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We strongly welcome this resolution, but now call for CAI to be dropped in its entirety. It is a bad deal which is geopolitically ill-timed, promises more economically than it can deliver, & sends a message that the EU is willing to sell-out human rights.
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The activists write that, in view of current electoral reforms, "we do not see how the EU can move ahead with ratification.”
@jooeysiiu says: "CAI communicates to Hongkongers that the EU is indifferent to our struggle for freedom.”
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Our co-founder and CEO @benedictrogers responds in this important thread to the latest attack by Ta Kung Pao in #HongKong. twitter.com/benedictrogers…
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“Attempting to silence voices globally that speak up for freedom and democracy is unacceptable and will never succeed.”U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss @trussliz said Monday.
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We’re surprised to see members of John Lee’s new #EXECO in #HK are still keen to squirrel their wealth in overseas 🏡 away from #CCP, including new Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau, who owns a flat with his wife in London 🇬🇧. #SanctionHKOfficials ceo.gov.hk/exco/eng/inter…
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"It is time to look at imposing targeted Magnitsky sanctions against key officials in the Chinese & Hong Kong regimes for serious human rights violations & breaches of international treaties," writes HK Watch patron & former UK Foreign Sec Malcolm Rifkind
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Hong Kong watch will attend a Webinar hosted by
@GarnettGenuis MP —— Canada’s Lifeboat Scheme for Hong Kong: Rising to Meet the Crisis
Date : 29 November 2021 (Monday)
Time : 8 am - 9 am EST
Live : Garnett Genuis MP Facebook Page
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🇬🇧Alistair Carmichael MP, Patron of Hong Kong Watch, the Liberal Democrats' Home Affairs spokesperson, and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on #HongKong, said:
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Our friends @Stand_with_HK and @arisefdn have added their names to this call.
39 CSOs have now signed this petition to @vonderleyen saying there should be no agreement between the EU and China without an enforceable human rights clause and an end to slavery. twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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HKW is honoured to announce the appointment of four prominent Canadian parliamentarians as patrons, @SenatorHousakos @SenatorMunson @IrwinCotler @jamesbezan. Thank you for your support & we look forward to continuing to work with you to stand up for #HK. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Last week, in his final meeting before leaving Washington, DC, and two days before we were threatened under #HongKong's #NationalSecurityLaw, our co-founder and CEO @benedictrogers met with United States Congressman Chris Smith, a true champion for #HK and #HumanRights in #China
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We continue to regularly update our protest prosecution database, detailing the information of pro-democracy activists arrested. From 6 June 2019 to 29 December 2020, 10,225 people have been arrested and more than 2,300 charged in Hong Kong. hongkongwatch.org/protest-prosec…
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We call for the 🇨🇦 Canadian government to lift the 5 years graduation restriction for the OWP and stream B, and expand the lifeboat scheme to help Human rights defenders in #HK
@KathLeungHK
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We are looking for a talented BNO policy advisor to join our team!
More details: hongkongwatch.org/work-with-us
#HongKong
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Our CEO @benedictrogers says that while athletes deserve the opportunity to compete, sponsors should to boycott the games. Mr Rogers, who was denied entry to #HongKong in 2017, told ITV News that the UK government should reduce its trade with China
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“The G7 explicitly agreed to call out human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong,” President Biden said, adding there was also a strategy to pressure China on its use of forced labour.
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"We call for the immediate release of Jimmy Lai, Lee Cheuk-yan, and the other activists sentenced today and stand with the people of Hong Kong in their fight for freedom and democracy." @SenatorRomney hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Our co-founder and Chief Executive @benedictrogers "remains defiant."
Neither himself nor his team will be “intimidated into silence.”
“On the contrary, we will redouble our efforts to shine a light on the deteriorating situation in #HongKong"
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⚖️Sanction "Patriotic" Legislative Council Members Now
⚖️#HKW calls for a full #audit of HK officials and lawmakers' assets overseas as a pathway to #sanctions
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This could cause serious headaches for international businesses in Hong Kong. twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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#HongKong teenagers - minors - sentenced to jail for the first time under the draconian #NationalSecurityLaw: an outrageous injustice.
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As @mbachelet announces she won't seek a second term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, our CEO @benedictrogers assesses her legacy
"Her remarks on Hong Kong and Tibet were laughable. ... Has she not read China’s draconian National Security Law?"
foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/13/mic…
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How do Baillie Gifford square their ties with firms such as BGI Genomics or Chinese tech firms that helped to develop the Xinjiang surveillance, ask @denniswhkwok and @Johnny_HKWatch, referring to ideas in our new report.
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