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#FirstHand #Protests
Rally in Districts Against Government’s Unconsulted Decision to Set Up Quarantines Centres and Designated Clinics in Town
12:00 | Kwai Chung
Residents of several districts have initiated rally against the government’s measures to set up quarantines centres and designated clinics all around Hong Kong.
In Kwai Chung South, around 200 residents, including children and the elderly, marched to oppose the government turning the district's public clinic, which was frequently visited by the elderly and infants, to a designated clinic for patients of the Chinese Pneumonia. District councillor Leung Ching-shan and residents chanted slogans such as “Failed Government Is Killing Hong Kong Citizens”.
#Feb16 #PoliceState #FailedState #ChinaPneumonia #KwaiChung #DesignatedClinics
Rally in Districts Against Government’s Unconsulted Decision to Set Up Quarantines Centres and Designated Clinics in Town
12:00 | Kwai Chung
Residents of several districts have initiated rally against the government’s measures to set up quarantines centres and designated clinics all around Hong Kong.
In Kwai Chung South, around 200 residents, including children and the elderly, marched to oppose the government turning the district's public clinic, which was frequently visited by the elderly and infants, to a designated clinic for patients of the Chinese Pneumonia. District councillor Leung Ching-shan and residents chanted slogans such as “Failed Government Is Killing Hong Kong Citizens”.
#Feb16 #PoliceState #FailedState #ChinaPneumonia #KwaiChung #DesignatedClinics
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#Feb29 #Protests
Female Journalist Lost Consciousness After Being Pepper Sprayed
23:51 | #MongKok
Riot police dispersed the crowd, including press close to midnight. A female journalist was pepper-sprayed and shoved violently by the police. She fell down and lost her consciousness. Volunteer first-aiders on site tried to revive her by slapping her face, to no avail.
Some civilians at the scene shouted: “Don’t fall asleep! You can make it through!”
Since the start of the anti-extradition movement, journalists and volunteer first-aiders have been risking their lives to serve the public, while constantly being huge target boards to the police. Over the months, numerous first-aiders and members of the press have gotten injured, arrested, beaten and harassed by the police.
Source: Idunread Bookstore
Editor's Note:
The above mentioned journalist was not the only one who fainted tonight after being pepper-sprayed.
Although this has not been confirmed, it is suspected that “unknown chemicals” were added to their usual pepper-spray concoction by the police. Pepper-spray causing people to lose consciousness is unheard of.
Female Journalist Lost Consciousness After Being Pepper Sprayed
23:51 | #MongKok
Riot police dispersed the crowd, including press close to midnight. A female journalist was pepper-sprayed and shoved violently by the police. She fell down and lost her consciousness. Volunteer first-aiders on site tried to revive her by slapping her face, to no avail.
Some civilians at the scene shouted: “Don’t fall asleep! You can make it through!”
Since the start of the anti-extradition movement, journalists and volunteer first-aiders have been risking their lives to serve the public, while constantly being huge target boards to the police. Over the months, numerous first-aiders and members of the press have gotten injured, arrested, beaten and harassed by the police.
Source: Idunread Bookstore
Editor's Note:
The above mentioned journalist was not the only one who fainted tonight after being pepper-sprayed.
Although this has not been confirmed, it is suspected that “unknown chemicals” were added to their usual pepper-spray concoction by the police. Pepper-spray causing people to lose consciousness is unheard of.
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我不閱讀流動二手書攤- Idunread Bookstore
女記者被推撞 中pepper倒地 十分鐘後意識朦朧 沒有反應 現場急救指情況不樂觀。 . 登記護士試圖救治,拍打她臉,要她清醒。可是記者反應遲鈍。女士一直摸她頭,叫她:「加油!唔好訓呀!」一直照料,沒有離開過。 她只是路過的香港人。 . 記者已送上白車,希望大家謹記,這八個月,記者和救護是用生命在工作的。 2020.2.29 2351 旺角 即時 (開聲聽) #freehongkong #5demandsnot1less #香港人加油 (如知道女記者的資料,請儘快聯絡)
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#FailedState
HK Government suspected of un-shelving another 16 books involving topics of #CivilDisobedience and #Protests in #PublicLibrary
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (#LCSD) of the Hong Kong Government is suspected of un-shelving 16 books from public libraries.
These include:
- The writings of pro-democracy activist and former law professor Benny Tai;
- Reverend Chu Yiu-ming's “Civil Disobedience and the Occupation of Central: Reflections on the Faith of Christians in Hong Kong” (公民抗命與佔領中環:香港基督徒的信仰省思);
- “To All of Those Who Have Worn Black Before” (給穿過黑衣的人) by Scholarism;
- Former legislator Raymond Wong Yuk-man’s book “I Wouldn’t Have Argued If I Did’t Have To” (予豈好辯哉).
In addition, the two issues of “#Breakazine!” about the Anti-Extradition Law (#AntiELAB) Protest, are also removed.
These 16 books were all published before the #NationalSecurityLaw came into effect, yet they are no longer available on the public library website.
So far, the government has removed at least 34 books in total.
Source: Apply Daily #May29
https://bit.ly/2R20IRR
#NSL #Censorship #BannedBooks #Regime #DissentLiterature
HK Government suspected of un-shelving another 16 books involving topics of #CivilDisobedience and #Protests in #PublicLibrary
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (#LCSD) of the Hong Kong Government is suspected of un-shelving 16 books from public libraries.
These include:
- The writings of pro-democracy activist and former law professor Benny Tai;
- Reverend Chu Yiu-ming's “Civil Disobedience and the Occupation of Central: Reflections on the Faith of Christians in Hong Kong” (公民抗命與佔領中環:香港基督徒的信仰省思);
- “To All of Those Who Have Worn Black Before” (給穿過黑衣的人) by Scholarism;
- Former legislator Raymond Wong Yuk-man’s book “I Wouldn’t Have Argued If I Did’t Have To” (予豈好辯哉).
In addition, the two issues of “#Breakazine!” about the Anti-Extradition Law (#AntiELAB) Protest, are also removed.
These 16 books were all published before the #NationalSecurityLaw came into effect, yet they are no longer available on the public library website.
So far, the government has removed at least 34 books in total.
Source: Apply Daily #May29
https://bit.ly/2R20IRR
#NSL #Censorship #BannedBooks #Regime #DissentLiterature
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#SupportAppleDaily #GlobalSupport
#ReportersWithoutBorders protests #AppleDaily closure at Chinese embassies in Paris and Berlin
The press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (#RSF) marched through the streets of Paris and Berlin on June 25, 2021.
They protested the closure of the Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, after Hong Kong's Beijing-backed authorities froze the paper's assets and arrested several executives.
The NGO said on their website that they held "funeral-style processions" to denounce the "killing" of Apple Daily by the Hong Kong government, and to "raise alarm of the threats" posed by the Beijing regime to press freedom globally.
In Paris, RSF placed a coffin and funeral flowers for the Hong Kong paper in front of the #ChineseEmbassy. At the same time, they buried copies of the newspaper in front of the embassy in Berlin.
RSF Secretary-General Christophe Deloire said, "today's funeral is for Apple Daily, but tomorrow's may be for press freedom in China. It's time for the international community to act in line with their own values and obligations and defend what's left of the ,free press in Hong Kong before China's model of information control claims another victim."
Text: Deutsche Welle #Jun25
Photos: Reporters Without Borders
https://twitter.com/rsf_inter/status/1408397332190744579?s=21
#Paris #Berlin #Protests #NGO #Funeral
#ReportersWithoutBorders protests #AppleDaily closure at Chinese embassies in Paris and Berlin
The press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (#RSF) marched through the streets of Paris and Berlin on June 25, 2021.
They protested the closure of the Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, after Hong Kong's Beijing-backed authorities froze the paper's assets and arrested several executives.
The NGO said on their website that they held "funeral-style processions" to denounce the "killing" of Apple Daily by the Hong Kong government, and to "raise alarm of the threats" posed by the Beijing regime to press freedom globally.
In Paris, RSF placed a coffin and funeral flowers for the Hong Kong paper in front of the #ChineseEmbassy. At the same time, they buried copies of the newspaper in front of the embassy in Berlin.
RSF Secretary-General Christophe Deloire said, "today's funeral is for Apple Daily, but tomorrow's may be for press freedom in China. It's time for the international community to act in line with their own values and obligations and defend what's left of the ,free press in Hong Kong before China's model of information control claims another victim."
Text: Deutsche Welle #Jun25
Photos: Reporters Without Borders
https://twitter.com/rsf_inter/status/1408397332190744579?s=21
#Paris #Berlin #Protests #NGO #Funeral
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Today RSF staged parallel “funeral protests” outside the Chinese embassies in Paris & Berlin following the closure of #AppleDaily, warning that without concrete action by democracies, the death of press freedom in #HongKong could follow. Read more here 👉…