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Hong Kong Watch is deeply honoured to have been awarded the Democracy Courage Tribute by the World Movement for Democracy, presented today at the 10th World Movement for Democracy’s Global Assembly. | @MoveDemocracy
Read more: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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.@benedictrogers writing in Apple Daily:
"Tomorrow around the world demonstrations will be held as part of a global campaign of solidarity with the 12. I will speak in London, alongside my friends @nathanlawkc and @lukedepulford." #save12hkyouths
hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202010…
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Amazing to see Italian MPs standing with Hong Kong and calling out the purging of pro-democracy lawmakers by Beijing. #StandWithHongKong twitter.com/LauraHarth/sta…
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🥽🌂The 3rd Anniversary of 612 — 🇬🇧London Exhibition
Theme：Bricks on the road - from Hong Kong to the world
Location：Apiary Studios, 458 Hackney Road, London, UK. E2 9EG
Time：11/6 (Sat) 12pm - 9pm & 12/6 (Sun) 10am - 9pm
Admission Fee：Free
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"In what must have been a nail-biting vote, the National People’s Congress approved the measure by 2,895 to 0. The brave people of Hong Kong will, in future, see their own parliament reduced to such a hollow farce," writes @hk_watch patron Malcolm Rifkind.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
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Happy Birthday @DavidAltonHL!
Our patron Lord Alton has been a long-time champion of human rights and an irreplaceable ally of the people of Hong Kong. He has been a leader in advocacy for BN(O) policies and called for the implementation of Canada’s “Young Talents Scheme”.
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"This question is about grievous bodily harm...done to a peaceful protester who has had to be hospitalised. It is about the #CCP believing it is above the law ... on British soil. It is about the importation of CCP brutality" - our Patron @DavidAltonHL in House of Lords tonight /
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We're pleased to be supporting @nathanlawkc in this campaign.
There is a big gap for younger people in the UK's BNO lifeline policy. We're asking @jacindaardern to offer refuge to the Hong Kongers who most need it. twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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Today, Hong Kong Watch @hk_watch is launching its #PressFreedom campaign to support local journalists in Hong Kong.
We call on the Hong Kong Government to release the former #Appledaily and #Standnews journalists in police custody awaiting trial
#FreeHKJournalists
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Recap:
👉Beijing handpicks the charge & judge in sensitive cases.
👉Beijing controls promotions.
👉 Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po set the agenda.
👉 Mandatory NSL training for all judges.
Questionable definitions of 'largely independent' and 'rule of law'. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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The Home Office issued new advice for BNOs currently resident in the UK who need to change their immigration status in the next few months to 'Leave Outside the Rules'.
In this short explainer, @Perseus852 breaks down what the new advice means.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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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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英國人權組織“香港監察”（Hong Kong Watch）行政總裁羅傑斯（Benedict Rogers）表示，事件“離譜”，不能接受中國共產黨在英國實行他們在中國“暴力、不人道、野蠻及嚴刑峻法的管治方式”。
港人組織英國反中共“二十大” 示威者遭扯入領事館毆打 voacantonese.com/a/kc-chinese-o…
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Statement: Today's imprisonment of 7 pro-democracy activists shows the spiralling "cost of free expression in Hong Kong". Governments must actively campaign for the release of all political prisoners and work towards coordinated sanctions.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Op-Ed by @benedictrogers in Apple Daily - hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020…
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"@nathanlawkc & Ted Hui, both friends & heroes of mine, have arrest warrants out for them. Both are elected legislators, but were pushed out of the legislature by a repressive regime, and prosecuted simply for standing for freedom," writes @benedictrogers.
hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202103…
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"Global Britain needs a proper framework for dealing with China... If Global Britain wants to be a leader, we need to take a clinical look at China’s investments and influence in this country."
Important oped by @Nus_Ghani which cites our new report.
capx.co/global-britain…
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"Can I make it clear to the Minister, I do not want him to speculate about the use of Magnitsky sanctions, I want him to use them."
🔥 from @RhonddaBryant twitter.com/lukedepulford/…
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Labour and National MPs, as well as @nathanlawkc, urge @jacindaardern to adopt Hong Kong lifeboat scheme.
"Under the NSL, young activists are vulnerable to the risk of arbitrary arrest," the @ipacglobal letter stated.
rnz.co.nz/news/political…
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We welcome the adoption by @EP_ForeignAff of a new EU-China Strategy which includes making ratification of #CAI dependent on China recommitting to #HK's autonomy under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. This is something we will continue to campaign for. europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…
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"The EU is poised to trigger its first sanctions on China since the arms embargo imposed after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre — and Beijing is not happy about it."
Historic EU sanctions on China to herald tough decisions to come | @ftchina
ft.com/content/30c912…
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Crowdfunding update: We have broken through our initial £100,000 target!
Thank you so much to every generous person who chipped in to help us continue standing up for HK! 🙏🙏🙏
crowdfunder.co.uk/hongkongwatch
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Today 31 European Parliamentarians in a letter coordinated by @EnginEroglu_FW have written to Carrie Lam to condemn the closing of #AppleDaily and the arrest of journalists under then #NSL, describing it as 'an assault on the freedom of the press in HK'. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Hong Kong Watch initiated a letter co-signed by activists in exile and more than 18 U.S.-based Hong Kong groups to the United States Congress, urging Congress to adopt lifeboat measures urgently for Hongkongers who face political persecution.
📜HKW - hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Freezing Jimmy Lai's assets "is the biggest blow to date for press freedoms. While arrests naturally garner headlines, it is decisions like this one which are most likely to catalyse capital flight," writes @Johnny_HKWatch
cityam.com/beijing-has-do…
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