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Almost at the stroke of midnight, a raptor charge followed by tear gas grenades lobbed at the people assembled around a single arrested protester. It’s Christmas Day now.
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A motorbike collision is terrorism. A slogan is secessionism.
For anyone hoping this trial would set a high bar for such serious charges with incredibly heavy sentences under the National Security Law, not a reassuring sign. twitter.com/hkcnews_com/st…
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The national flag has just been raised and the entire city is on lockdown. Key MTR station never opened this morning and it’s just been announced every station near a planned protest will close at 1100. Meanwhile, malls all over Hong Kong have shut down. What a way to celebrate.
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While we’re all reading (and/or writing) retrospectives trying to sum up the damage done by the National Security Law in Hong Kong over the past year, here’s a snapshot of what it has done within the past week alone: six civil society organisations disbanded in just as many days.
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Another, third attempt was also made —this time called back when riot police began approaching them from the rear. Several times today I’ve witnessed protesters charge headlong into danger after reminding each other this is their last chance to rescue the students at PolyU.
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Genting Cruise Lines’ vessel World Dream has docked at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal after being turned away from Kaohsiung due to coronavirus concerns. Taiwanese authorities prohibited her from making her expected port of call yesterday having sailed from Guangzhou 24 Jan.
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Allegedly an X-ray being circulated on Telegram of the form 5 student shot in the chest by police in Tsuen Wan earlier today. It shows bullet fragments just 3cm from the boy’s heart. He remains in critical condition.
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An elected official with HK’s Democratic Party has been arrested in the middle of the night. Pro-democracy legislator Ted Hui just said Cheng is accused of forwarding details of a police officer online, which he called an abuse of the power of office to avenge personal vendettas. twitter.com/HKDemocrats/st…
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Meanwhile, just around the corner on Chatham Road South, riot police close in on protesters from both directions and an armoured vehicle storms through the barricades, tear gas and various intermediate weapons fired throughout.
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Sentences handed down to the 12 Hongkongers detained in Shenzhen range from 2 and 3 years for those charged with organising the alleged escape attempt and 7 months for the others. The 2 minutes implicated were repatriated back to HK earlier today. ott-news.i-cable.com/zh-hk/l/open-c…
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Yesterday, a detainee at a detention centre in Hebei was tortured to death by police, with help from a fellow detainee.
This is the same type of facility that the 12 HK youths intercepted by the China Coast Guard have been held in for over three months.
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Hong Kong police have arrested someone for disturbing public order after they sprayed water at a police officer during Songkran celebrations in Kowloon City earlier this week.
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What a direct hit from the police water canon vehicle looks like. No mercy for protesters or reporters today.
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