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Tsai Ing-Wen and Agnes Chow are featured in The @FT’s 25 most influential women of 2021
Both women share stories of resilience: their commitment to democracy in the face of a mounting challenge to its existence.
ft.com/womenof2021
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The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to publisher #JimmyLai and the staff of the #AppleDaily newsroom in Hong Kong.
#FightForFreedom #FreeJimmyLai
wan-ifra.org/2021/12/golden…
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Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s Imprisoned Media Tycoon
The #AppleDaily founder has spent more than 300 days in jail this year, making him the highest-profile victim of China’s relentless campaign to bring #HongKong to heel.
#Bloomberg50
#StandWithHongKong
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Hong Kong's Security Chief PK Tang claims that Stand News' reporting on the 2 year anniversary of the CUHK seige is ‘fake news,’ and that the police had never entered the university’s campus.
@StandNewsHK shows clips from that day of police entering campus and arresting students
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China’s in a Catch-22 over the WTA’s #PengShuai challenge
“We've got so accustomed to international businesses cowering to the #CCP🇨🇳 for market access, we lost sense of what it should be like, so an act of integrity [by @WTA] is viewed as extraordinary.”
qz.com/2097286/wta-pu…
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The Hong Kong Govt 🇨🇳 issued a threat to the @WSJ regarding their editorial about the upcoming sham election. They were ‘shocked’ at the statement that “boycotts and blank ballots are one of the last ways for Hong Kongers to express their political views.”
wsj.com/articles/hong-…
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BREAKING
White House announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
US will not send diplomatic representation to Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics given ongoing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang & other human rights abuses
#BoycottBeijingOlympics
nbcnews.com/politics/white…
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It is time for the rest of the world to send #CCPChina🇨🇳 a clear message, and #BoycottBeijingOlympics
𝗡𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.
As yourself: “If not now, when? If not us, who?”
#BoycottBeijing2022
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“Almost 80% of Tibetan children in China have been placed in a vast system of government-run boarding schools, where they're cut off from their families, languages and traditional culture.”
To truly destroy a culture, they will always target our children.
theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…
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I won’t watch Beijing 2022 Olympics.
我唔睇2022北京奧運。
#NoBeijing2022
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Hong Kong protest documentary “Revolution of Our Times” (時代革命) will be premiered in the U.S. from tomorrow. Check out this thread for ticketing details: twitter.com/hkdc_us/status…
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Nathan Law's speech at #SummitForDemocracy:
Maybe some of you are afraid of upsetting Xi Jinping.
Maybe some of you don't want to lose the Chinese market.
Maybe some of you don't recognize the threat to our democratic values.
That is why we failed, and that's why we must change. twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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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
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Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law? China.
If anything, the #CCP🇨🇳’s threats and attacks against @nathanlawkc and Taiwan’s @audreyt serve as the best kind of advertisement for #SummitForDemocracy.
The more hostile #CCPChina🇨🇳 is, the more the people will listen.
wsj.com/articles/whos-…
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On #HumanRightsDay, Hong Kongers in Japan took part in “Respect for Human Rights in Asia” rally, alongside Uyghurs, Burmese, Tibetans and Mongolians to speak out on #HumanRights issues in Asia, and urge Japan to #BoycottBeijing2022🇨🇳
#アジアの人権を尊重してください #国際人権デー twitter.com/uryuhirano/sta…
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Don’t let Beijing 2022 become Berlin 1936.
#BoycottBeijingOlympics #NoBeijing2022 twitter.com/MehmetTohti/st…
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As part of the online influence campaign to promote the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the #CCP🇨🇳 hired Vippi Media, a US🇺🇸-based company, to recruit influencers who are “to be activated to drive viewership, mass awareness and premium content” for China.
opensecrets.org/news/2021/12/c…
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Hong Kong’s Sham Elections
All candidates for the Legislative Council are ultimately controlled by the #CCP🇨🇳. The candidates who Hong Kongers have voted for to represent them have all been arrested or have fled into exile.
#ReleaseMyCandidate twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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How Beijing Influences the Influencers 🇨🇳
“In effect, Beijing is using platforms like Twitter and YouTube, which the government blocks inside China to prevent the uncontrolled spread of information, as propaganda megaphones for the wider world.”
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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The stark contrast between totalitarianism and freedom in this iconic photograph. #極權與自由 twitter.com/archillect/sta…
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Ahead of the Legislative Council “elections,” Hong Kong’s bauhinia insignia was replaced by the Chinese emblem in the legislature’s main chamber. The removal of the bauhinia insignia hints that this chamber is now officially a Chinese legislature, not HK’s.hongkongfp.com/2021/12/17/in-…
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“Just a small renovation” from #CCPChina🇨🇳 twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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Hong Kong protest documentary “Inside the Red Brick Wall” was pulled from a cinema in Montréal, Canada🇨🇦 due to political pressure. These cases really confirm how deeply #CCPChina🇨🇳 censorship has infiltrated all over the world. We must not normalise such behaviour. twitter.com/hk_mcgill/stat…
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Democracies should not recognise today LegCo “election”.
This rigged election is designed to ensure only a handful of candidates deemed loyal to Beijing are allowed to participate.
Boycott and non-recognition is the only appropriate response
Statement: bit.ly/3IYwgyj
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From Warsaw with love! We thank 🇵🇱PL4HK for staging a demonstration to raise public awareness regarding the situation in Hong Kong during the election day. Dziękuję!
Photos: facebook.com/events/1065273…
An independent, crowdfunded advocacy group. Founded by a collective of individuals who have come together to fight for freedom for #HongKong.