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New Hong Kong Watch research reveals that Hong Kongers who fled to UK on BNO visa scheme are being denied access to over £2.2 billion held in pension saving schemes by banks, including by UK-headquartered HSBC and Canadian-headquartered Manulife
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Tens of thousands of Hongkongers who moved to the UK are being blocked from accessing as much as £2.2bn of pension assets, as activists accuse the city’s government of retaliating against those deemed “unpatriotic” following a political crackdown.
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Today a prominent Hong Kong trade unionist, Elizabeth Tang, has been arrested under the National Security Law, with local media reporting that the national security police have accused her of “collusion with foreign forces”. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2023….
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Our Patron & the last Governor of #HongKong Lord Patten wishes you a very happy #LunarNewYear. 🐰🧧
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Our co-founder & CEO @benedictrogers encourages you to hold onto hope in the #YearoftheRabbit. 🐰🧧
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47 #HongKong pro-democracy activists were charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under the #NSL over their organisation & participation in LegCo primaries in 2020. 17 of them pleaded not guilty & there will be a pre-trial review on 17 Jan. #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
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Barrister & pro-democracy activist #ChowHangTung is still detained for “inciting subversion of state power” under the NSL & faces potential 10 years’ imprisonment. The #HongKong authorities must respect human rights & release her immediately. #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
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“Today Beijing has driven a dagger through the heart of Hong Kong’s legal system," says our CEO @benedictrogers
"Beijing has torn to shreds the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and it must not be allowed to do so with impunity" /
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An outrageous verdict, a completely false charge and an appalling injustice for #JimmyLai 👇
There must be consequences for #CCP's dismantling of #HongKong's rule of law & judicial independence: remaining foreign judges should now withdraw & it's time for targeted sanctions. twitter.com/holmeschan_/st…
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Today marks 75th birthday of #JimmyLai. Today Jimmy could be sat on a beach enjoying his wealth & freedom overseas. Instead he spends his birthday in jail, facing a political show trial, for daring to advocate for a free press, democracy, & the rights of all #HongKongers.
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Today @ukhomeoffice has opened access to the BNO visa to young adults from Hong Kong born after 1997 & their dependents. 🔥 🔥 🔥 hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022…
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We must stand with the brave protesters in #China, spell out clearly robust consequences for #CCP if they crackdown, and seize this opportunity for change, writes @benedictrogers
This may be a turning point in China's history. The West must not miss it telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/2…
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“Glory to Hong Kong”, a song that rose to popularity during the 2019 protest movement, was played in place of the Chinese national anthem
before the Asian Rugby Sevens final match between #HongKong & South Korea in Incheon.
#StandwithHK
#FreeHK
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In @HouseofCommons today 🇬🇧 Security Minister @TomTugendhat said that #BNOs “should be afforded the same protections, the same rights, and the same dignities as all British nationals everywhere.”
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Today 70 civil society organisations across 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 have urged German Chancellor Scholz to reconsider his trip to Beijing. Warning that it will be used for propaganda purposes as an endorsement of Xi’s third term & to devalue human rights concerns. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022…
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"To have diplomats assaulting peaceful protestors on the streets of this country is outrageous. The perpetrators ... should all be expelled from this country, without delay," writes our CEO @benedictrogers in @Telegraph
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🇨🇦 HKgers gathered at the Consulate General of #PRC in Toronto to protest against the assault of Bob at the Manchester Consulate last week. Protestors signed a parliamentary petition calling for the investigation of PRC police stations in 🇨🇦
@AileenCalverley spoke at the rally.
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Around 1,000 #HKers gather at Downing Street in London to protest against the assault and abduction of peaceful protestors by the Chinese Consulate in #Manchester
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This morning @MPIainDS tabled a second Urgent Question in two days on the attack by Chinese Consulate officials in Manchester on #HongKongers, and urged @FCDOGovUK to declare the Consul-General and any Consulate officials involved "persona non grata" and expel them "forthwith".
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"This question is about grievous bodily harm...done to a peaceful protester who has had to be hospitalised. It is about the #CCP believing it is above the law ... on British soil. It is about the importation of CCP brutality" - our Patron @DavidAltonHL in House of Lords tonight /
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Today, the UK government updated its Immigration Rules to expand the BNO visa to young people from #HongKong.
Those born after the 1997 handover, with at least one BNO-status parent, will soon be able to apply for the BNO visa independently
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Alicia Kearns MP @aliciakearns asked the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on what representations he has made to the #CCP following the attack on #HK protestors at the Chinese Consulate in #Manchester
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"Chinese diplomats must not be allowed to impose their barbaric, repressive rule on our streets, nor hide behind the cloak of diplomatic immunity when they commit crimes," writes our CEO @benedictrogers in response to #CCP attack in Manchester
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Our CEO @benedictrogers said: “This appalling act of thuggery by CCP...cannot go unpunished. [The Foreign Office] must summon [Chinese ambassador] ... prosecute those responsible, and if they can’t be prosecuted, expel CCP officials responsible”
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