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On the Winter Solstice, here's a message from our co-founder and CEO, @benedictrogers, to all #HongKongers
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University of Hong Kong appears to remove Tiananmen Massacre monument in dead of night
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"Late last night the Chinese regime attempted to inflict forced forgetfulness on Hong Kong when, under the cover of darkness, the Pillar of Shame monument commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre [was removed]." | @benedictrogers ucanews.com/news/shameless…
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"Why does this matter? The Communist party knows that if its historical narrative is challenged, it will find its legitimacy under threat. The shamelessness of this drive to erase the past should be a warning for the West," writes @Johnny_HKWatch
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Jimmy Lai's ongoing prosecution is "a blow to press freedom and the rule of law, and a sign of just how fast the human rights situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated", says Hong Kong Watch Policy Director @Johnny_HKWatch
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Hong Kong Watch is deeply concerned about the police raid on the home of Ronson Chan, head of @HKJA_Official & deputy editor of @StandNewsHK
We will monitor developments, but urge international community to act urgently to defend whatever remains of #PressFreedom in #HongKong twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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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
@hk_watch CEO @benedictrogers
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Thanks HKW’s patron and Canadian parliamentarian @GarnettGenuis for calling for a swift response from the 🇨🇦 Canadian government re Denise Ho’s @hoccgoomusic arrest. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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UN High Commissioner on Human Rights @UNHumanRights condemns arrests of StandNews journalists and pro-democracy activists and urges authorities to respect freedom of the press.
#StandWithStandNews twitter.com/UNHumanRights/…
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The prominent pro-democracy activist and leading barrister Margaret Ng is a UK citizen.
@trussliz @FCDOGovUK must urgently seek to provide consular assistance for her, and immediately call for her release, along with #StandNews journalists and #DeniseHo
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Canadian Government responds to lawmakers’ call for “swift and emphatic action” to secure the release of pro-democracy activist Denise Ho and other activists arrested in Hong Kong
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#FreeDeniseHo
A cross-party group of 🇨🇦Canadian lawmakers called on the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau MP, to undertake “swift and emphatic” action to ensure the release of pro-democracy activist and Canadian citizen @hoccgoomusic
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Breaking: Pro-Democracy singer and former director of #HK media standnews Denise Ho @hoccgoomusic released from police custody
#StandWithStandNews
#StandWithHongKong
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Our Patron Lord Patten of Barnes condemns Beijing's "relentless assault" on Hong Kong's freedoms and calls on British government to provide lifeline to young Hong Kongers
See his statement here:
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Two former Foreign Secretaries, last Governor of #HongKong, former Lord Chancellor, Director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute and the former chief prosecutor of Slobodan Milosevic call on @trussliz to speak out for Hong Kong
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Citizen News, another prominent pro-democracy online media in HK, has announced their closure just days after #HK police raided Stand News, arrested 7 and charged 2 of them with publishing seditious contents. twitter.com/XinqiSu/status…
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In a debate in the House of Lords yesterday, on the Nationality and Borders Bill, our Patron, @DavidAltonHL, called on the UK Government to grant full citizenship to Hong Kong ex-servicemen and provide a lifeline for young Hong Kongers born after 1997, as proposed by @DamianGreen
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A year ago today.
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Hong Kong: how colonial-era laws are being used to shut down independent journalism | @xinwenxiaojie @laiyanhoeric
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Hong Kong plans to create a host of new national security crimes, the Chinese-ruled city’s leader said on Wednesday, as she presided over the first session of a new legislature that excludes any political opposition.
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Our co-founder and Chief Executive @benedictrogers spoke at the rally in Piccadilly Circus for #PressFreedom in #HongKong today, and called for international action in response to the closure of independent media and arrests of journalists.
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Lord Patten calls for universities to offer scholarship to young Hong Kongers.
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Great to see @CatherineWest1 the Shadow Asia Minister ask the Government to review @landg_uk (who manages MP staff's pension scheme) pension investments in #China linked to #Xinjiang. #ESG #China #HumanRights
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