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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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Dear Future Children will be screened at 80+ cinemas across the UK🇬🇧 on 23 Nov, 7:10pm @ODEONCinemas
The special event will feature an interview with the protagonist and HK activist ‘Pepper’ (broadcast to all cinemas simultaneously).
More information at dfcfilm.com/UKTICKETS twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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HK schools made to raise the national flag🇨🇳, sing the national anthem
On this "Lennon Wall" of post-it notes, many students supported HK's National Security Law. Some students claimed that the National Security Law was "a powerful medicine" to cure Hong Kong’s current "disease"
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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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The Basic Law says “the principle of trial by jury previously practised in Hong Kong shall be maintained”.
But prosecutors for the 1st national security case in HK argue that Hong Kongers do not have a constitutional or fundamental right to trial by jury.
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…
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Great sense of humour twitter.com/InvestHK/statu…
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Supreme Leader of Hong Kong 🇨🇳 twitter.com/tomgrundy/stat…
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‘My career is finished, my friends are in prison and I’m an alien in my city’: life after #HongKong’s Apple Daily newspaper 🍎
theguardian.com/global-develop…
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On #ChinaNationalDay, there's nothing worthy to celebrate. To mark this day, SWHK alongside 6 NGOs, @Billbrowder & 12 MEPs sent a letter to @vonderleyen & @JosepBorrellF, call on @EU_Commission for a renewed, robust and unified effort by the EU to tackle China authoritarianism.
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China has been pushing US executives, companies and business groups in recent weeks to fight against China-related bills in the US.
“Chinese officials warned companies they would risk losing market share or revenue in China if the legislation becomes law.”reuters.com/business/exclu…
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🔊🇬🇧 #Hongkongers in the UK, have you completed your #Census2021 yet?
It’s not too late to take part.
Write in “Hongkonger” ✏️ under National Identity and Ethnic Group. The info will help @GOVUK to plan and fund services across the country & recognise Hongkonger as a group. twitter.com/PTHK_HongKong/…
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“I believe that God gave me this platform to be the voice—the voice of all those innocent people out there who don't have a voice… To me, human rights is way more important than your money, your endorsement deals, or everything you can give me.” @EnesKanter twitter.com/amanpour/statu…
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World Health Organization Skips Greek Letter ‘Xi’ in Naming New COVID-19 Variant
msn.com/en-us/news/wor…
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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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SWHK welcome UK's announcement of the withdrawal of British judges from Hong Kong.
For too long UK judges have been lending a false veneer of respectability to a clearly broken justice system. The courts in HK have long ceased to be independent of China’s control, instead...
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“I asked my son: If I get arrested, should I still produce this film? He said: After the government sees daddy's film, they will become a good government again.”
Chow's interview reflecting on producing #RevolutionOfOurTimes + “Ten Years”
Full Interview: youtu.be/VpnJMzEZfiM
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We couldn't have tweeted this news of Carrie Lam hosting her own show on RTHK better than the RTHK Twitter person: twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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Fresh off the press from @CECCgov on how Hong Kong went from "an open city to a city of fear"
Figure: all of the civil societies shown below (with their logos) are eliminated by #Draconian measures by #Beijing and #HongKong gov in 2021-2022
Read more: cecc.gov/sites/chinacom…
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Many Hong Kongers are going through times of extreme stress, and we must support each other emotionally and mentally, to prevent another Mr. Leung.
"Give each other a hug while we still can."
"We cannot leave flowers on the ground, so we'll place the flowers inside our hearts."
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Chinese protestors sent videos to their friends to repost in case they disappeared...
Sounds familiar?
#FightForFreedom
#StandWithHongKong
Source: reddit.com/r/HongKong/com…
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Stunning photos indeed (in the replies)! 📸📸
#BoycottBeijingOlympics🇨🇳
#BoycottBeijing2022🇨🇳 twitter.com/Beijing2022/st…
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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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