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"Today’s vote seeks to rectify the long-held naivety that previously underpinned the European Union’s relationship with China, which favoured trade and investment over upholding international rules and human rights." @SamGoodman22 hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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⚖️Sanction Chow Chung-kong Now — Non-offical member of the Executive Council
#SanctionHKOfficialsNow
Chow currently owns a residential flat in 🇬🇧 London, UK
⚖️#HKW calls for a full #audit of HK officials' assets overseas as a pathway to #sanctions
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“This is a watershed case for Hong Kong, which will influence whether the extradition of pro-democracy activists to stand trial in the mainland becomes a common occurrence,” said @benedictrogers CEO of Hong Kong Watch.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/0…
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Please join our Trustee @GraySergeant and Associate @jooeysiiu at this webinar on 7 Jan to find out:- “What Next For Hongkonger Activism” twitter.com/HJS_Org/status…
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Vital that Members across the House of Commons underline that this breach of the Joint Declaration is unacceptable, and the UK must now take robust action - including sanctions. twitter.com/LaylaMoran/sta…
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Dame Helena said: "Top [HSBC] management are trying to ingratiate themselves with the CCP, freezing assets of Hong Kong democrats".
"They say they are abiding by the rules, but surely history shows us that this is no defence."
telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/…
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Open questions remain about Chinese sanctions on EU.
What does it mean that the subcommittee on human rights is sanctioned? Sanctions on all 29 MEPs?
Are all 27 Ambassadors to the EU now technically sanctioned as members of the Council's Political and Security Committee? 1/3
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Are you interested in joining @hk_watch's advocacy & policy team? Do you think you could help educate parliamentarians & government officials about the crisis in HK? We're recruiting for a Junior Policy Advisor & Intern in Ottawa 🇨🇦. The deadline is on Tuesday 31 August 2021.
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We hope the world is watching and likeminded democracies are ready to act in response to the increasing deterioration of human rights, freedom, and the rule of law in Hong Kong.
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We continue to regularly update our protest prosecution database, detailing the information of pro-democracy activists arrested. From 6 June 2019 to 29 December 2020, 10,225 people have been arrested and more than 2,300 charged in Hong Kong. hongkongwatch.org/protest-prosec…
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Barrister & pro-democracy activist #ChowHangTung is still detained for “inciting subversion of state power” under the NSL & faces potential 10 years’ imprisonment. The #HongKong authorities must respect human rights & release her immediately. #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
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Important statement from the IPAC MPs.
"A once respected common law system has been reduced to a tool of the Chinese state." twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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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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Entirely unacceptable targeting of #HK pro-democracy activists overseas. Former lawmaker @tedhuichifung & his family has every right to enjoy their lives in 🇦🇺 without being attacked by CCP agents. Sending our thoughts to @tedhuichifung. twitter.com/Auhongkonglink…
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#HongKong teenagers - minors - sentenced to jail for the first time under the draconian #NationalSecurityLaw: an outrageous injustice.
reuters.com/world/china/fi…
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🇬🇧Lord Alton of Liverpool @DavidAltonHL, a Patron of Hong Kong Watch, commented on the letter to Hong Kong Watch issued by the national security department of #HK
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Chair of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee @TomTugendhat: "We're seeing now that China really does believe in one man one vote, and that man of course is Chairman Xi."
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It is outrageous that pro-Beijing politicians are calling not only for the disqualification of pro-democracy lawmakers but also for their prosecution under the National Security Law. These statements designed to undermine Hong Kong's democracy deserve international condemnation. twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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Alarming. Claudia Mo denied bail on the basis of the retroactive referencing of media appearances prior to the passage of the National Security Law. twitter.com/TMclaughlin3/s…
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Thank you @MaajidNawaz for supporting this campaign. Join us.
#save12hkyouths twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/st…
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⚖️Hong Kong Watch calls for the release of all Hong Kong Journalists
#FreeFungWaiKong #釋放馮偉光
#FreeHKJournalists #釋放所有新聞工作者
#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners #釋放所有政治犯
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⚖️World Press Freedom Day 2022 #WPFD2022
#FreeHKJournalists #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners
#PressFreedom
Hong Kong Watch calls for the immediate release of all detained #HongKong Journalists.
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“Today Beijing has driven a dagger through the heart of Hong Kong’s legal system," says our CEO @benedictrogers
"Beijing has torn to shreds the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and it must not be allowed to do so with impunity" /
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022…
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"The offer of British National Overseas passports to Hong Kong citizens and sanctions on Chinese officials attracted Beijing's ire, but China is used to being criticized while carrying on as normal," says @benedictrogers.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/07…
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£2.6 million UK Government fund to help Hong Kong arrivals launched.
gov.uk/government/new…
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