Who are they? #XuZhiyong

Human rights activists – Challenging discrimination, defending justice, rights and freedoms. In China, we often see the authorities suppress, intimidate, harass and torture the activists against the government. Let’s learn about a prominent legal scholar @zhiyongxu’s case today.

維權人士 — 挑戰各種歧視，捍衛正義、權利和自由。 在中國，我們經常看到當局打壓、恐嚇、騷擾和以酷刑折磨異見人士。 今天我們來了解一下著名法律學者 #許志永 的個案。

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#HumanRights #EvilCCP #legal #activist #Justice #RuleofLaw #維權人士 #打壓異見 #酷刑

判刑前，鄒幸彤在庭上以英語陳情，擲地作金石聲，一開始就點出此案癥結：

"Your Worship, we know as a matter of fact that we are no foreign agent, and nothing has emerged in this year long ordeal that proves otherwise. To sentence us in such circumstances is about punishing people for defending the truth."

「法官閣下，我們確知自己不是外國代理人，即此經年累月的折磨，亦無法證明我們是。如此判刑，實無異於懲罰捍衛真相的人。

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本案由始至終，都是真相與謊言之戰，鄒的陳情結尾講得非常好，值得背誦：

"Sir, sentence us for our insubordination if you must, but when the exercise of power is based on lies, being insubordinate is the only way to be human."

「閣下，若非要判刑不可，就對我們的不屈宣判吧。但面對姦詐弄權之徒，唯有不屈，我們才算是人。」

文／馮睎乾十三維度
圖／鄒幸彤後援會

鄒幸彤陳情書中英文全文（《獨立媒體》）：
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#不服從 #不認命 #鄒幸彤 #国安處 #支聯會 #ChowHangTung #打壓異見 #毋忘六四 #国安法 #欲加之罪 #冤獄 #荒謬法治 #莫須有

"The truth is that national security is being used as a hollow pretext to wage an all out war on civil society. The truth is that our movement for human rights and democracy is home grown and not some sinister foreign implant. The truth is that people here have a voice of their own that will not be silenced..." Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, 38, a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and former vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, was among those convicted by a magistrate's court. (HONG KONG, March 11)
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#鄒幸彤 #freechowhangtung #支聯會 #支聯會拒交資料案 #loveisfaith #国安法 #支聯會 #ChowHangTung #打壓異見 #欲加之罪 #冤獄 #荒謬法治 #莫須有

"The truth is that national security is being used as a hollow pretext to wage an all out war on civil society. The truth is that our movement for human rights and democracy is home grown and not some sinister foreign implant. The truth is that people here have a voice of their own that will not be silenced..." Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, 38, a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and former vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, was among those convicted by a magistrate's court. (HONG KONG, March 11)
Posted on IG @ngodeiorg

#鄒幸彤 #freechowhangtung #支聯會 #支聯會拒交資料案 #loveisfaith #国安法 #支聯會 #ChowHangTung #打壓異見 #欲加之罪 #冤獄 #荒謬法治 #莫須有