Thank you Representative @AndyKimNJ for your amazing thread on #HongKong. Let us also call your attention to those protestors who had been denied bail for over 10 months and are still detained. Most of their crimes? "Rioting" [Protesting against the #HKgov] twitter.com/AndyKimNJ/stat…
Artist Weiming Chen (@CHENWEIMING2017) unveils "#CCPVirus🇨🇳" at Liberty Sculpture Park in Yermo Completion Date: June 4th, 2021. (Photo: @Byron_Wan)
The one thing the CCP is very terrified of above all is the freedom that HK reflects. People in HK believe in a value system covering freedom of speech, free press, and the ability to hold leaders accountable. Values that CCP recognise will ultimately bring down their own regime. twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for insulting the Chinese national anthem 🇨🇳, after he allegedly booed the anthem while watching an Olympic event at a mall. theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…
The prosecution of and guilty plea by @andy_is_missing & #ChanTszWah under NSL show just how broken justice in HK has become. In any jurisdiction that conforms to int human rights standards, these two activists would never have been charged Full statement: facebook.com/72708030772264…
“There’s a Canadian and she is in custody right now.” CBC News🇨🇦 story: Canadian singer Denise Ho (@hoccgoomusic) is among a group of people arrested by Hong Kong police amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent spurred by China's national security law. Video youtu.be/PW7gP2iSbgM
On 8.23.1989, a human chain linking Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia was formed by 2 million people—this was “The Baltic Way”. On 8.23.2019, on its 30th anniversary, “The Hong Kong Way” (香港之路) was formed by over 210,000 Hong Kongers. #StandWithHongKong youtu.be/6pqXATndXtY
BBC story on police officers in #Myanmar who defected over to the resistance in the fight to restore democracy. “We are paid by the people. The weapons we have belong the people. It is totally wrong that we are using these weapons against the people.” #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
I won’t watch #Beijing2022WinterOlympics https://t.co/yedNLZbL5Y
The end of an era. Apple Daily had earlier said it would decide whether or not to close the publication at a meeting on Friday, but the closure announcement was made today instead. bbc.com/news/world-asi…
Hong Kong Isn’t an Endgame for China. It’s a Starting Point. Article from @WeifengZhong argues that HK is only a proving ground for testing #CCPChina🇨🇳’s global influence, and we see evidence of this exported to countries like New Zealand. Worth reading: thedispatch.com/p/hong-kong-is…
Many international investors are learning a painful lesson: When you invest in a company controlled by #CCPChina🇨🇳, you never actually own a Chinese stock.
Propaganda art in #CCPChina🇨🇳 trying to make the ‘West’ look bad. Actually they make NATO, and even Joe Biden, look so badass. 🔥
Canadian🇨🇦 police receives 100+ calls/day reporting harassment by #CCPChina🇨🇳, but many of them can’t be addressed. HK dissident @chercywong was repeatedly threatened with rape and murder. Her stalkers even tracked her hotel room booked using another name.thestandnews.com/international/…
Doesn’t matter what the new strains are called. The real virus is #CCPVirus🇨🇳 twitter.com/PickardJE/stat…
Hong Kong activists rescued by thousands with cars after HK authorities shut down public transits and tried to block activists from returning home from the airport. #FightForFreedom #StandWithHongKong Painting by @RickerChoi twitter.com/RickerChoi/sta…
“Terrorism and sedition charges are being improperly used to stifle the exercise of fundamental rights, which are protected under intl. law, including freedom of expression and opinion, freedom of peaceful assembly and the right to participate in public affairs.” @UNHumanRights twitter.com/UN_SPExperts/s…
So what Hua Chunying is saying is that China is still 100 years behind modern civilisation
A member of @Stand_with_HK visited the Lithuanian 🇱🇹 parliament this week to keep Hong Kong on the agenda, and participated in a High Level Forum on global democracies. We met with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis (@GLandsbergis) in Vilnius, Lithuania's capital.
“People didn't talk. They just were looking into each other's eyes, into each other's soul.” twitter.com/IQueenjie/stat…
The 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund is running out of funds, as it is providing legal support to 641 Hong Kongers currently on trial and > 100 people in custody. They are calling for HKD15M in donations to cover the projected costs. Please help if you can: donate.612fund.hk/en/index.html
United we stand, be water we meet again. This Sunday, 12 June 2022, Parliament Square London, 15:00 - 16:30. #bewater #612 #如水再聚
On #HumanRightsDay we remind the world that #CCP🇨🇳 continues to detain human rights activists in China and HK. Zhang Zhan is a journalist who was tortured and jailed for her reporting on China's mishandling of the pandemic. She was last seen in critical condition. #FreeZhangZhan