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Hong Kong's Bishop Ha has urged the government to set up an independent inquiry into the death of 22-year-old protester Alex Chow Tsz-lok.
"This is something that no civilized society should accept, and anyone with conscience would not accept,” he said.
catholicregister.org/home/internati…
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In the lobby of Taipei Main Station, a flash mob to support Hong Kong—as it faces the effective demise of One Country, Two Systems—is about to begin.
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Bedlam just broke out on Shantung Street in Mong Kong after undercover police posing as protesters tackled several people to the ground and pepper sprayed the crowd.
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Police water canon maliciously targets reporter on Hennessy Road.
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@TiffanyAndCo .@TiffanyAndCo just deleted a tweet showing a model with her hand over her right eye because Chinese bots were accusing the company of supporting the “rioters” in Hong Kong.
Incredible how quickly global companies will self-censor now and sell out people fighting for democracy.
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This, presumably, is what HK01 was alluding to by “even bigger news” that would accompany postponement of the LegCo election: a mass disqualification of pro-democracy candidates that seems aimed at barring all primary winners from standing for office.
news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%…
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The China we could’ve had vs the China we got
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Police have just rescinded permission for today’s march and ordered everyone to disperse. This is the scene in Wan Chai with many children and families. Victoria Park is still 1/3 full of people starting the march. They’re now all guilty of taking part in an “illegal assembly.”
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Hundreds of people have assembled at Taipei’s Liberty Square to remember the victims of the June 4th massacre, including a sizeable coterie of Hongkongers and their supporters.
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The flag of East Turkestan is flying in Central today at a rally to show solidarity with Uighurs persecuted in China.
The crowd of hundreds is quickly growing as speakers on stage call for the freeing of Nobel laureate Ilham Tohti and all political prisoners.
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In a message just posted on Facebook. Taiwan’s Pres. Tsai @iingwen says she will consider invoking article 60 of the Regulations Governing Relations with HK and Macau to institute “necessary emergency measures” to help Hongkongers if the city’s situation continues to deteriorate.
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lol I’m literally a Chinese citizen born in Hong Kong, which due to our ethnically discriminatory nationality policy is restricted to Hongkongers of Chinese ancestry. Sorry the fact one of my parents isn’t Han violates your one-drop rule.
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Thundering reception for Lam Cheuk-ting and Ted Hui as they step out of the West Kowloon courts, bailed on $15,000 and $5,000 respectively and having surrendered their passports.
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As “Glory to Hong Kong” brings the crowd to their feet, they seem to stand taller and shine brighter than the skyscrapers surrounding them.
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HK Police Force Procedures Manual Article 29-02 Use of Force Continuum states (post-10/1 revisions) that pepper spray may be used only when confronted with "Defensive Resistance”—i.e. "Physical action [that] might cause injury to oneself or others."
More: washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/… twitter.com/tomgrundy/stat…
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Hong Kong police preventing people from gathering in Victoria Park by gathering in Victoria Park.
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Outside Prince Edward station, it’s hard to tell who outnumbers whom: the citizens queuing up to commemorate the anniversary of the 8.31 incident or the riot police surrounding them. For now, the heavy police presence means all of MK is awash with black clothes and white flowers.
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Shocking news out of Hong Kong this morning as “at least 50” pan-democrats are arrested, many for “subverting state power” under the NSL.
大批泛民遭警上門拘捕 疑與民主派初選有關 涉顛覆國家政權罪
hk01.com/article/570585…
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In Central another spontaneous lunchtime march has kicked off to support the protesters trapped inside the Polytechnic University. They’re chanting, “Save PolyU! There are students [there]!”
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China and the @WHO accused Taiwan of overreacting when they blocked arrivals from China. The results?
Korea: 1,595 #COVID19 cases
Japan: 894
Singapore: 93
Taiwan: 32
Taiwan's authorities showed more wisdom than the global public health agency they’ve been unfairly barred from. twitter.com/MPWangTingyu/s…
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Easily tens of thousands in this march as it makes it way toward Hung Hom, passing through the same battleground as the attempt to relieve the police siege of PolyU on 18 November.
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How to solve months-long crisis of legitimacy that draws millions of angry citizens, HK-style:
1. Glue down/cement over paving stones so protesters can’t throw them
2. Remove rubbish bins so they can’t be used for roadblocks
3. Cage in every pedestrian walkway over a major road
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The crowd at the rally in Central tonight in support of the US Human Rights and Democracy act is so huge is essentially become a march by necessity, as overspill from Chater Garden fan out in all directions. #StandWithHongKong #HKHRDA
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The group on the left was led away first. Most looked like regular shoppers in the wrong place at the wrong time, and weren’t cuffed or forced to kneel. The group on the right, all on the ground and cuffed, are still there. This crowd is mostly young and dressed in black.
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What is the rationale for handcuffing @chowtingagnes and @JimmyLaiApple?
Pic via InMediaHK
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