In November 2019, #HongKong was shocked by how the unscrupulous police stormed a university campus with teargas and bullets. News of the the attack on #CUHK did not only shake the entire city, but also brought back traumatic memories of #TiananmenMassacre, how 30 years ago, armed soldiers gunned down students fighting for #democracy. According to a phone-in programme on 881903 after the #DistrictCouncil election later in the same month, many first time voters cast their ballots against the pro-#Beijing councillors because they were astounded by the CUHK, and later #PolyU siege.
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#HK #university #standwithhongkong #china #CCP

What more can we say, the so-called #nationalsecuritylaw is a political tool used at #CCP's whim to smother any voices it doesn't like. Is there really a case against politicians who organized and participated in primary elections? In #HongKong, if #Beijing says yes, it's a yes.
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#HK #nsl #freedom #election #vote #jail #democracy

Oh no poor #china …. Or actually poor Chinese people that live under #tyranny rules …
#viva #Taiwan and #democracy!
#ccp #fuckccp #meme #boycottchina

Well I don’t really know what to say about that argument but I know both are shit shit shit …..
#ccp #fuckccp #boycottchina #china #hongkong #standwithhongkong #dictator #democracy #chinesedemocracy

TLDR: 就算失望，不能絕望。共勉之。
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This is not a post recounting the details of the #UmbrellaRevolution so much as what it stood for and how it informed the #fightforfreedom in #HongKong. For years, #HKers had been struggling to defend our rights and values from the #CCP. The #UmbrellaMovement in 2014 was for many an awakening to the root cause of the social problems in #HK - the lack of a popularly mandated government as ours was (and is) but a #Beijing puppet.
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The experience of 2014 produced the now much more mainstream indigenous ideology and inspired new protest tactics in 2019. Hong Kong has never stopped evolving to cope with challenges and does not intend to stop now. "Be water", the city-wide pro-democracy movement in 2019 taught us, even though it may be dark and the suffering ahead seem endless, don't lose heart. We will remember who we are, what we stand for, persevere and outlive the tyrant.
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#China #democracy #freedomofspeech #standwithhongkong

Jokes aside - #CCP is trying to redefine what "democracy" means and take over the historical narrative. It's not as funny as it sounds.
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#China #democracy #whitepaper #JimMcGovern #Beijing

With the spiralling madness in #HongKong these days, we wonder... what would #AppleDaily say if they were still around? They would point out the lies and arrogance of the #CCP puppet government, they would expose the web of political networks among officials attending the stupid Witman Hung birthday parties, they would certainly report on the impossible sufferings #HKers are put thru with these crazy lockdown rules.
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What does the demise of Apple Daily mean? That the CCP would bend to nothing to crush its opposition, and #HK serves as an example to the world.
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#journalism #freedomofpress #pressfreedom #freedomofspeech #jimmylai #democracy

Thank you #Canada, for showing that #HongKongers who stand for free and democratic values have friends in the world to count on.
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#standwithhongkong #democracy #freedom #exile #exodus #immigration #pressfreedom #censorship

Basically, #HongKong is seen as no different from #China. It’s business friendly environment has crumpled thanks to #CCP’s interference and crackdown. Harsher days for ordinary #HongKongers to be expected. // #UK #USA #democracy #censorship #pressfreedom #election

自 #國安法 實施以來，共八名工運組織者因他們參與工會及民主運動而被檢控，至今已被未審先囚逾一年。未經審訊而被長期羈柙令被告未能獲得公平審訊，有違《公民權利及政治權利國際公約》等國際人權法及標準。

Since the imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, 8 union organisers have been prosecuted before of their role in their trade union of their involvement in Hong Kong #Democracy movement.

They have been held behind bars over a year. The lengthy pre-trial detention impedes the right to a fair trial and contravenes international human rights laws and standards such as International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

#李卓人 #吳敏兒 #余慧明 #黎雯齡 #楊逸意 #伍巧怡 #陳源森 #方梓皓 #工會運動 #LabourRights

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