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The Xinjiang Police Files
Unprecedented evidence from internal police networks in #CCPChina🇨🇳’s #Xinjiang region proves prison-like nature of re-education camps, shows top Chinese leaders’ direct involvement in the mass internment campaign.
xinjiangpolicefiles.org twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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China wants Hong Kong media to speak Beijing’s language.
“HK’s media industry plays a unique role in shaping the wider world of Chinese language media. A stricter control may give Beijing🇨🇳 access to a new tool of influencing the narrative about China.”
theprint.in/opinion/china-…
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One Country, Two Systems is only an illusion.
//Lord Patten said China's Communist Party had "taken the biggest step so far to obliterate #HongKong's freedoms and aspirations for greater democracy under the rule of law"//
bbc.com/news/world-asi…
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The #CCP🇨🇳 is trying to make Hong Kong's education system become like this: twitter.com/badiucao/statu…
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Mr. Ma was charged purely because of the words he said and displayed on signs in peaceful protests and interviews over the past year.
His chanted slogans included “Hong Kong Independence: The Only Way Out” and “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times”
nytimes.com/article/hong-k…
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[Hong Kong judiciary says British judge to step down from city's top court]
This shows the concerns over the National Security Law. It is not a law that only targets a "small minority", but to erode Hong Kong's judicial independence.
reuters.com/world/china/ho…
#StandWithHongKong
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Dozens of #HongKong democrats may face life in prison as National Security 🇨🇳 case transferred to High Court
hongkongfp.com/2022/06/06/doz…
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Another proof that the HK Judiciary kowtows to #CCPChina🇨🇳, by suppressing not only press freedom, but basic civic rights. The UK Government has fourth certified the breach of the Joint Declaration, which the CCP has stated that it merely considers as just some historic document. twitter.com/StateDeptSpox/…
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Chinese🇨🇳 officials pressured @Concordia University🇨🇦 to cancel event with exiled Uighur activist @Dolkun_Isa
“It goes against freedom of speech, and the right of universities to talk about complex issues and contemporary issues.” @kylecmatthews @CBCNews
cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…
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Plunging 🇷🇺 Ruble and sanctions prompt Russia to use Chinese currency
Russian banks are now offering 🇨🇳 Yuan bank accounts. Credit cards are switching over from Visa to China’s UnionPay system.
#CCPChina🇨🇳’s support will only prolong the war in Ukraine🇺🇦
telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/…
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China's anti-sanctions law a new headache for international banks in HK
Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng on the anti-sanctions law: “I know some of us may be very concerned. But I think we shouldn’t be too worried for now.”
They should be very worried.
japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/08/1…
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@StandNewsHK Under the national security law, at least 49 community organizations have ceased operations or disbanded so far in 2021.
facebook.com/standnewshk/po…
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At one point, Hong Kong police popularised this colour twitter.com/hkfp/status/14…
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National Security Law and arbitrary arrests with possible life imprisonment if you speak up against injustices
VS
... Taxes and Social Justice
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I Translated Articles for Apple Daily. Can I Go Home to Hong Kong?
“Since May 2020, I have led a small team that translated Apple Daily’s editorials and opinions from Chinese to English so that the publication can reach a global audience.”
wsj.com/articles/i-tra…
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A special report from @Reuters provides a detailed account of the arrests of #HK47 democrats and what they've been subjected to under the "new" legal system. The report gives an objective view of really how quickly things are changing in the new Hong Kong.
reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
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I would just add that it's not only "social media users", but 𝗔𝗡𝗬 reasonable Hong Konger who had experienced the events of 2019 would also instantly think of the same mental picture in their minds.
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Img: @StandNewsHK
instagram.com/p/CUPfQt9MGg7/
支聯會、職工盟、教協、民陣、蘋果日報……2021 年香港，在新聞報道出現得最頻繁的其中一個詞語，可能是 — 「解散」。
組織被迫解散，通常連網站、社交媒體專頁也一併闗閉、刪除，彷彿從歷史中消失，《立場》在此留下一點記錄。
thestandnews.page.link/sTg5u3q6R8Df2M…
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During the 2019 protests, @SamuelBickett, an American corporate lawyer in HK, saw a man hitting a teenager with a baton and stopped to intervene. The man turned out to be an off-duty cop, and Bickett was imprisoned for “assaulting an officer”.
Ask him anything on Reddit tonight: twitter.com/SamuelBickett/…
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This year's Academy Awards-the Oscars-will not be broadcast on Hong Kong television next month for the first time in 52 years.
"It was purely a commercial decision that we decided not to pursue the Oscars this year" - TVB
I'm sure it was...
thestandard.com.hk/section-news/s…
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Mark this judge!
Judge Kwok said "Even If the defendant didn't say anything, didn't wear a mask, didn't wear black, and didn't do anything, that does not mean that the court cannot postulate that the defendant participated in a riot"
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China's media crackdown in Hong Kong is beyond comprehension
“But we, as supporters of democracy, must not give up. A free and fair press protects the people's right to know, no matter the country or region.”
@NikkeiAsia editorial column on Apple Daily:
asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/The-Ni…
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The Hong Kong police is now probing 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund for National Security Law 🇨🇳 violations.
They have requested details on the fund's crowdfunding activities, bank account details, information on the fund recipients, and donor information.
hongkongfp.com/2021/09/01/hon… twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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As we mark 1 year since the imposition of the #NSL, we partnered with 🇪🇺MEPs in calling on the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU and HR/VP Borrell to take action against China's human rights abuses in #HongKong
It's #TimeToSanctionHK officials responsible for the NSL
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Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on #CCPChina🇨🇳's continued attacks on Hong Kong's freedoms and changes in election procedures, further undermining confidence in HK's position of global financial center. @moteging @MofaJapan_jp🇯🇵
PR: mofa.go.jp/press/release/…
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