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One of our key tasks this year was to protect Hongkongers from the risk of extradition to China.
Results: nine countries 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺🇩🇪🇫🇷🇳🇿🇫🇮🇮🇪 all announced a suspension of their extradition agreements with Hong Kong.
Help us maximise our impact: hongkongwatch.org/donate
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FB LIVE 🎶 Rally
A clip from 🎵video from “Glory to HK” featuring overseas rallies supporting HK. Join us this Sat 10pm HKT/ 9am EST/ 2pm GMT
Lord Patten, @SenatorHousakos @RepTedYoho @marcorubio @DavidSweetMP @erinotoole @SenatorMunson
will be speaking.
#standwithhk
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"Hong Kong Watch is one of the most active pressure groups defending the steady stream of jailed activists. The UK has become a safe harbour for the exiles, and nearly 60,000 BNO passports were handed out to Hong Kongers in September alone."
theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…
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🎵 FB LIVE “Glory to Hong Kong” Music Rally
Join us this Saturday 10pm HKT/ 9am EST/ 2pm GMT.
@marcorubio
@erinotoole
@SenatorHousakos @RepTedYoho
Lord Patten
@SenatorMunson
@DavidSweetMP
will be speaking. Thousands will watch LIVE on FB and YouTube channel
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Come and join the FB online🎵Music Rally on this Saturday in solidarity with #HK’s pro democracy freedom fighters who are in prison.
HK activists in exile, @tedhuichifung @Ray_WongHKI @nathanlawkc @finnlau_cd
will be speaking along with 7 Parliamentarians.
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Just in: The European Parliament passed a joint resolution 604:20 reiterating our calls for Magnitsky sanctions, an international lifeboat scheme, and suspension of extradition treaties between EU Member States and the PRC in response to deterioration in HK and Xinjiang.
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"The United States should join its closest allies in providing safe harbor for Hongkongers."
Yesterday, our associate @jooeysiiu testified at the US Senate, alongside @samuelmchu, @nathanlawkc and others.
You can read her remarks in full here: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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10 who fled by boat to Taiwan charged with illegal crossing
Group has not been put on trial yet but China’s court system has a conviction rate of about 99%
#save12hkyouths
theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…
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Hong Kong Watch’s Associate @jooeysiiu will testify at the US Senate. Watch it LIVE twitter.com/jooeysiiu/stat…
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Ambassador Derek Mitchell of @NDI spoke with @benedictrogers on how democracy movements inside and outside of Hong Kong signifies the values China's exporting to the world and how global community can react. Watch: bit.ly/37iqIOk. #InConversationsWithBenedictRogers
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We have been proud to stand alongside Hong Kongers through some of the city’s hardest years.
In the next fortnight, we are bringing you a summary of our work over the year and asking for your support for our Christmas Appeal.
👊🏻 SUPPORT US：
hongkongwatch.org/donate (1/2)
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NEW: CEO of Hong Kong Watch @benedictrogers spoke to the BBC News about #JimmyLai being charged under the National Security Law today, its implications on the #democracy movement in #HongKong and the international involvement. Watch the full interview: youtu.be/Gf7qw99MA1w
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Charges laid today against @JimmyLaiApple, which carry up to life imprisonment, are a grave miscarriage of justice and an assault on press freedom.
Jimmy Lai is a British citizen. UK must advocate for him and consider sanctions.
Read our statement: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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Thread for Human Rights Day, and the third anniversary of our launch. 👇 twitter.com/benedictrogers…
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Our team were honoured today to have had the opportunity to discuss the implementation of the new BNO policy w/ UK Home Secretary @pritipatel.
This is an historic and generous offer to millions of Hong Kongers in their hour of need.
Read more: thesun.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Hong Kong Watch: 'Today’s arrests represent further evidence of the unrelenting crackdown pro-democracy activists have faced in the last few weeks and months'.
Our analysis the arrest of Eddie Chu, Long Hair and others.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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The unrelenting crackdown in Hong Kong continues. This time, former lawmakers are facing charges for organising a protest on July 1: the day that Hong Kong has a big protest every year.
aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/8…
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Great to see this #lifeboat legislation pass the House today.
Vital that Congress enacts laws to offer a lifeline to pro-democracy activists fleeing political prosecution. twitter.com/aaronMCN/statu…
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"Can I make it clear to the Minister, I do not want him to speculate about the use of Magnitsky sanctions, I want him to use them."
🔥 from @RhonddaBryant twitter.com/lukedepulford/…
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"We need to hear a clear view from this Government, and a strategy to match. Otherwise the British Government's position will be seen by Beijing not as a firm stance, but as a retreat."
Important speech from @lisanandy.
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Thank you @AlynSmith for calling the debate today.
UK Parliament's message: "We want more, we want to see more action."
What action?
👉Coordinated Sanctions
👉Amendments to the BNO policy
👉Joint diplomatic action
👉Questions for HSBC about asset freezes
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14 further Chinese Government officials have today been sanctioned by the US Government as a result of the implementation on the National Security Law in Hong Kong. twitter.com/galileocheng/s…
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.@Johnny_HKWatch accused HSBC of bowing to Beijing.
He said this is “part of CCP's alarming strategy to eradicate dissent using every lever available from asset freezes to trumped up lawsuits. UK should seriously consider applying sanctions in response.”
theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…
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This is utterly unacceptable. @HSBC bowing to Beijing's economic coercion and freezing the account an exiled former lawmaker. twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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"Carrie Lam recently said that she cannot get a bank account, even with Chinese state-owned banks, proving that economic sanctions should be prioritised. Refugee policies should also be implemented."
Important op-ed by our Associate @jooeysiiu.
thediplomat.com/2020/12/5-step…
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