Respect for #RaphaelWong. The #CCP condemns #HongKongers for taking to the streets, but never once consider that we had no way to get the govt to listen because we didn’t even have the #vote. And when demands fell to deaf ears when 2 million people marched, they have lost all legitimacy.
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#hongkong #freedomofspeech #freedom #standwithhongkong

“Friends can criticise each other,” said the Mayor of #Brescia. We agree, too bad we can’t see #CCP agreeing. To them art serves the party, but we’re glad to see someone standing up to the bully and defending the artist #Badiucao.
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#hongkong #Xijinping #carrielam #uyghurs #freedomofspeech #freedomofexpression #freespeech #art

The trials of pro-democracy activists such as #JimmyLai and #LeeCheukyan are pretty much pre-concluded, but the court is also an occasion where #ChowHangtung talks about what commemorating the #Tiananmen Massacre means to her and to #HongKong. For many years, the pan-democrats have been criticised for being overly ceremonial and neglecting the substance of rallies, Chow was here to tell #HongKongers that beliefs can be manifested in different ways, or as long as they are in our hearts, they may not need to be manifested at all. Be water.
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#bewater #beijing #ccp #freedomofspeech

The "national security law" case was assigned to a specifically appointed judge, the charges were made up, #CCP uses the most despicable means to crackdown on 20-year-old #TonyChung. It corrupts the independent judiciary of #HongKong, and it is painful to watch the legal system that we were once so proud of crumble before our eyes, into a filthy political tool.
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#china #beijing #studentlocalism #activist #nationalsecuritylaw #nsl #hongkongindependence #freedomofspeech