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#ProtestorStory
“Awakening”
The following is an account of a university student in Hong Kong:
" I am a CUHK student and arrestee for the charge of rioting.
I felt sad to watch the judgement of the court to Edward Leung Tin-kei and 811 on the charge of riot a few days ago because I can sense that the day I'll be locked up is getting and I will probably spend 6 to 7 years in prison. A new idea was in my mind. Do Hongkongers need another awakening?
When you choose to rebel and fight against tyranny, it is not only the choice of politics but also consciousness. You need to abandon normal life. It’s so-called “yellow ribbon”. Even you may be a peaceful protestor or investor, you have to get ready and get used to being in and out of prison for the rest of your life.
Why? It is because totalitarianism can’t tolerate any other opinion. Suppression will be more severe, and the bottom line will be lowered further. Common sense won’t exist anymore. Hong Kong Indigenous members were called “separatists” a few years ago. All pro-democracy parties are called “separatist” now. A few years later, supporting “one country two systems” maybe a separatist action.
You can be arrested if you fight with words (attacking TVB), fight with capital (money laundering) or fight with posters (property damage). Don’t think that you are safe if you don’t come out to march. After article 23 is passed, you can be arrested by just sharing news on Instagram. In China, you may be detained in charge of treason for prison punishment 8-10 year if you get any complaints or you if are Christian.
In a society without freedom, if you choose to fight against totalitarianism, life planning, family life, and a simple and peaceful life are not for you anymore. Your daily life will be paying fines, getting beaten, locked up in prison, being threatened, kidnapped, getting house arrest and being unpersoned. Li Wangyang, Liu Xiaobo and Chen Guangcheng's lives will be yours.
Thus, don’t feel sorry that our comrades are in prison. Getting locked up is unavoidable in the process of fighting against tyranny. We will continue after getting out. Where can you find a revolution without any sacrifice?
We enjoy our rights, freedoms and fairness in court now like we took it for granted. However, behind the pearl of the orient is the sacrifice of many nameless heroes.
British feminists were arrested and sent to jail in 1910. The leader of the worker union in US fighting for an 8-hour workday was convicted to the death penalty in 1886. 500 thousand soldiers died in the civil war so that the black man may be free. “Winter on fire” was a good show right? 125 people died in Ukraine in 93 days. In the history of humankind, the improvement of the system meant the sacrifice of countless revolutionaries.
Are the Hongkongers awakened? To abandon your life in an "advanced society" built on lies? To abandon your normal life because of your conscience? Let's make it simple, Did the Hongkongers wake up, and are they ready to give it all?"
Source: CUHK Secrets #May12
https://bit.ly/2XcRykH
#CUHKSecret #NeverForget #NeverForgive #WinterOnFire #Arrestee #EdwardLeung
“Awakening”
The following is an account of a university student in Hong Kong:
" I am a CUHK student and arrestee for the charge of rioting.
I felt sad to watch the judgement of the court to Edward Leung Tin-kei and 811 on the charge of riot a few days ago because I can sense that the day I'll be locked up is getting and I will probably spend 6 to 7 years in prison. A new idea was in my mind. Do Hongkongers need another awakening?
When you choose to rebel and fight against tyranny, it is not only the choice of politics but also consciousness. You need to abandon normal life. It’s so-called “yellow ribbon”. Even you may be a peaceful protestor or investor, you have to get ready and get used to being in and out of prison for the rest of your life.
Why? It is because totalitarianism can’t tolerate any other opinion. Suppression will be more severe, and the bottom line will be lowered further. Common sense won’t exist anymore. Hong Kong Indigenous members were called “separatists” a few years ago. All pro-democracy parties are called “separatist” now. A few years later, supporting “one country two systems” maybe a separatist action.
You can be arrested if you fight with words (attacking TVB), fight with capital (money laundering) or fight with posters (property damage). Don’t think that you are safe if you don’t come out to march. After article 23 is passed, you can be arrested by just sharing news on Instagram. In China, you may be detained in charge of treason for prison punishment 8-10 year if you get any complaints or you if are Christian.
In a society without freedom, if you choose to fight against totalitarianism, life planning, family life, and a simple and peaceful life are not for you anymore. Your daily life will be paying fines, getting beaten, locked up in prison, being threatened, kidnapped, getting house arrest and being unpersoned. Li Wangyang, Liu Xiaobo and Chen Guangcheng's lives will be yours.
Thus, don’t feel sorry that our comrades are in prison. Getting locked up is unavoidable in the process of fighting against tyranny. We will continue after getting out. Where can you find a revolution without any sacrifice?
We enjoy our rights, freedoms and fairness in court now like we took it for granted. However, behind the pearl of the orient is the sacrifice of many nameless heroes.
British feminists were arrested and sent to jail in 1910. The leader of the worker union in US fighting for an 8-hour workday was convicted to the death penalty in 1886. 500 thousand soldiers died in the civil war so that the black man may be free. “Winter on fire” was a good show right? 125 people died in Ukraine in 93 days. In the history of humankind, the improvement of the system meant the sacrifice of countless revolutionaries.
Are the Hongkongers awakened? To abandon your life in an "advanced society" built on lies? To abandon your normal life because of your conscience? Let's make it simple, Did the Hongkongers wake up, and are they ready to give it all?"
Source: CUHK Secrets #May12
https://bit.ly/2XcRykH
#CUHKSecret #NeverForget #NeverForgive #WinterOnFire #Arrestee #EdwardLeung
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#CU1738 「覺悟」 大家好，我係中大嘅被捕同學，被告暴動。 前幾日睇梁天琦同811轉暴動嘅判決，覺得有啲sad，因為聞到自己離入冊越嚟越近嘅味道，未來可能真係有六七年要喺監獄度過。Sad 下sad下有一種新諗法。其實香港人係咪要有一種覺悟？...
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#Censorship #SelfCensorship
HKU Crops a Group Photo to Allegedly "Dis-appear" Pro-democracy Activist
Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho died on May 26 at the age of 98. While the Hong Kong University released a group photo taken during Ho's visit to the university mourning his decease, Edward Leung, the famed imprisoned localist pro-democracy activist who was a then-student, was cut out from the photo.
Many netizens suspected the move was out of fear of the National Security Law, that the Chinese Communist Party may crack down on the university as Leung advocated for an anti-Beijing agenda.
Source: Stand News #May26
#EdwardLeung #StanleyHo #HKU #NationalSecurityLaw
HKU Crops a Group Photo to Allegedly "Dis-appear" Pro-democracy Activist
Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho died on May 26 at the age of 98. While the Hong Kong University released a group photo taken during Ho's visit to the university mourning his decease, Edward Leung, the famed imprisoned localist pro-democracy activist who was a then-student, was cut out from the photo.
Many netizens suspected the move was out of fear of the National Security Law, that the Chinese Communist Party may crack down on the university as Leung advocated for an anti-Beijing agenda.
Source: Stand News #May26
#EdwardLeung #StanleyHo #HKU #NationalSecurityLaw
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Flag of Jailed Pro-democracy Activist Unfurled on the Street of Hong Kong
1630 | Causeway Bay
At around 1630, the public are still crowding Russell Street outside of Time Square, while leaving a way for traffic.
The photo shows the flag printed with the face of Edward Tin-kei Leung, a jailed pro-democracy activist and also the originator of the slogan "Free Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times."
Source: Tam Ming Keung @ USP United Social Press
#July1 #NationalSecurityLaw
#EdwardLeung
1630 | Causeway Bay
At around 1630, the public are still crowding Russell Street outside of Time Square, while leaving a way for traffic.
The photo shows the flag printed with the face of Edward Tin-kei Leung, a jailed pro-democracy activist and also the originator of the slogan "Free Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times."
Source: Tam Ming Keung @ USP United Social Press
#July1 #NationalSecurityLaw
#EdwardLeung
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Activist Edward Leung to be Released from Prison After 6-Year Sentence; Family Asks Hongkongers to Consider Personal Safety
Pro-democracy activist and former spokeperson of #HongKongIndigenous #EdwardLeung Tin-kei will be released from jail on January 19, 2022. He is expected to leave #ShekPikPrison on Lantau Island in the morning.
On January 18, 2022, Leung's family announced on his Facebook page that "there is no need to travel a long way to Shek Pik"; they "hope to soon reunite with Edward"; and fellow Hongkongers shall "consider their personal safety first." In order to better protect Leung, his famiky decided to shut down the Facebook page by midnight of January 19, 2022.
Before being jailed, Leung joined Hong Kong Indigenous, a political group founded by #RoyYeung, in 2015. In February 2016, Leung won 66,000 votes in the New Territories East By-election. His campaign slogan was "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times." The government disqualified his candidiacy in the Legislative Election in the same year.
In June 2018, he was convicted of assaulting an officer and riotting in the 2016 #FishballRevolution, and was sentenced to 6 years in jail.
During the 2019 #AntiELAB movement, Leung sent an open letter to #Hongkongers from the prison, telling his fellow citizens "not to be overtaken by hatred; and to stay alert and continue to think during difficult times".
Leung has been relocated to Cat. A in the prison and placed in isolated cell since last year.
Source: InMediaHK #Jan18
https://bit.ly/33LBsFn
#Release #PoliticalPrisoner
Pro-democracy activist and former spokeperson of #HongKongIndigenous #EdwardLeung Tin-kei will be released from jail on January 19, 2022. He is expected to leave #ShekPikPrison on Lantau Island in the morning.
On January 18, 2022, Leung's family announced on his Facebook page that "there is no need to travel a long way to Shek Pik"; they "hope to soon reunite with Edward"; and fellow Hongkongers shall "consider their personal safety first." In order to better protect Leung, his famiky decided to shut down the Facebook page by midnight of January 19, 2022.
Before being jailed, Leung joined Hong Kong Indigenous, a political group founded by #RoyYeung, in 2015. In February 2016, Leung won 66,000 votes in the New Territories East By-election. His campaign slogan was "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times." The government disqualified his candidiacy in the Legislative Election in the same year.
In June 2018, he was convicted of assaulting an officer and riotting in the 2016 #FishballRevolution, and was sentenced to 6 years in jail.
During the 2019 #AntiELAB movement, Leung sent an open letter to #Hongkongers from the prison, telling his fellow citizens "not to be overtaken by hatred; and to stay alert and continue to think during difficult times".
Leung has been relocated to Cat. A in the prison and placed in isolated cell since last year.
Source: InMediaHK #Jan18
https://bit.ly/33LBsFn
#Release #PoliticalPrisoner