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.@GydeJ is Chair of the Bundestag Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.
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Disturbing reports of HK Police searching rooms of CUHK students & arresting three individuals, including acting head of SU Owen Au Cheuk-hei, on the day EU27 FMs were supposed to discuss HK. Western democracies can no longer drag their feet on Magnitsky sanctions. They must act. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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This is an important event. We hope that @JulianWTO_UN raises the case of the 12 Hong Kong young people who are currently detained in mainland China in the discussion.
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On the 160th day since the detention of #12Hkers, we condemn the Chinese Communist government for acting against its own principles of judicial transparency and in violation of the detainees’ legal rights.
The Chinese authorities must release them immediately.
#save12hkyouths
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Lord Patten of Barnes, the last UK Governor of HK & HKW patron speaking at the House of Lords Committee on International Relations & Defence's inquiry into China, notes that there has never been an issue between the UK & modern China as big as our obligation to Hong Kong.
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Today, the Hong Kong national security police arrested Allan Au, a veteran #HK journalist, for allegedly conspiring to publish seditious materials under colonial-era sedition laws.
#FreeAllanAu
#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
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HKW launches #Releasemycandidate campaign to mark the Legislative Council elections
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The Chinese Foreign Minister refuses a request to meet with Dutch parliamentarians to discuss the crisis in Hong Kong, amongst other issues. twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Just-in: In a tight 2895-1 vote, the NPC passed a measure to make Hong Kong's democracy more like Beijing's.
ICYMI - Chris Patten said: This is "the biggest step so far to obliterate Hong Kong's aspirations for greater democracy under the rule of law."
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"Jimmy Lai often told us, “No free press, no free market.” Those in the international business community who believe the closure of Apple Daily will have no impact on them are about to learn this lesson the hard way."
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"The significance of these arrests should not be underestimated. It is a purge of pretty much the entire pro-democracy camp. It means that nearly every prominent member is now either facing charges, in jail or in exile," writes @Johnny_HKWatch
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#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
This week we will be profiling some of the political prisoners in Hong Kong:
Gwyneth Ho, Owen Chow, Prince Wong, Henry Wong, and Sam Cheung are young people facing NSL charges solely for standing in an election.
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⚖️ Today on #IWD2022 we would like to honour the bravery and courage of all the "Daughters of Hong Kong". #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners #ReleaseMyCandidates #FeeHKJournalists
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Lithuania showing that Hungary has no power to stop individual EU states offering Hong Kongers a lifeboat.
France, Germany and others should step up and do the same. twitter.com/lukedepulford/…
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Chris Patten: "China's communist parliament has taken the biggest step so far to obliterate Hong Kong's freedoms and aspirations for greater democracy under the rule of law."
"This completely destroys the pledge of one-country, two-systems."
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The Chinese Ambassador to Canada has responded to Canada's offer of asylum to young Hong Kongers by threatening Canadian Hong Kongers.
This sort of bullying diplomacy exposes exactly why Canada is right to offer asylum.
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Hong Kong Watch patron @DavidAltonHL today called a debate to discuss mass arrests in Hong Kong, underlining that the time has come to extend sanctions. twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Nearly 30,000 Hongkongers apply to move to UK. Applications numbers swell as China's crackdown on the former British colony intensifies.
As the UK is still in lockdown, it seems likely the numbers will increase in the coming months. | @louisemoon94
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Our chair @benedictrogers quoted in @HongKongFP “It is increasingly clear that the CCP plans not only to silence dissent on the streets but also in the classroom by censoring textbooks, purging academics, and sending students for patriotic 're-education'." hongkongfp.com/2020/08/23/con…
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32 defendants denied bail. A sad day for Hong Kong. twitter.com/phoebe_kongwy/…
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⚖️Sanction Patrick Nip Now — Hong Kong’s Secretary for Civil Service #SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Nip currently owns a residential flat in 🇬🇧 #Islington (#London), UK, alongside his partner.
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🇬🇧HKW Patron and the last UK Governor of HK, Lord Patten commenting on @hk_watch press freedom campaign :
“Dictatorships, from soft authoritarianism to hardline totalitarianism, hate a free press; or to be more precise they are terrified of a free press."
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Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
"Foreign firms often cite the free flow of information in Hong Kong as a key factor for being located in the financial hub."
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"These arrests are nothing short of an all-out assault on the freedom of the press in #HongKong, coming just one day after #JimmyLai and six former #AppleDaily journalists received similar charges," said
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"Devastating and Heartbreaking."
Hong Kong Watch CEO @benedictrogers talking with BBC World about the closure of Apple Daily and the collapse of press freedom in Hong Kong.
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