest. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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MEP @MiriamMLex summed it up perfectly: ‘Attempts to push CAI through will no doubt continue. But it doesn’t change the reality that the agreement is geopolitically ill-timed, economically weak and morally wrong.’
Is CAI dead in the water? Our latest 👇
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Remembering the Tianenman Massacre has been rendered a crime.
Draconian and disproportionate rioting sentences continue.
Today's sentencing of pro-democracy activists is a 'monstrous abuse of the legal system'.
Our statement 👇
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UN High Commissioner on Human Rights @UNHumanRights condemns arrests of StandNews journalists and pro-democracy activists and urges authorities to respect freedom of the press.
#StandWithStandNews twitter.com/UNHumanRights/…
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Free this Monday afternoon 4pm-6pm? There will be a rally hosted by Hongkongers outside of No.10 Downing Street in support #GreenAmendment to #NationalityandBordersBill which will ensure young Hong Kongers access the #BNO scheme. Details on speakers to follow. Hope you will join.
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Good to see this important HK bill pass out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Vital there is coordinated international action to offer a lifeboat to any Hong Konger who needs it. Young people particularly.
Thank you @Malinowski, @RepKinzinger
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MEPs should block the EU-China Investment Partnership Agreement if China rejects a human rights clause, writes @SamGoodman22 hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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NEW: We are privileged and honoured to welcome new patrons to Hong Kong Watch including:
US:
The President of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) @AmbDMitchell
The former US Ambassador-at-Large for Intl Religious Freedom @SamuelBrownback
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We stand in solidarity with our friends who have been sanctioned. Beijing once again missing the point. Sanctioning human rights defenders always backfires. twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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More arrests, charges, & trials of pro-democracy activists, moves to censor the free press, National Security education for secondary schools, an Immigration Bill, the firing of civil servants, HKW's latest briefing details HK developments in April 2021. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Last week MEPs had the chance to make ratification of #CAI dependent on China recommitting to the Joint Declaration + respecting HK's autonomy. Instead, some in the EU hold out hope China lifts sanctions so #CAI is adopted in the fall @SamGoodman22 latest. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Young Hongkongers drawn to UK under British National (Overseas) visa scheme. But those born after 1997 are excluded by virtue of an arbitrary cut-off point. @pritipatel can fix this by adopting @DamianGreen's amendment.
thetimes.co.uk/article/young-…
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"The data released today by Hong Kong Watch found that 93% of more than 1,000 who had been tried by July this year were under the age of 25."
This is why it is vital that MPs vote for @DamianGreen's amendment to the Borders Bill. | @heldavidson
theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…
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Ahead of today's debate, this is why @DamianGreen's amendment must be adopted by @pritipatel, and existing routes like Youth Mobility Scheme are inadequate.
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1/ Young people are the most vulnerable and desperately need sanctuary.
unherd.com/2021/12/how-br…
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A new Hong Kong Watch briefing, launched on the anniversary of the announcement of the BNO visa, presents evidence of the UK government seriously engaging with integration but also shows significant gaps in the UK government’s policy.
Read more: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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An alarming @jamespomfret Reuters story this morning pointing to further steps China might be looking to take in Hong Kong, including further gerrymandering of elections, disqualifications and arrests.
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Hong Kong Watch Patron, @DavidAltonHL has written to the Secretary of State for Justice to call for a further review of the independence of the judiciary and the viability of current UK judges continuing to serve on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
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"The increase in the number of seats the Greens, FDP, and SPD hold will hopefully lead to a larger number of parliamentarians within the Bundestag willing to speak out on the human rights crisis in Hong Kong," says @SamGoodman22.
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