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Avi Yemini joins Ezra Levant to discuss the Chinese Communist Party's representatives in Hong Kong clamping down on a pro-democracy news outlet called Apple Daily, and how the situation on the island has deteriorated so much while the world has been distracted by COVID-19.
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Hong Kong court denied bail to Next Digital CEO Cheung Kim-hung and Apple Daily editor-in-chief Ryan Law, who are charged with foreign collusion under the national security law, on Saturday. The case was adjourned until Aug. 13.
https://en.appledaily.com/apple-daily-publisher-chef-editor-denied-bail-over-alleged-foreign-collusion/HXIXPS6S6RCBJOJPI3M5MFF4LQ
https://en.appledaily.com/apple-daily-publisher-chef-editor-denied-bail-over-alleged-foreign-collusion/HXIXPS6S6RCBJOJPI3M5MFF4LQ
Apple Daily
Apple Daily publisher, chief editor denied bail over alleged foreign collusion｜Appledaily
Hong Kong court denied bail to Next Digital CEO Cheung Kim-hung and Apple Daily editor-in-chief Ryan Law, who are charged with foreign collusion under the national security law, on Saturday. The case was adjourned until Aug. 13.
One day after five Apple Daily executives were arrested, restaurant owners showed their support for the pro-democracy newspaper by buying up copies of its Friday edition for free distribution to their customers.
https://en.appledaily.com/hongkongers-rally-to-support-apple-daily-in-defiance-of-government-raids-and-warnings/C5TQJIF7AJEEHPDP4IHSLOQOVQ
https://en.appledaily.com/hongkongers-rally-to-support-apple-daily-in-defiance-of-government-raids-and-warnings/C5TQJIF7AJEEHPDP4IHSLOQOVQ
Apple Daily
Hongkongers rally to support Apple Daily in defiance of government raids and warnings｜Appledaily
One day after five Apple Daily executives were arrested, restaurant owners showed their support for the pro-democracy newspaper by buying up companies of its Friday edition for free distribution to their customers.
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper has enough cash on hand to continue operating as normal only *for a couple of weeks*...
So we must #StandWithAppleDaily, #StandWithHongKong and defend #PressFreedom!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-19/apple-daily-is-running-low-on-funds-to-print-hong-kong-newspaper
So we must #StandWithAppleDaily, #StandWithHongKong and defend #PressFreedom!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-19/apple-daily-is-running-low-on-funds-to-print-hong-kong-newspaper
Bloomberg.com
Apple Daily Is Running Low on Funds to Print Hong Kong Newspaper
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper has enough cash on hand to continue operating as normal only for a couple of weeks, according to a person familiar, after authorities used a sweeping national security law to freeze company assets and arrest…
We have warned many times that CCP’s malign ambition extends worldwide, so world democracies must stand firm against CCP, otherwise their fate will be as same as Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
#CCP_is_terrorist
#StopCCP
#StandUp4HumanRights
#CCP_is_terrorist
#StopCCP
#StandUp4HumanRights
This is terrible. SCMP does not speak for #PressFreedom, but rather support strict censorship and the extension of red lines. Really brazen and unconscionable.
https://t.co/8oG5BhYa1A
https://t.co/8oG5BhYa1A
South China Morning Post
Red lines must be drawn more clearly to reaffirm Hong Kong’s press freedom
Mixed messages have come from the government side since the Apple Daily raids. There is a need for more clarity and transparency if the government is to convince Hongkongers it is not targeting the media.
Exclusive story of how five Hong Kong protesters escaped by speedboat, were taken to Taiwan, and were assisted to settle in the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-five-hong-kong-protesters-escaped-by-speedboat-found-freedom-in-the-u-s-11624183200
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-five-hong-kong-protesters-escaped-by-speedboat-found-freedom-in-the-u-s-11624183200
WSJ
WSJ News Exclusive | How Five Hong Kong Protesters Escaped by Speedboat, Found Freedom in the U.S.
The five men barely knew each other before they set off in July 2020, but they were fleeing what they considered to be unfair prosecution and inevitable prison sentences for their roles in pro-democracy protests in 2019.
Hong Kong’s July 1 march canceled for first time in 18 years
Hong Kong no longer have freedom of assembly, even conventional marches are prohibited.
https://en.appledaily.com/hong-kong-s-july-1-march-canceled-for-first-time-in-18-years/KTMUBW7IPZDQHDTSFDGXACSRRA
Hong Kong no longer have freedom of assembly, even conventional marches are prohibited.
https://en.appledaily.com/hong-kong-s-july-1-march-canceled-for-first-time-in-18-years/KTMUBW7IPZDQHDTSFDGXACSRRA
Apple Daily
Hong Kong’s July 1 march canceled for first time in 18 years｜Appledaily
Hong Kong’s July 1 pro-democracy rally will not go ahead this year, as its organizer pointed to the city’s deteriorating political situation as the reason for discontinuing the march that has happened annually since 2003.
A new line of Watson's bottled #water with scenes of #HongKong & slogan -"Hong Kong is really beautiful" is removed from shelves due to “sensitive information & sceneries”.
https://hk.appledaily.com/breaking/20210619/NKFZMAHLIZFIXBDDLPF2CDGOYI/
https://hk.appledaily.com/breaking/20210619/NKFZMAHLIZFIXBDDLPF2CDGOYI/
The board of Next Digital Ltd., which publishes Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, will meet today to decide whether to shut down the pro-democracy newspaper.
https://t.co/szazyoie7Y
https://t.co/szazyoie7Y
Bloomberg.com
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily to Decide Monday on Shutting Down Paper
The board of Next Digital Ltd. is meeting on Monday to decide whether to shut down the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper it publishes, according to a top adviser to owner Jimmy Lai, after police in Hong Kong arrested top editors and froze its bank accounts…