#GlobalAction
Environmental Activist Greta Thunberg Joins #Save12HKYouths

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong tagged climate activist Greta Thunberg in the online global marathon campaign for #Save12HKYouths.

12 pro-democracy Hongkongers have been captured by Chinese coastal guards in late August 2020 and detained in China for over 50 days without being able to meet their family or lawyers hired by the families, with some even being denied critical medication by Chinese authorities.

Source: Twitter @GretaThunberg
https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1317361869179551749?s=20

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https://www.facebook.com/hongkongfp/photos/a.864036543683472/3424323130988121/?type=3

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Italian Activists #RadicaliItaliani Call on the World to #Save12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers Detained in China
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/25977

#Save12HKYouths #Save12
Mother of Detained Pro-democracy Hongkonger: "When Can You Come Home, My Son?”

Wong Wai-Yin is one of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who were arrested by Chinese authorities in late August 2020 and jailed in China since then without any trial and without being able to meet with their families and lawyers.

Wong's mother took a picture near their home, thinking of her son and pleading for his return.

"We live in this village and we cross this bridge everyday. Ever since the [Hong Kong] police raided our home, they blockaded the bridge and sealed off at least half of the village," Wong's mother said, "Whenever I cross the bridge to work or to go back home, I think of you. When can you come home, my son?”

The 12 Hongkongers have been jailed by the Chinese Communist Party government for over 70 days.

Source: Save 12 HK Youths Concern Group #Nov2
https://publielectoral.lat/save12hkyouths/48

#BringThemBack #MotherandSon #WongWaiYin

"Liberate Hong Kong" and "Save 12": Pro-democracy Slogans Appear Near University Before the One-year Mark of the Siege of #PolyU

On the eve of the one-year mark of the siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), protest slogans "Liberate Hong Kong" and "Save 12" appeared on a footbridge after midnight on November 12, 2020.

Since the #PolyUSiege, a wire fence has been install along the footbridge connecting the campus to the train station. The pro-democracy slogans were formed by padlocks of different colors attached to the fence.

Source: Stand News # Nov12
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3635976876487906/

#NeverForget #NeverForgive #Save12 #Save12HKYouths

Hong Kong Director #ZuneKwok Won Taiwan's #GoldenHorseAwards: The Film Belongs to Every HKer with a Conscience

The 57th Golden Horse Awards was held on November 21, 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan. 

"Night is Young", directed by Hong Kong director Zune Kwok, won the Best Live Action Short. The 25-minute short film follows a night shift taxi driver who experienced the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Protest in Hong Kong.

Kwok, who also directed a segment in the film Ten Years in 2015, did not receive the award in person in Taiwan, but his speech was announced by his representative.

Kwok dedicated the award to Hongkongers: "The film belongs to Hongkongers who embrace their conscience in different parts of the world. When dawn comes, the award will be handed over to everyone of you".

Kwok's speech also mentions that "may freedom be to the people" and encourages everyone to "keep on fighting". Kwok reminds the audience to not forget the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers detained in China: "#Save12".

Source: Stand News #Nov21

#Save12HKYouths #Day100
Hongkongers Climb Amah Rock, Longing the Return of 12 Pro-democracy Protesters Jailed in China

Nov 30, 2020 marks the 100th day since China has detained 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers.

On the evening of Nov 29, civilians in Hong Kong climbed up to the Amah Rock and displayed the sign of "#Save12". The Amah Rock is also called the Mong Fu Shek. The rock got its name, as its shape resembles a woman carrying her baby waiting for the return of her husband lost at sea.

In August 2020, China captured 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers and has them jailed in Shenzhen, barring them from meeting their families and lawyers appointed by the family.

In the past few months, people in Hong Kong incessantly demand Chinese authorities to return the 12 Hongkongers.

Source: Apple Daily #Nov29

https://hk.appledaily.com/breaking/20201129/2QSGZ44YZ5HRTL7Z5W57GYDLTY/

#AmahRock #MongFuShek #HongKongProtests #BringThemBack

#HongkongersVoice #NeverGiveUp #Save12HKYouths
Hongkongers Send Christmas Cards to Support 12 Pro-democracy Protesters Detained by China; HK Student: We Shoulder the Pain Together

The "Save 12 Hong Kong Youths Concern Group" recently launched a campaign to send Christmas cards to the 12 Hongkongers who have been detained by the Chinese authority for over 100 days.

Yau Tsim Mong District Councilor Chu Kong-wai organized the Christmas card station on December 18, 2020 in Mong Kok, hoping that Hong Kong people would keep paying attention to the 12 detainees to protect them from inhuman treatment.

Candice, a secondary school student who joined the campaign said that she hopes to shoulder the pain experienced by the 12 HongKongers, so that they know that Hong Kong people have always been by their side,

"I hope that they can insist on their ideas, they have done nothing wrong." The HKSAR government earlier stated that the Liber Studies subject should be reformed. Candice said that the Liberal Studies teacher mentioned the 12 Hongkongers before in class but did not discuss it in depth, "I could feel the pressure borne by the Liberal Studies teacher, but s/he told us that s/he would teach us until nothing was allowed to teach."

Mr. Ho, who is in his 50s and works in the air transport industry wrote on the Christmas card the words, "May Heaven destroy the CCP".

Regarding whether his Christmas card can be delivered to the 12 Hongkoners, Mr. Ho said, "I didn’t expect this card could be successfully delivered when I wrote these words, but I will still say what I want to say.".

Mr. Ho said that his friend had been unjustly imprisoned in China for eight months, which has made him no longer believe in the judicial system of China.

Source: InMediahk #Dec19
https://bit.ly/3arkxcM

#Christmas2020 #Save12 #BringThemBack

#Save12 #BringThemBack
China Informs 12 Hong Kong Youths' Families of Their Trial Only 3 Days Prior on Christmas Day

On the Christmas Day of 2020, the families of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers detained in China not only could not see their loved ones; seven families also received a last-minute notice from the lawyers appointed by the Chinese Government that the trial of ten of the 12 Hongkongers would take place on Dec 28, 2020, which was in less than 3 days including the public holidays.

Among the 12 Hongkongers detained by the Chinese authorities since August 2020, ten of them will face trial on Dec 28, 2020 at the Yantian Court in China, but only seven families received such a notice.

The Chinese court told the media that it belonged to a "secret case" and no public and media would be allowed to audit. The trial is also not listed in the timetable of the Yantian People's Court.

The #Save12HKYouths Concern Group released a statement on Dec 25, 2020, demanding the delivery of confirmed, open and clear information of the trials of the 12 Hongkongers. They also demanded the presence of their families, the lawyers hired by their families, Hong Kong and international media and diplomats from different countries to be allowed in court.

The families also demanded the Chinese authorities to allow them to pay the prison a visit, were the detained Hongkongers to be sentenced; and the HKSAR government to send representatives to make sure the civil rights of the Hongkongers could be protected.

Source: Save 12 HK Youths Concern Group #Dec25

#HumanitarianCrisis #ChineseCourt #RulebyLaw #Christmas2020

#HongkongersVoice #Injustice
Musician #RonoFok Encourages Hongkongers to Fight On After Being Arrested over National Security Probe
 
Hong Kong musician Rono Fok wrote his reflection on facebook on January 18, 2021, after he was arrested and detained by the Hong Kong police for national security violation on January 14:

"I was detained by the National Security police for more than 40 hours. During which, I was once handcuffed to a chain around my waist when being escorted from the Chai Wan police station to the North Point police station. I have also subjected to dozens times of body search. One time I had to strip all my clothes from my upper body.
 
Around 6am on January 14, 2021, six National Security police officers arrested me at my home in Shau Kei Wan. They accused me of aiding 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers to flee to Taiwan.

Except me, all my family members suffered permanent mental disabilities. I am always thankful for their love and care. When the police arrested me and raided my home, no one from my family has shed one drop of tear, until the moment when the police dragged me away to the lift lobby.

My mother, who is immobile and her right hand disabled, followed closely behind just to have one last look at me. She growled and asked, “What is Hong Kong becoming of?”
 
I was tranported between the Chai Wan and the North Point police stations, where I interrogated for 3 times under recordings. The National security officers asked me around 300 to 400 questions.

Although meals and drinks were provided, I suffered from hallucination and very mild incontinence when detained in the North Point police station.
It was a cold evening when the temperature dropped below 10 degrees celsius.
 
When I was escorted from North Point Police Station to Chai Wan, we drove by King’s Road. I recalled the time I went to the nursery, primary school, secondary school and university. I miss my friends and schoolmates. I used to hang out at the park and the ball courts, grab lunch with my schoolmates and play video games in internet café after school.
 
Perhaps, I will be charged and I will sit for court hearing or even face jail, but I will never give up music and art. I will keep on learning to become your favourite artist.  
 
In case of imprisonment, I will write about my music and stories. My mother is not eloquent, but I hope to share her words to all of you, 'Hongkongers, fight on!'”

Source: Rono Fok's Facebook; Stand News, #Jan18

https://www.facebook.com/RONOFOK/posts/1154216091675415

#PoliceState #Authoritarianism
#NationalSecurityLaw #Save12 #Save12HongKongYouths #Musician