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An Australian-Hong Kong dual national is being prosecuted under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, and could face life in jail. Australian officials have been refused consular access to the man, because HK authorities no longer recognise dual citizenship.
abc.net.au/news/2022-02-0…
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China is turning RTHK into its mouthpiece 🇨🇳 (@VICE)
“To preserve the RTHK they knew and loved, Internet users scrambled to download old RTHK shows before they were deleted and, in a small act of defiance, flooded Carrie Lam’s talk shows with bad reviews.”vice.com/en/article/qj8…
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The Hong Kong government has announced plans to outlaw the desecration of the Chinese national flag and national emblem on the Internet.
"Publishing an image of a defiled national flag on Facebook" would be a crime.
🔥🔥🔥🇨🇳💩
hongkongfp.com/2021/08/12/hon…
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Judge openly calls for Dep. of Justice to amend laws to imprison one 20 y.o. student guilty of "rioting" during the protests. Current laws prevent people aged between 16-21 to be imprisoned directly.
Imagine a judge frustrated at not being able to imprison young people. #SWHK twitter.com/inmediahk/stat…
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Apart from losing #AppleDaily🍎 newspaper, we're also losing some of the best YouTube channels in Hong Kong
Seems @AppleDaily_HK, their lifestyle section @AS_AppleDaily, and Next Magazine are uploading some of their remaining content to their YouTube channels before closing shop twitter.com/hkdemonow/stat…
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Newsweek Japan's special report on "Dark Hong Kong" discuss how the city has become a police state, how freedom of speech has died (with closure of Apple Daily), and exiled pro-democracy activists in the UK.
The cover looks so badass. twitter.com/Newsweek_JAPAN…
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“Just a small renovation” from #CCPChina🇨🇳 twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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“Overseas activists, such @Stand_with_HK, have argued that HK migrants will become a sizeable electoral force in their respective new homes [in the UK]. The group hopes the UK government will build a long-term strategy to address Beijing’s actions in HK.”
newstatesman.com/world/asia/202…
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The Death of Hong Kong’s University Student Unions
Student societies have long played an important role in Hong Kong activism. Now they are dying out amid the wider crackdown on dissent.
thediplomat.com/2022/04/the-de…
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Human rights advocacy group @amnesty International will close its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong by the end of the year due to constraints on its operations from the National Security Law 🇨🇳
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Hong…
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Lord Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong, delivers a message on 2021.7.1 on the 24th anniversary of the handover of HK, the 1st anniversary of the imposition of the draconian National Security Law on HK, and the centenary of the #CCP🇨🇳.
@hk_watch
youtu.be/xkaqGT-4Moo
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@harari_yuval When I see this proud Ukrainian🇺🇦 play his national anthem, I mentally play our own anthem “Glory to Hong Kong” in my head.
We also have our own stories and collective experiences. We must also remember them in the decades and generations to come. Must not let #CCP🇨🇳 erase them.
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From West Coast to East Coast, Hong Kongers in America🇺🇸 came out for the 6.12 rally.
SF: redd.it/nygysd
NYC: @thirdbladephoto
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BREAKING: U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang
reuters.com/world/us-senat…
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Meanwhile Hong Kong courts sentenced Chow Hang Tung (@zouxingtong) to 15 months for lighting a candle on Facebook. twitter.com/mbrookerhk/sta…
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The brutal reality of dealing with #CCPChina🇨🇳
This cover hits close to home.
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Jem Vanston, a writer & poet from Swansea, has composed a heart-wrenching poem to mourn the death of HK and criticize apathetic Western countries
We thank him for his moving words that resonate w/ our sorrow and encourage us to be hopeful.
To see more of his work: @ACatCalledDog
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As Internet companies have also learned the hard way, China is NOT a free market economy.
You are only allowed there as long as you or your technology are still useful to #CCP🇨🇳
Once you're no longer a useful bargaining chip, you're out. @elonmusk @Tesla
theguardian.com/us-news/2021/m…
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Google discovered that "state-backed" hackers injected malicious code into the websites of a Hong Kong media outlet and a prominent pro-democracy political group, which targeted the visitors, enabling the attacker to run operating system-level code on visitors' iOS/MacOS devices.
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Amigurumi Love for Hong Kong
This hobbyist group in Hong Kong continues to knit dolls in 2021. 💛
Do you know who they are?
facebook.com/amigurumiloveh…
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It is shameful to see a billionaire like @chamath, founder of “Social Capital” fund, who himself was a refugee that Canada accepted on humanitarian grounds, display a complete lack of empathy when millions are locked up in concentration camps in China, if it concerns his wallet. twitter.com/EnesFreedom/st…
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One year ago, #CCPChina🇨🇳 forcefully shut down Apple Daily, a newspaper that provided a voice for HongKongers.
The forced closure of #AppleDaily🍎 effectively marks the death of press freedom in #HongKong. twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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“The human quest for freedom can never be quashed. Even if the power-holders might appear to succeed, freedom itself will remain irrepressible. Power can never unseat truth.”
Why Beijing Shut Down Hong Kong’s Leading Pro-Democracy Newspaper? (@JiayangFan)
newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
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Hong Kong government🇨🇳 warns wanted activists abroad: We will pursue you for life.
hk.appledaily.com/news/20210519/…
An independent, crowdfunded advocacy group. Founded by a collective of individuals who have come together to fight for freedom for #HongKong.