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Today is the final day of the Committee Stage of the Nationality and Borders Bill. Members of the House of Lords will be debating the BNO amendment which would allow Hong Kongers born after 1997 to access the BNO visa.
We expect speeches from @DavidAltonHL and Lord Patten.
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This is Ivan's story. One of the young people who would have been facing political imprisonment and be directly benefited by the BNO scheme being extended to 18-25s
Important report on the upcoming debate in the House of Lords this morning in @GBNEWS. 1/2
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Current & former 🇨🇦 parliamentarians have written to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance @cafreeland raising concerns about Canadian pension funds investing in China-based firms complicit in human rights abuses in Xinjiang citing HKW's research. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
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A powerful intervention by our Patron and the last Governor of Hong Kong, Lord Patten of Barnes, in support of an amendment to provide a lifeline to #HongKong veterans who served in or alongside the British armed forces.
Watch his moving remarks:
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Our Patron @DavidAltonHL introduces amendment to extend #BNO rights to young #HongKongers born after 1997, together with our Patron, last Governor of #HongKong Lord Patten of Barnes & with support from former Lord Chancellor @LordCFalconer, @BishopStAlbans and across all parties
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🚨🚨In the House of Lords this evening, the government for the first time showed willingness to amend the BNO scheme for those born after 97.
"However, we have heard concerns raised, and are very sympathetic to the circs of children born on or after 1997 with BNO parents." 1/2
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"Everyone of my successors as Chief Executive of Hong Kong had a British passport ... and the ones who are being locked up don't"
Lord Patten makes the case for extending #BNO rights to young #HongKongers
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Press Release on last night's debate.
We welcome the Government's positive attitude to the
@DavidAltonHL & @DamianGreen BNO amendment.
Now we need @ukhomeoffice to come forward with substantive proposals which address the needs of young Hong Kongers.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022…
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Foreign Judges Are Enabling Hong Kong’s Legal Crackdown
A Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker is in jail because of a court ruling endorsed by a U.K. judge.
thediplomat.com/2022/02/foreig…
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Ministers ‘looking seriously’ at changing rules that exclude young Hong Kongers from BNO scheme
Government says it is ‘carefully considering’ concerns about policy that leaves Hong Kong nationals who have fled persecution ‘languishing’ in UK asylum system
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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“If this is not just a technical malfunction, and Hong Kongers will no longer be able to access our website because of the National Security Law, then this is a serious blow to internet freedom," says @benedictrogers
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Reports are emerging that @hk_watch website can no longer be accessed through certain networks in Hong Kong.
We are hearing that the website cannot be accessed via PCCW, CMHK, HKBN and Navigator networks among others.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022…
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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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The website of U.K.-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch could not be accessed through some networks in the Chinese-ruled city, stoking concerns of internet censorship in the global financial hub, the organisation said.
reuters.com/world/china/ho…
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Our Chief Executive @benedictrogers was interviewed on Australia's Ticker News this morning, about the blocking of our website & the dismantling of press freedom and freedom of expression in #HongKong
He said Carrie Lam's office has passed enquiries to the Security Department/
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Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong is casting doubt over the future of the business hub’s open internet.
aljazeera.com/economy/2022/2…
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⚖️Hong Kong Watch calls for the release of all Hong Kong journalists
#FreeJimmyLai #FreeHKJournalists #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
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#UK Government commits to expanding #BNO scheme for #Hkers born after 1997
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022…
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⚖️Hong Kong Watch calls for the release of all Hong Kong journalists
#FreeCheungKimHung #FreeHKJournalists #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
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🇨🇦Jenny Kwan MP, Canadian Member of Parliament, commenting on @hk_watch Press Freedom Campaign :
“The Hong Kong Basic Law is unequivocal in stating that Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication."
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⚖️Hong Kong activists call for the release of 47 pro-democracy leaders on the 1st anniversary of their arrests
#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners #ReleaseMyCandidates
#Free47 #釋放所有政治犯 #釋放我的候選人
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⚖️Tam Tak Chi’s sedition charges potentially opens up thousands of Hong Kongers to the prospect of jail
#FreeTamTakChi #釋放譚得志
#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners #釋放所有政治犯
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