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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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⚖️Sanction Sophia Chan Now — Secretary for Food and Health
#SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Chan currently owns 3 properties in 🇬🇧 the UK
⚖️#HKW calls for a full #audit of HK officials' assets overseas as a pathway to #sanctions
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⚖️Sanction Andrew Leung Now — President of the #LegislativeCouncil
#SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Leung currently owns properties in 🇬🇧 the UK
⚖️#HKW calls for a full #audit of HK officials' assets overseas as a pathway to #sanctions
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⚖️Sanction Chow Chung-kong Now — Non-offical member of the Executive Council
#SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Chow currently owns a residential flat in 🇬🇧 London, UK
⚖️#HKW calls for a full #audit of HK officials' assets overseas as a pathway to #sanctions
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📰The Guardian - Arrest of Cardinal Zen sends chill through Hong Kong’s #Catholic community
Zen’s supporters fearful that a crackdown on churches in mainland China could spread to #HongKong
theguardian.com/world/2022/may…
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⚖️Sanction Laura Cha Now — Chairperson of the Financial Services Development Council
#SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Laura Cha currently owns a residential flat in 🇺🇸the USA and a flat in 🇯🇵Japan.
⚖️#HKW calls for a full #audit of HK officials' assets overseas as a pathway to #sanctions
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Yesterday evening the @UKHouseofLords debated an urgent question from HKW Patron @DavidAltonHL on #NSL arrests in #HK. This thread covers key highlights from that debate.
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“It is high time the West recognised that any future Chinese invasion of Taiwan will be financed by the likes of BlackRock, Schroders, Vanguard, & HSBC – all of whom continue to invest heavily in Chinese equities and government bonds.” @SamGoodman22 theneweuropean.co.uk/dont-sleep-on-…
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⚖️Sanction Edward Yau Now — Hong Kong’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
#SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Yau currently owns three residential properties with his family in 🇬🇧the UK.
⚖️#HKW calls for a full #audit of HK officials' assets overseas as a pathway to #sanctions
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🎂Happy Birthday Lord Patten🎂
#HappyBirthdayLordPatten
Today is the 78th birthday of #LordPatten.
The Last Governor of #HongKong, Lord Patten, is one of #HongKongWatch's patrons and one of the most important and irreplaceable allies of Hongkongers.
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This morning @HouseofCommons will be debating yesterday's national security arrests in #HK. Follow along this thread for the key moments. #HongKong #HumanRights
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🇬🇧The last #Governor of Hong Kong, #LordPatten of Barnes, a Patron of Hong Kong Watch, commented on the arrest of Cardinal Zen in particular.
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“We condemn the arrests of these activists whose supposed "crime" was funding legal aid for pro-democracy protestors back in 2019." @benedictrogers hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022…
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We condemn the targeting & arrests of the trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, including Margaret Ng & Hui app-keung Po, under the National Security Law in #HK and call on the international community to urgently press for their release. twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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⚖️Sanction Arthur Li Now — Former Chairman of the Council of the University of Hong Kong #SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Li currently owns two properties in 🇬🇧west London, UK.
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"The current nomination process and resulting appointment are a stark departure from the aim of universal suffrage and further erode the ability of Hong Kongers to be legitimately represented." G7 Foreign Ministers on John Lee's appointment as #CE. auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/ne…
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"Beijing’s selection of John Lee, the former Secretary for Security & police officer, as its replacement of Chief Executive, marks a further signal that it intends to double-down on the ongoing oppression & crackdown on human rights in the city." hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022…
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Concerning reports that the "Independent" Commission Against Corruption in #HK will attempt to use #extradition treaties & #Interpol to target prominent pro-democracy activist overseas @tedhuichifung for advocating casting of ⬜️🗳️. Read our statement 👇 hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022…
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⚖️Sanction Wong Kam-sing Now — #HongKong’s Secretary for the Environment #SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Wong currently owns a property alongside his wife in 🇨🇦#Vancouver, #Canada.
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⚖️Sanction Christopher Hui Now — #HongKong’s Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury #SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Hui currently owns a residential property with car-parking in 🇦🇺#Australia and a residential property in 🇸🇬#Singapore.
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⚖️World Press Freedom Day 2022 #WPFD2022
#FreeHKJournalists #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
#PressFreedom
Hong Kong Watch calls for the immediate release of all detained #HongKong Journalists.
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⚖️Sanction Bernard Chan Now — the Non-official Convenor of the Executive Council #SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Chan owns a residential property in 🇺🇸#SanFrancisco, USA, and a property in 🇹🇭#Bangkok, Thailand.
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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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📰Hong Kong’s free press nearly completely dismantled by Beijing, report says
independent.co.uk/asia/china/hon…
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A new op-ed from our Chief Executive @benedictrogers
Hong Kong's free press is in tatters capx.co/hong-kongs-fre…
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