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"China’s Neo-Nationalism Poses Risks for International Businesses. Companies that used to straddle both the West and China with ease are now in uncharted territory."
Important op-ed by @denniswhkwok and Charles Mok which cites our new ESG report.
thediplomat.com/2021/11/chinas…
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We received this lovely card today. 💛 Thank you to 'Austere Love Token H.K.' for your kind wishes!
#FightForFreedom
#StandWithHongKong
facebook.com/althk2020
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⚖️Sanction Moses Cheng Now — Non-official member of the #ExecutiveCouncil #SanctionHKOfficialsNow🏡Cheng currently owns 2 properties in 🇬🇧 London, UK
⚖️#HKW calls for a full #audit of HK officials' assets overseas as a pathway to #sanctions
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24/11 LIVE WEBINAR: “Magnitsky-styled Sanctions - A Tool For International Community To Address Human Rights Violations in Hong Kong”.
23:00 HKT｜15:00 GMT｜10:00 EST.
Please join us. Register:
hongkongwatch.org/event-registra…
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Good to see this important HK bill pass out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Vital there is coordinated international action to offer a lifeboat to any Hong Konger who needs it. Young people particularly.
Thank you @Malinowski, @RepKinzinger
malinowski.house.gov/media/press-re…
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Young Hongkongers drawn to UK under British National (Overseas) visa scheme. But those born after 1997 are excluded by virtue of an arbitrary cut-off point. @pritipatel can fix this by adopting @DamianGreen's amendment.
thetimes.co.uk/article/young-…
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More grim news out of #HongKong a man has been arrested at a vigil for Queen Elizabeth II outside 🇬🇧 consulate for “sedition” for playing the harmonica & singing “glory to Hong Kong”. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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David Perry QC quits prosecution of HK activists.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
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🇨🇦Jenny Kwan MP, Canadian Member of Parliament, commenting on @hk_watch Press Freedom Campaign :
“The Hong Kong Basic Law is unequivocal in stating that Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication."
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Absolutely packed room at #CPC21 for a wide-ranging discussion on Ethical investing, China and Human Rights. Thank you so much to our panelists for your powerful and insightful remarks. It is time to act.
The report 👉hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
Videos from the event to follow.
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Hong Kong watch will attend a Webinar hosted by
@GarnettGenuis MP —— Canada’s Lifeboat Scheme for Hong Kong: Rising to Meet the Crisis
Date : 29 November 2021 (Monday)
Time : 8 am - 9 am EST
Live : Garnett Genuis MP Facebook Page
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This could cause serious headaches for international businesses in Hong Kong. twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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Our Chief Executive @benedictrogers was interviewed on Australia's Ticker News this morning, about the blocking of our website & the dismantling of press freedom and freedom of expression in #HongKong
He said Carrie Lam's office has passed enquiries to the Security Department/
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On the 25th anniversary of the #HongKong handover, our CEO @benedictrogers calls in this @WSJopinion op-ed for more lifeboat schemes for #HongKongers to get to freedom and for sanctions against those responsible for dismantling the city's freedoms
wsj.com/articles/hong-…
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🐯🧧🇨🇦HKW Patron, Senator Leo Housakos @SenatorHousakos wishes you all good luck and fortune, and a Happy New Lunar Year.
#HappyLunarNewYear #YearOfTheTiger
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A new Hong Kong Watch briefing, launched on the anniversary of the announcement of the BNO visa, presents evidence of the UK government seriously engaging with integration but also shows significant gaps in the UK government’s policy.
Read more: hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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We strongly welcome this resolution, but now call for CAI to be dropped in its entirety. It is a bad deal which is geopolitically ill-timed, promises more economically than it can deliver, & sends a message that the EU is willing to sell-out human rights.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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🇬🇧Alistair Carmichael MP, Patron of Hong Kong Watch, the Liberal Democrats' Home Affairs spokesperson, and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on #HongKong, said:
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Come and join @hk_watch team. We are hiring a Communications and Operations Officer (part-time) who will be an integral part of our team. Applications close 5pm on 23 August. Help us #StandUpForHK. Details can be found below. hongkongwatch.org/work-with-us
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.@DamianGreen said Britain has a “moral obligation” to the young Hong Kong citizens who are currently excluded from the programme and urged ministers to accept his amendment in order to offer young people a lifeline and rectify an “unfair” policy.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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"It is now beyond repute that the NSL is designed with the aim of dismantling the city’s pro-democracy movement, silencing dissent, & restricting participation in elections to CCP apparatchiks, in direction violation of China’s obligations under the Joint Declaration."
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Today, in #ParliamentSquare, our co-founder and Chief Executive @benedictrogers spoke at a rally of thousands of #HongKongers and friends of #HongKong, to commemorate #612.
Here is his speech, in 5 parts.
1/5
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"To have diplomats assaulting peaceful protestors on the streets of this country is outrageous. The perpetrators ... should all be expelled from this country, without delay," writes our CEO @benedictrogers in @Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/2…
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