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As part of the #Call4HK Fly-In, @Stand_with_HK @nathanlawkc @TomDaschle met w/ @RepJohnCurtis to thank his sponsorship of H.R.461 HK Safe Harbor Act
With the joint efforts of 14 HKer groups at 50 meetings over 3 days, we look forward to having Congress move the bill forward!
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The day has come when writers are arrested for their words published in newspaper editorial columns in Hong Kong.
55-year old Apple Daily columnist @apple_liping just got arrested by Hong Kong’s national security police agents 🇨🇳 twitter.com/EileenEChang/s…
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When applying for the US visas, you can now choose "Hong Kong BNO" as your nationality!
Source: Reddit
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The same Wall St. firms who lobbied against sanctions against #CCPChina🇨🇳 over Hong Kong and Xinjiang, are now also lobbying against banning #Russia🇷🇺 from SWIFT, the interbank cross-border payments system, as part of the sanctions for invading #Ukraine🇺🇦.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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A #HongKong student gets 5-year jail sentence for posting popular protest slogans like “Liberate HK, Revolution of Our Time” and “HK Independence, The Only Way Out” on a Telegram channel.
Another young person’s life ruined by the National Security Law 🇨🇳.
reuters.com/world/china/ho…
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Stand News reports that Man-chung Lam, former executive chief editor at #AppleDaily🍎, has been arrested by Hong Kong's National Security Police 🇨🇳 and charged with “colluding with foreign forces”.
警國安處拘前《蘋果日報》執總林文宗 指控串謀勾結境外勢力
thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B…
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Shame on you, @Wix twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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What’s most concerning about #PengShuai’s “retirement” from professional tennis is that it provides #CCPChina🇨🇳 with an excuse to sweep her under the rug, keep her out of the headlines as @WTA season starts, and prevent her from playing tour events abroad.
deadspin.com/peng-shuai-ret…
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A special episode about the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests on Japan's NHK Educational TV channel
Tonight at 10:00pm Japan Time on #ねほりんぱほりん
Details (日本語): nhk.jp/p/nehorin/ts/N… twitter.com/nhk_nehorin/st…
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“Today, Hong Kong is taking political prisoners, generating exiles and being drained of its reputation for political and economic freedom. A truly international city and center of finance can’t crush the rule of law, and it can’t hold political prisoners.” reportdoor.com/why-is-chinese…
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In addition to Nike's statement on Xinjiang cotton, Chinese social media anger is also directed at H&M for halting forced labour supplies.
thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/… twitter.com/Byron_Wan/stat…
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Teaching kids Cantonese can be a challenge for those who left Hong Kong.
Open-source community projects, like this one, provide Cantonese learning sets in the form structured lessons with storytelling and activities, are available under the CC-BY license:
hambaanglaang.hk
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South China Morning Post
July 1st, 1997 and July 1st, 2021.
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A massive congratulations 🎉 to #HKG Siobhan Haughey for winning her 2nd #silver medal in swimming 100m freestyle! We are overjoyed by your amazing achievement and every Hongkonger is proud of you!
#WeAreHongKong #Tokyo2020
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"Publish or Perish" is in the mindset of the remaining free media outlets in Hong Kong. twitter.com/phoebe_kongwy/…
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There are several assemblies organised this month across the UK in solidarity for Hong Kong Journalists
Please come out if you can. Meet with Hongkongers!
🇬🇧支持新聞自由 - 英國集會2022
UK Assemblies - Solidarity For Hong Kong Journalists
For more info: facebook.com/BritonsHK/post…
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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
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Netflix has uploaded the full award-winning documentary “Winter on Fire” for everyone to watch.
It is a story of Ukraine🇺🇦‘s fight for freedom told from the frontlines of the 2014 uprising, which had inspired a great many HongKongers during 2019.
Watch: youtu.be/yzNxLzFfR5w
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Despite Hong Kong police 🇨🇳 confiscating journalists’ computers and considerable journalistic materials after raiding @AppleDaily_HK’s headquarters today, the staff vows to carry on and publish as usual. en.appledaily.com/apple-daily-vo…
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At Heathrow Airport in London, a Hong Konger who arrived on Friday on one of the three flights to the United Kingdom🇬🇧 said her plane was “almost full”
hk.appledaily.com/news/20210404/…
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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…
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Spotted in Central District 🇺🇦
Photo: Teele Rebane (@teelerebane2)
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“Hong Kong Policy Address”
Artist: @AhTo_comic
An independent, crowdfunded advocacy group. Founded by a collective of individuals who have come together to fight for freedom for #HongKong.