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On Wednesday the three Hong Kong activists pleaded guilty to the latest charge, but Lee told the court they had done “nothing wrong and history will absolve us”.
The trio face up to five years in jail for the participation offence.
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NEW: Joshua Wong has been sentenced to another 4 months in jail over his participation in a protest in October.
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The right to join & be a member of trade union is enshrined in Hong Kong's Basic Law which is underpinned by the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Once again Ministers in the HKSAR seem to be willing to undermine basic rights in a desperate attempt to win favour in Beijing. twitter.com/hkfp/status/14…
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Lord Alton of Liverpool asking a vital question in the House of Lords.
Will @trussliz audit the assets held by Carrie Lam and Chen Quanguo in the UK, and enact sanctions?
Will HMG audit UK exposure to heavily indebted Chinese property developers, e.g. nine elms?
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Hong Kong Watch launches 'Free Political Prisoners' Campaign.
As most of #HongKong's most prominent #democrats are in exile, in jail and on trial, the time has come to step up our efforts and draw the world’s attention to their plight.
Campaign video: youtu.be/ipcpWp8rQpw
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NEW: Cross-party group of British MP including @AMCarmichael and @SKinnock demand HSBC unfreeze Ted Hui's bank account | @niccijsmith
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Patten continued: "It is surely inconceivable that the European Parliament can support the miserable draft deal that the European commission wants to sign with Beijing. It is a massive strategic blunder..."
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"The absurd charges against Chan Tsz-wah demonstrate the extent to which the Hong Kong authorities, when unchallenged, are able to fashion the National Security Law in an arbitrary manner to fit any imagined threat," says @benedictrogers
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"It is increasingly clear that President Xi and his acolytes in the Hong Kong SAR see the Basic Law as a lump of clay to be moulded, contorted, and broken apart as they see fit," says @benedictrogers commenting on the new oath of allegiance requirements.
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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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Lithuania showing that Hungary has no power to stop individual EU states offering Hong Kongers a lifeboat.
France, Germany and others should step up and do the same. twitter.com/lukedepulford/…
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Today 20 parliamentarians have called on @MarcGarneau to undertake an audit of the financial assets and connections of #HK officials & their families in #Canada to establish the effectiveness of #MagnitskySanctions. You can read the full letter here: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Johnny Patterson, @hk_watch policy director said: “Tony Chung’s sentencing is disproportionate, draconian, and sets a dangerous precedent for young Hongkongers whose only crime is using social media to protest the dismantling of Hong Kong’s freedoms."
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BREAKING: Over 50 activists in exile call for immediate suspension of all Extradition Treaties between European Member States and mainland China.
They say the treaties "play a key role in the CCP’s effort to export its regime of political terror overseas.”
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UPDATE: Netherlands have also revoked their treaty with Hong Kong.
#noextradition 🇳🇱
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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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The Home Office has lifted a ban on access to public funds for Hong Kongers settling in the U.K. who might be at risk of falling into poverty.
Very welcome step. We've been underlining that it is vital this is not a policy for the privileged.
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"Xi Jinping’s regime has completely destroyed #HongKong's promised freedoms, democracy, the rule of law and autonomy ... in total and repeated breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration"
@benedictrogers calls for boycott of #Beiing2022
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Hong Kong’s Electoral Affairs Commission does not have jurisdiction in mainland China, and none of the pan-democrats are able to campaign across the border.
This is a bad decision which will further compromise Hong Kong's quasi-democratic legislature.
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The 612 Fund is facing a probe from the police under the National Security Law.
Founded in June 2019, the organisation supported thousands of protesters by providing legal assistance, psychological counselling and emergency monetary relief.
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The steady suffocation of Hong Kong's free media continues. twitter.com/hkfp/status/14…
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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.
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'Four years after my denial of entry into Hong Kong, my heart is more broken than ever about the city I love — and yet it’s more determined than ever to support the fight to free that great city where I started out in life.' @benedictrogers for @UCANews ucanews.com/news/hong-kong…
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⚖️#FreeHKJournalists
On this day last year, #AppleDaily published its newspaper for the last time and ceased all operations immediately afterwards. A number of senior executives have been arrested and detained on political grounds and lost their freedom.
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NEW: The United States plans to impose sanctions on four people over their alleged involvement in crushing dissent in Hong Kong, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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