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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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Two Years on From Hong Kong’s Prince Edward ‘831’ Attack: From Police Violence to Police State
@benedictrogers
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New details from the Canadian Government on its lifeboat scheme for Hong Kongers, including details about eligibility, fees, & family reunification canada.ca/en/immigration…
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"@benedictrogers wrote an article for the 20th anniversary of the handover of HK. An MP contacted him beforehand to alert him about lobbying from CCP to ask him to pull the piece, raising questions of how Chinese authorities knew the article was coming."
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Tomorrow:
Join us, for a webinar with @benedictrogers, @LaylaMoran, Neil Jameson, @Perseus852 and @hk_brits on what's next for BNOs.
The event will be on Facebook Live at 11:00 GMT (19:00 HKT) tomorrow.
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"Britain has rightly offered a lifeline to BNOs, but this step cannot be seen to be a complete and coherent strategy in response. The UK must take further action - considering sanctions, diplomacy and avenues for accountability," writes @Johnny_HKWatch.
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If this goes ahead, it will essentially shell out Hong Kong's most democratic institution and once again demonstrate Beijing's contempt for the voice of the Hong Kong people. twitter.com/jooeysiiu/stat…
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As a long champion of the Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act, Hong Kong Watch welcomes its reintroduction. We hope the USA will soon join the UK, Canada and Australia in offering a lifeboat for Hong Kongers in need of a lifeline out of the city. #Lifeboat #HongKongSafeHarborAct twitter.com/SenRubioPress/…
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"When someone like Jimmy Lai, an entrepreneur and devout Catholic, is jailed in Hong Kong decades after fleeing mainland China in search of freedom, there is really nothing to celebrate and much to mourn today." | @benedictrogers
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This is genuinely ridiculous. A sign of the sheer speed of Hong Kong's decline that journalists from the Economist are now being denied a visa. twitter.com/suelinwong/sta…
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🥽🌂3rd Year Anniversary of 612 — 🇬🇧 London Rally LIVE
⭐️@benedictrogers CEO of HKW at "Be Water. Be United.” - 612 London Rally @ Parliament Square
#StandWithHongKong
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Thanks @erinotoole, the leader of Canada’s Conservatives and of the Official Opposition for condemning China’s Ambassador’s threatening remarks on #HK asylum seekers and Canadians in HK & calling for Magnitsky sanctions against those responsible for imposing #NationalSecurityLaw twitter.com/erinotoole/sta…
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.@benedictrogers adds that: "Coming just a week after EU leaders rewarded China with an investment treaty, it is clear once again that Xi Jinping not only has contempt for democracy but no interest in upholding China’s treaty obligations under international law."
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"Hong Kong's politics brutally exposes the fragility of democratic norms and institutions.
For all Beijing’s talk of multilateralism, it also shows that the CCP no longer cares about the façade of complying with international law," says @Johnny_HKWatch
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Deeply concerning to hear reports that the German Government is no longer recognising BNO passports. We hope @HeikoMaas will release a statement and clarify the position of German Government on BNO passports urgently. @MargareteBause @GydeJ @MPatzeltCDU @EnginEroglu_FW @bueti twitter.com/RudyDrischel/s…
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UK travel advice vs Canada travel advice regarding #ImmigrationBill. Spot the difference.
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"Besides the mass arrests and the political repression, there are two other dimensions to this all-out assault on freedom. The first is the attack on religious freedom; the second is the complicity of the banks."
Op-ed by our CEO @benedictrogers @UCANews
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Teen environmentalist @GretaThunberg joins global campaign demanding release of #12HKYouths.
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In today's judgment, High Court said that rights-based constitutional challenges cannot be applied to NSL.
The right to a jury trial no longer stands, NSL trials will be held behind closed doors by hand-picked judges.
The Rule of law is on the brink.
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University of Hong Kong appears to remove Tiananmen Massacre monument in dead of night
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Free Lester Shum
Lester Shum was disqualified from LegCo in July 2020 after taking part in the pro-democracy primaries, & was arrested in January 2021 & charged with subversion along with 46 activists & politicians in February 2021. He was denied bail.
#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
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Baroness Morrissey has called on investors to sell stakes in Chinese companies because of human rights abuses.
“How can fundamental principles — our human rights — be cast aside ... because they might get in the way of short-term financial gain?”
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MPs - led by @DamianGreen - seek to offer young Hong Kongers easier path to UK citizenship
Thank you @niccijsmith for covering the stories of young Hong Kongers in need of a lifeline as Parliament prepares to vote on the #GreenAmendment
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PM Boris Johnson said:
“I am immensely proud that we have brought in this new route for Hong Kong BN(O)s to live, work and make their home in our country.”
The UK government will deliver on its commitment to open a new visa for BN(O) on 31/1
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The arrest of three speech therapists for writing a children's book called 'Guardian of Sheep Village' sounds like a parody of an authoritarian coup. But it's real, and fears of brainwashing is one of the factors driving people to leave. | @Johnny_HKWatch
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