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FactWire has discovered a facial detection feature in the source code of HK Govt’s LeaveHomeSafe Covid contact tracing app. The HK Govt admitted to the existence of a facial detection feature in the app’s source code but claimed that “it has never been used”.
Can you trust them?
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One candidate, one system.
#CCPChina🇨🇳 leaves nothing to chance by installing next #HongKong leader
Former top security official John Lee promises to keep close watch over acts of 'subversion'
cbc.ca/news/world/hon…
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What do you call an “Election” consisting of only one candidate, where the population can’t even cast a ballot?
Democracy with #CCPChina🇨🇳 Characteristics.
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🇪🇺 Statement calling for non-recognition of the 6th Hong Kong Chief Exexecutive Election
We, eight groups of HongKongers in Europe🇪🇺, call on the European governments and parliaments not to recognize the #HongKong Chief Executive Election on May 8th.
Full Statement:
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BREAKING: SWHK applauds US congressional sanction appeal letter to urge the Biden Administration to impose sanctions on the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the #HongKong Special Administrative Region, HK National Security Law 🇨🇳 designated judges, and prosecutors.
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Calling John Lee the “Chief Executive-elect” of #HongKong🇨🇳 makes it sound like he was actually elected.
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The 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund provided support for the injured and arrested in the #HongKong protests.
The arrest of Dr. Po-Keung Hui at the airport, before arresting the remaining fund trustees afterwards on NSL charges, proves that there’s a list of people who cannot leave.
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Why is #CCPChina🇨🇳 afraid of a 90-year-old Catholic bishop? @MarkSimonHK
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
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#HongKong🇨🇳 has plummeted down an international press freedom chart after the enactment of the National Security Law to silence critical news outlets and jail journalists, according to a new report published by Reporters Without Borders.
Graphic: koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20…
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Lord Chris Patten, the Last Governor of Hong Kong, gave a talk at SIAF in Zurich about “China and how its economic rise affected the new world order”
Near the end of the talk, a #HongKong lady asked him to give an honest advice to people still in HK.
Here’s his answer (Part 1):
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Finding A New Home After Leaving Hong Kong is a documentary that tracks the lives of a #HongKong family who left for the UK, and intimately captures the ups and downs in their endeavour.
My favourite scene is about the daughter adapting to her new school: youtu.be/bJn3J_PPFGE
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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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What #BennyTai wanted for #HongKong? As much democracy and freedom as possible.
Is that a crime? twitter.com/hkdc_us/status…
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‘Daughter of #HongKong’ Makes Last Stand on Tiananmen Massacre—From a Court Dock
Courtrooms are the main venue left for HK lawyer @zouxingtong to keep alive memories of the events of 1989, as the city erases statues and other memorials. @xinwenfan @yuenok
wsj.com/articles/daugh…
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For 25 years, the soaring “Pillar of Shame” stood on the HKU campus to honor victims of the #TiananmenSquareMassacre.
#HongKong🇨🇳 removed our monument, and removed a part of our history.
The artist behind the work, @Galschiot, unveiled a replica of “Pillar of Shame” in Norway:
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Revolution of Our Times (時代革命) is finally coming to Vimeo On Demand on Jun 1! 🔥
HongKongers can finally watch this film, in #HongKong.
We encourage overseas HongKongers and friends to buy the film and watch it with friends, to tell the story of HK.
vimeo.com/ondemand/revol… twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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‼️ Together with HongKongers around the world, SWHK calls for Overseas Non-Permanent Judges sitting on the #HongKong Court of Final Appeal to resign. The presence of foreign judges only serves to lend legitimacy to the authoritarian regime.
Open Letter 🔗 bit.ly/3wCj0tT
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🇬🇧 Unite for Democracy: London, June 4
Those of us outside #HongKong🇨🇳 must carry on the torch. United with our friends 🇺🇦, we must continue to rally the world against totalitarian rule. We ask everyone who can, to come out on Sat to stand together united, and fight for freedom.
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“We are going to march, to Tiananmen Square”
🕯 Today we unite with the world to remember the victims of #TiananmenMassacre. We will never forget.
Later today SWHK will join with Ukrainian and Hongkongers for a rally outside 10 Downing Street to commemorate June 4. twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
An independent, crowdfunded advocacy group. Founded by a collective of individuals who have come together to fight for freedom for #HongKong.