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Statement from the White House on Apple Daily.
#WeStandWithAppleDaily🍎
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
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Margaret Ng's speech at today's trial is an outstanding declaration of why fundamental rights and freedoms are so important.
It is a travesty of justice that she stands in the dock today.
hkcnews.com/article/40333/…
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Important piece by John Cushnahan, former European Parliament Rapporteur on Hong Kong, on why Ireland should use its seat in the UN Security Council to push for more coordinated action on Hong Kong. newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/j…
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Great to see international parliamentarians from EU, Australia, UK and elsewhere raising awareness about the 12 HK youths arrested in the mainland. Thank you @MiriamMLex for joining the campaign. #save12hkyouth twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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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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Important US House Resolution tabled by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman @RepGregoryMeeks lays out priorities for HK policy:
👉 Safe Harbor
👉 Supporting a potential ICJ case on HK
👉 Pushing for a UN Special Envoy on HK
👉 Coordinated sanctions
congress.gov/bill/117th-con…
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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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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:
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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If this is true, and Beijing decides to purge pro-democracy voices from LegCo for legally filibustering, then it will be the death knell for democracy in Hong Kong. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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Our co-founder and Chief Executive @benedictrogers talking on Euronews about the closure of #AppleDaily and the death of media freedom in #HongKong twitter.com/benedictrogers…
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Important statement from leading press unions in Hong Kong.
"The amendment will be no different to an official accreditation system, which will seriously impede press freedom in Hong Kong, leading the city toward authoritarian rule."
hkja.org.hk/en/statements/…
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⚖️Hong Kong Watch calls for the release of all Hong Kong journalists
#FreeLawWaiKwong #釋放羅偉光
#FreeHKJournalists #釋放所有新聞工作者
#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners #釋放所有政治犯
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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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Pleased to be working with @nathanlawkc to call for NZ to offer pathways to citizenship for young Hong Kongers.
@jacindaardern we ask that you offer a lifeline. twitter.com/EmanuelStoakes…
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“I covered the massacre in Tiananmen Square. I saw what happened there and I worry so much about Hong Kong. So many activists thrown in jail......
I #StandWithHongKong”
Thanks 🇨🇦 @SenatorMunson
for a heartfelt speech at HKW 🎵rally.
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HKW's patron @amcarmichaelMP in this morning's Urgent Question on Hong Kong: "In practical terms for the likes of Carrie Lam the idea that at some stage she might be subject to Magnitsky sanctions is something for which we may have lost the element of surprise."
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We're grateful for @LaylaMoran for helping secure a UQ on Beijing's planned changes to HK's electoral system and support her call for real action from the UK Government to respond to the growing human rights crisis in Hong Kong, starting with #MagnitskySanctions.
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"Hong Kong authorities have blocked democracy advocates for the second year in a row from holding a candlelight vigil for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown."
Freedom of Assembly is under assault in Hong Kong.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Andy Li's arrest today on trumped up foreign collusion charges shows why the 12 youths fled in the first place.
Time and again, the National Security Law is being used to further grave injustices. The world must respond.
#save12hkyouths twitter.com/JDP_Patterson/…
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Ahead of today’s hearing for the 47 pro-democracy activists who have been charged with “subversion” under the National Security Law, Hong Kong Watch is calling for the immediate release of those who have been denied bail. Read our full statement 👇. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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We condemn Chinese sanctions against US and Canadian citizens including @MichaelChongMP, @USCIRF and the Canadian Sub-Committee on Human Rights.
While 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸 is sanctioning human rights violators, 🇨🇳 sanctions human rights defenders. Unacceptable.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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HKW patrons alongside the co-chairs of the HK APPG and prominent politicians have today written to @DominicRaab to call for Magnitsky sanctions, an International Contact Group, and a UN envoy for HK, following the purging of pro-democracy legislators. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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Campaign to free boat detainees goes global.
Report from @guardian on the campaign to Save the 12 👇
Join us! Tweet a photo of yourself with #save12hkyouths and tag 3 friends.
theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
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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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"We must not give in to the fear instilled by those that wish to kill the beauty of Hong Kong."
@LauraHarth drafted this op-ed for publication in Apple Daily. It was pulled following the mass arrests of senior editors, & so we have published it.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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