Forwarded from 北美流亡手足頻道 (非苦主) NA Handfoot
早日接受加媒<<環球郵報>>訪問
旨在向加國市民展述港人庇護狀況
藉此提升香港抗爭者在國際上的認同，加快其餘庇護審核流程
其後有中文媒體轉譯
雖將官方人員譯為官員，與政黨合作稱為政黨背景，但也不失原意
我深明本人功德未及寸土，之能及時獲庇，乃得幸於所述之事恰好有客觀證據證明
而無數在港在外手足，比我面臨更大威脅，正在或曾比我付出更多犧牲
因此
在此衷心希望所有在囚手足早日獲釋
所有流亡義士盡快得到各地政府庇護
#手足投稿
旨在向加國市民展述港人庇護狀況
藉此提升香港抗爭者在國際上的認同，加快其餘庇護審核流程
其後有中文媒體轉譯
雖將官方人員譯為官員，與政黨合作稱為政黨背景，但也不失原意
我深明本人功德未及寸土，之能及時獲庇，乃得幸於所述之事恰好有客觀證據證明
而無數在港在外手足，比我面臨更大威脅，正在或曾比我付出更多犧牲
因此
在此衷心希望所有在囚手足早日獲釋
所有流亡義士盡快得到各地政府庇護
#手足投稿
Forwarded from 小黃書 The Yellow Guide
【流亡記（一）】
文：子房
「流亡記」專欄，內容為一位手足與我們分享他流落外地的生活。為安全起見，專欄不能提供太多細節，但仍能供掙扎過去留的各位參詳，做好心理準備。
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「今天我，寒夜裡看雪飄過，懷著冷卻了的心窩飄遠方」，這句歌詞，頗為適合形容遠走他鄉的流亡手足，就如當初的我。
初到加拿大時，周遭漫天飛雪，卻不算寒冷，或許是我帶著母親出發前買給我的雪褸，有了這件雪褸，外面再冷，我都能忍受。
到加拿大的機票及當地的住屋均由協會提供，但因當時協會正在協調租屋的事宜，陸續置入合適的傢俬，我只能先到當地一位熱心的「家長」家中借宿。那間房子款式比較舊，就如以前一套戲——《樓下閂水喉》一般，水利措施做得不太好。樓下要用熱水的話；樓上就只能使用凍水。洗澡途中沒有熱水，最多也只是著涼；但若果樓下突然「閂水喉」，樓上洗澡那位就可能會被熱水盪到了。除此之外，這間房屋面積頗大，容納了很多其他「手足」，七十二家房客一同居住，各人有各人的需要，不免要大家互相遷就。雖然有不少不便，但我仍然喜歡住在這裏，與其他「手足」玩桌上遊戲、交流作戰心得，這樣的生活非常開心、溫暖。
另外一件令人感到溫暖的事就是，我遇到的「家長」實在太過熱心，有一位「家長」甚至提出讓身無分文的我使用他的附屬卡。對他們的心意，我真的銘感五內，但我有來自當地政府的津貼，亦不用繳付房租，與其依靠他們，我當時更希望政府儘快提供我的工作許可證，讓我可以自力更生。
下回待續。
請支持訂閱小黃書Patreon，
瀏覽各式專欄及專題文章。
https://www.patreon.com/theyellowguidehk
文：子房
「流亡記」專欄，內容為一位手足與我們分享他流落外地的生活。為安全起見，專欄不能提供太多細節，但仍能供掙扎過去留的各位參詳，做好心理準備。
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「今天我，寒夜裡看雪飄過，懷著冷卻了的心窩飄遠方」，這句歌詞，頗為適合形容遠走他鄉的流亡手足，就如當初的我。
初到加拿大時，周遭漫天飛雪，卻不算寒冷，或許是我帶著母親出發前買給我的雪褸，有了這件雪褸，外面再冷，我都能忍受。
到加拿大的機票及當地的住屋均由協會提供，但因當時協會正在協調租屋的事宜，陸續置入合適的傢俬，我只能先到當地一位熱心的「家長」家中借宿。那間房子款式比較舊，就如以前一套戲——《樓下閂水喉》一般，水利措施做得不太好。樓下要用熱水的話；樓上就只能使用凍水。洗澡途中沒有熱水，最多也只是著涼；但若果樓下突然「閂水喉」，樓上洗澡那位就可能會被熱水盪到了。除此之外，這間房屋面積頗大，容納了很多其他「手足」，七十二家房客一同居住，各人有各人的需要，不免要大家互相遷就。雖然有不少不便，但我仍然喜歡住在這裏，與其他「手足」玩桌上遊戲、交流作戰心得，這樣的生活非常開心、溫暖。
另外一件令人感到溫暖的事就是，我遇到的「家長」實在太過熱心，有一位「家長」甚至提出讓身無分文的我使用他的附屬卡。對他們的心意，我真的銘感五內，但我有來自當地政府的津貼，亦不用繳付房租，與其依靠他們，我當時更希望政府儘快提供我的工作許可證，讓我可以自力更生。
下回待續。
請支持訂閱小黃書Patreon，
瀏覽各式專欄及專題文章。
https://www.patreon.com/theyellowguidehk
Forwarded from 北美流亡手足頻道 (非苦主) NA Handfoot
#手足投稿
香港其實係一個好好既案例，畀後世人睇到一個都市點樣被一個意識形態有如蟒蛇一樣慢慢勒到缺氧而死。雖然表面死因係專政有如癌細胞既滲透，但係實際上都有頗大原因係本身既不抵抗：有賴當中有不少人唔抵抗仲要賣港求榮。
首先係當初貪圖低廉勞動力，一大堆工廠北移。本身香港應該係要做工業轉型，結果就係呢種「資源詛咒」反而令一眾廠佬失去變革既動力同時機。然後教識徒弟無師父，人地自己另起爐灶，甚至用各種方法謀取控制權，變成第一代港產韮菜。
其次係各大商業集團，眼看「十三億龐大市場」，商業角度又真係無理由唔去做。但係到自己後勤同收入都依賴別人時，自己既春袋就握咗係人地既手入面。結果係社會重大既時刻呢堆人變咗另類人質，除咗跪同埋唔出聲乜都唔可以做。
其三就係藝人名流。個個放棄自己發蹟既地方搵真銀，一開始就奉你為上賓，但後來既，你唔融入就係你問題，歌手上節目受後輩批評，甚至烈女形象都要放棄變成旗手，出賣人格形象盡毁。
其四傳媒，把口講到自己如何專業獨立，但係多年輕賤記者，人工低得侮辱斯文，一邊自我陰乾。有趣既係所謂既工會係一次又一次既迫害完全無所作為，每年仲要請個傀儡參加面子派對。最印象鮮明就係「擱筆一小時」，簡直貽笑大方。
其五學術界別。一路引狼入室，一路用香港資源去營運學店牟利。當中有啲更加成為殖民者既前線打手，口講西方大愛包容平等，實際無視香港現實處境。結果而家學術界由大陸人取得控制權後，逐個外國同香港學者遭到清洗，倒轉以各種方法迫害師生。
仲有一眾富豪。舊年既逃犯條例本身對付既一來係外國人，二來係有錢富商。換言之佢地更大機會成為條例對付既目標。當整嗰香港反抗時，呢堆富豪除咗一個夠膽出聲，其他要不噤若寒蟬，要不助紂為虐。
或者，香港人本身既短視同本性就反映咗係行為上，宣告咗香港不可避免既死亡。正如所多瑪和蛾摩拉兩個罪惡之城，當城入面既人要羅得交出兩個天使，就注定咗硫磺與火將要吞噬兩座城市的命運一樣。
香港其實係一個好好既案例，畀後世人睇到一個都市點樣被一個意識形態有如蟒蛇一樣慢慢勒到缺氧而死。雖然表面死因係專政有如癌細胞既滲透，但係實際上都有頗大原因係本身既不抵抗：有賴當中有不少人唔抵抗仲要賣港求榮。
首先係當初貪圖低廉勞動力，一大堆工廠北移。本身香港應該係要做工業轉型，結果就係呢種「資源詛咒」反而令一眾廠佬失去變革既動力同時機。然後教識徒弟無師父，人地自己另起爐灶，甚至用各種方法謀取控制權，變成第一代港產韮菜。
其次係各大商業集團，眼看「十三億龐大市場」，商業角度又真係無理由唔去做。但係到自己後勤同收入都依賴別人時，自己既春袋就握咗係人地既手入面。結果係社會重大既時刻呢堆人變咗另類人質，除咗跪同埋唔出聲乜都唔可以做。
其三就係藝人名流。個個放棄自己發蹟既地方搵真銀，一開始就奉你為上賓，但後來既，你唔融入就係你問題，歌手上節目受後輩批評，甚至烈女形象都要放棄變成旗手，出賣人格形象盡毁。
其四傳媒，把口講到自己如何專業獨立，但係多年輕賤記者，人工低得侮辱斯文，一邊自我陰乾。有趣既係所謂既工會係一次又一次既迫害完全無所作為，每年仲要請個傀儡參加面子派對。最印象鮮明就係「擱筆一小時」，簡直貽笑大方。
其五學術界別。一路引狼入室，一路用香港資源去營運學店牟利。當中有啲更加成為殖民者既前線打手，口講西方大愛包容平等，實際無視香港現實處境。結果而家學術界由大陸人取得控制權後，逐個外國同香港學者遭到清洗，倒轉以各種方法迫害師生。
仲有一眾富豪。舊年既逃犯條例本身對付既一來係外國人，二來係有錢富商。換言之佢地更大機會成為條例對付既目標。當整嗰香港反抗時，呢堆富豪除咗一個夠膽出聲，其他要不噤若寒蟬，要不助紂為虐。
或者，香港人本身既短視同本性就反映咗係行為上，宣告咗香港不可避免既死亡。正如所多瑪和蛾摩拉兩個罪惡之城，當城入面既人要羅得交出兩個天使，就注定咗硫磺與火將要吞噬兩座城市的命運一樣。
Forwarded from 北美流亡手足頻道 (非苦主) NA Handfoot
#手足投稿
筆者係幾星期前通過咗聆訊、成功做難民嘅手足，今日終於收到信，confirm咗幾星期前我喺庭上聽到嘅結果，因此而家我可以講，亦想借呢個channel多謝我要多謝嘅人。
多謝加拿大政府，多謝佢提供庇護。
多謝Ray Wong，多謝佢幫我寫信。
多謝新香港文化協會，佢地教我點處理申請嘅行政野同文件。亦都喺我㥬惶時提供咗輔導同指引。
多謝保守黨嘅奧圖爾（Erin O'Toole）同埋佢嘅黨友為手足發聲，同埋一直以嚟喺政策方面撐手足同香港。等加拿大政府唔好向中共跪低。
多謝Hong Kong Watch一直喺寰球層面促成各國政府合作，令到手足喺流亡過程唔會受惡勢力阻撓。
最最需要多謝嘅係喺香港奮戰嘅兄弟，因為你們用屍體鋪出嚟嘅血路，打動到世界各國，我地先可以被加拿大收留。我地踏喺你地嘅屍體上，會繼續去行我地未行完嘅路。我地係食緊人血饅頭，只係呢啲血我地有份流咁解。
承諾用自己屍體繼續鋪路呢啲野我唔敢講，更唔會講OMDB乜乜乜，我只希望多啲人過紅海，走到流奶與蜜之地。香港最重要嘅係香港人，你地死晒就無。
筆者唔想做許智峯，因此唔會透露半點關於自己嘅背景，唯一可以講嘅係，由2014開始，我已經唱緊天有光。
筆者係幾星期前通過咗聆訊、成功做難民嘅手足，今日終於收到信，confirm咗幾星期前我喺庭上聽到嘅結果，因此而家我可以講，亦想借呢個channel多謝我要多謝嘅人。
多謝加拿大政府，多謝佢提供庇護。
多謝Ray Wong，多謝佢幫我寫信。
多謝新香港文化協會，佢地教我點處理申請嘅行政野同文件。亦都喺我㥬惶時提供咗輔導同指引。
多謝保守黨嘅奧圖爾（Erin O'Toole）同埋佢嘅黨友為手足發聲，同埋一直以嚟喺政策方面撐手足同香港。等加拿大政府唔好向中共跪低。
多謝Hong Kong Watch一直喺寰球層面促成各國政府合作，令到手足喺流亡過程唔會受惡勢力阻撓。
最最需要多謝嘅係喺香港奮戰嘅兄弟，因為你們用屍體鋪出嚟嘅血路，打動到世界各國，我地先可以被加拿大收留。我地踏喺你地嘅屍體上，會繼續去行我地未行完嘅路。我地係食緊人血饅頭，只係呢啲血我地有份流咁解。
承諾用自己屍體繼續鋪路呢啲野我唔敢講，更唔會講OMDB乜乜乜，我只希望多啲人過紅海，走到流奶與蜜之地。香港最重要嘅係香港人，你地死晒就無。
筆者唔想做許智峯，因此唔會透露半點關於自己嘅背景，唯一可以講嘅係，由2014開始，我已經唱緊天有光。
2021年剛剛開始, 已見到國際政治一片紛亂, 我們應預視到前路必定非常艱辛。
幸好, 這一年多來, 我們結識了一班同路人, 有義工, 流亡手足, 家長和其他抗爭同盟等互相扶持。雖然我們心知香港局勢只會越來越差, 但正如Malcolm X 所說 : 「沒有什麼比逆境更好, 每次失敗、每次心碎、每次失落, 都包含著它們的種子、 它們的教訓, 能令下一次的表現有所進步。」
除非大家決定投降, 任由極權宰割, 不然, 更激烈的抗爭必定會再次出現, 我們希望各位能夠放下分歧和以往恩怨, 共同對抗暴政。不要讓現在身陷牢獄、流亡海外、甚至賠上生命的手足白白犧牲!
重修法治，還政於民；寧為飛灰, 不作浮塵！
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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=423155835783195&id=110140193751429
https://mewe.com/p/newhongkongculturalclub/show/5ffdfd6749ecc6706c8f09de
幸好, 這一年多來, 我們結識了一班同路人, 有義工, 流亡手足, 家長和其他抗爭同盟等互相扶持。雖然我們心知香港局勢只會越來越差, 但正如Malcolm X 所說 : 「沒有什麼比逆境更好, 每次失敗、每次心碎、每次失落, 都包含著它們的種子、 它們的教訓, 能令下一次的表現有所進步。」
除非大家決定投降, 任由極權宰割, 不然, 更激烈的抗爭必定會再次出現, 我們希望各位能夠放下分歧和以往恩怨, 共同對抗暴政。不要讓現在身陷牢獄、流亡海外、甚至賠上生命的手足白白犧牲!
重修法治，還政於民；寧為飛灰, 不作浮塵！
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以下是本會 [中英法] 新聞稿及工作報告
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=423155835783195&id=110140193751429
https://mewe.com/p/newhongkongculturalclub/show/5ffdfd6749ecc6706c8f09de
Forwarded from 龍中哨channel
Hong Kong Watch
📜 聲明：11人因涉嫌協助12港人被捕
今早11人因涉嫌「協助罪犯」被警方以《港版國安法》拘捕，據悉與現仍被囚於深圳的12港人有關。被捕人士當中包括現任區議員黃國桐律師、獨立音樂人霍朗齊以及一名烏克蘭人。
香港監察總監羅傑斯對於是次搜捕表示：「北京政府無疑正進一步利用《港版國安法》令異見人士噤聲，近期的濫捕和打壓都證明相關法例並非如北京所言只適用於直接危害國家安全的案例。以12港人案為例，這與所謂國家安全全然沒有關係。
我們再次促請國際社會一同譴責是次搜捕並儘快採取實質措施制裁中共政權。」
📜 Statement：In response to the arrest of 11 individuals
"This latest crackdown makes a mockery of previous claims that the National Security Law would be used sparingly and be applied only to cases with a direct and imminent threat to security"
Today 11 individuals were arrested in Hong Kong under the National Security Law for allegedly helping the 12 Hong Kong youths currently detained in Shenzhen flee Hong Kong.
The group of individuals arrests for “assisting criminals”, include 8 males and 3 females between the ages of 18-72. Among them is the lawyer and current District Councilor Wong Kwok-hung, independent musician Fok Long-chai, and a Ukrainian national.
A source within the National Security Department said that the 11 individuals were accused of sponsoring the fugitives’ attempt to abscond, with the level of funds offered by each of them ranging from a few thousand Hong Kong dollars to tens of thousands. They also are accused of providing “assistance such as introducing middle men to the fugitives, arranging shoreline pickups and providing hiding locations.”
Commenting on the arrests, Hong Kong Watch’s Chief Executive, Benedict Rogers said:
“Today has brought more arrests under the National Security Law and a further crackdown in Hong Kong. Increasingly it is clear that Beijing intends to use this draconian law as a blunt tool to crush dissent, where the hiring of a boat, the providing of accommodation, and the offering of free legal advice is now punishable to a minimum of ten years in prison.
This latest crackdown makes a mockery of previous claims that the draconian National Security Law would be used sparingly and be applied only to cases with a direct and imminent threat to security. The case of the 12 Hong Kong youths who languish in a jail in Shenzhen has never had anything to do with national security.
There is also reason to believe that the evidence against the 11 individuals arrested today has been extracted from the 12 Hong Kong youths detained in Shenzhen through mistreatment and even torture.
We urge the international community to condemn these arrests and urgently move to adopt punitive measures, including Magnitsky sanctions, in the face of what has become regular crackdowns and assaults on Hong Kong’s freedom, democracy, and way of life.”
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📜 聲明：11人因涉嫌協助12港人被捕
今早11人因涉嫌「協助罪犯」被警方以《港版國安法》拘捕，據悉與現仍被囚於深圳的12港人有關。被捕人士當中包括現任區議員黃國桐律師、獨立音樂人霍朗齊以及一名烏克蘭人。
香港監察總監羅傑斯對於是次搜捕表示：「北京政府無疑正進一步利用《港版國安法》令異見人士噤聲，近期的濫捕和打壓都證明相關法例並非如北京所言只適用於直接危害國家安全的案例。以12港人案為例，這與所謂國家安全全然沒有關係。
我們再次促請國際社會一同譴責是次搜捕並儘快採取實質措施制裁中共政權。」
📜 Statement：In response to the arrest of 11 individuals
"This latest crackdown makes a mockery of previous claims that the National Security Law would be used sparingly and be applied only to cases with a direct and imminent threat to security"
Today 11 individuals were arrested in Hong Kong under the National Security Law for allegedly helping the 12 Hong Kong youths currently detained in Shenzhen flee Hong Kong.
The group of individuals arrests for “assisting criminals”, include 8 males and 3 females between the ages of 18-72. Among them is the lawyer and current District Councilor Wong Kwok-hung, independent musician Fok Long-chai, and a Ukrainian national.
A source within the National Security Department said that the 11 individuals were accused of sponsoring the fugitives’ attempt to abscond, with the level of funds offered by each of them ranging from a few thousand Hong Kong dollars to tens of thousands. They also are accused of providing “assistance such as introducing middle men to the fugitives, arranging shoreline pickups and providing hiding locations.”
Commenting on the arrests, Hong Kong Watch’s Chief Executive, Benedict Rogers said:
“Today has brought more arrests under the National Security Law and a further crackdown in Hong Kong. Increasingly it is clear that Beijing intends to use this draconian law as a blunt tool to crush dissent, where the hiring of a boat, the providing of accommodation, and the offering of free legal advice is now punishable to a minimum of ten years in prison.
This latest crackdown makes a mockery of previous claims that the draconian National Security Law would be used sparingly and be applied only to cases with a direct and imminent threat to security. The case of the 12 Hong Kong youths who languish in a jail in Shenzhen has never had anything to do with national security.
There is also reason to believe that the evidence against the 11 individuals arrested today has been extracted from the 12 Hong Kong youths detained in Shenzhen through mistreatment and even torture.
We urge the international community to condemn these arrests and urgently move to adopt punitive measures, including Magnitsky sanctions, in the face of what has become regular crackdowns and assaults on Hong Kong’s freedom, democracy, and way of life.”
🔗 完整聲明 FULL STATEMENT
https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021/1/14/this-latest-crackdown-makes-a-mockery-of-previous-claims-that-the-national-security-law-would-be-used-sparingly-and-be-applied-only-to-cases-with-a-direct-and-imminent-threat-to-security
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"This latest crackdown makes a mockery of previous claims that the National Security Law would be used sparingly and be applied…
Today 11 individuals were arrested in Hong Kong under the National Security Law for allegedly helping the 12 Hong Kong youths currently detained in Shenzhen flee Hong Kong. The group of individuals arrests for “assisting criminals”, include 8 males and…
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🇨🇦🇺🇳 香港監察敦促聯合國指派特使並促請加國擴大「救生艇計劃」幫助香港抗爭者
《港版國安法》陰霾之下越來越多香港抗爭者急需到異鄉暫避。香港監察共同創辦人 Aileen Calverley 於接受加拿大報章 The Star 訪問時敦促加國政府擴大「救生艇計劃」覆蓋範圍，為更多遭受政治打壓的香港抗爭者提供安身之處。
「香港作為一個國際金融中心，齊聚了來自世界各國的投資及資源，只有確保香港的自由和自治才能夠保障各國自身的經濟利益。
加拿大不可能憑一己之力推動中國作出改變。尤其是在得到兩位加拿大公民 Michael Kovrig 和 Michael Spavor（Two Michaels）被囚的經驗後，加拿大政府將更願意與其他自由世界的盟友合作。
然而，譴責聲明等等並不足以令香港抗爭者得以真切的幫助。加拿大政府需要採取實際行動。」
她亦提到希望聯合國可以派遣特使監察香港的人權狀況，並為仍身處香港但希望申請政治庇護的抗爭者認證其國際難民地位。
🇨🇦🇺🇳 Hong Kong Watch calls for U.N. envoy and the Canadian Government to expand “Lifeboat Scheme”
Hong Kong Watch co-founder Aileen Calverley urges the Canadian government to expand its newly-introduced “lifeboat policy” to cover vulnerable Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters.
/ / Just in January, Hong Kong authorities arrested 55 pro-democracy activists in a mass sweep, accusing them of taking part in an unlawful primary election last July in an attempt to paralyze the legislature and subvert state power.
The global response to the developments in Hong Kong hasn’t emerged unprompted. It was a result of the deliberate effort of Hong Kong Watch, a London-based advocacy group concerned about the human rights conditions in the former British colony.
Founded in 2017, the group has worked with policymakers in the U.K., the U.S., European Union and Canada, where it is instrumental in pushing for legislation to sanction China and Hong Kong, as well as policies to accommodate the exodus of activists from Hong Kong.
“Hong Kong is an international financial centre. A lot of countries have financial interests there. To protect their own interests, they need to protect Hong Kong’s laws and freedoms,” says Aileen Calverley, a co-founder of Hong Kong Watch, who is a British and Canadian citizen.
“Only Canada by itself cannot get China to do anything. Ottawa is interested in a joint effort with other countries, especially after the two Michaels’ experience,” she added, referring to Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians who have been held in China for two years since Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in Canada.
Calverley, who was born and raised in Hong Kong, says she would like to see a United Nations envoy investigate the human rights situation in Hong Kong and would like the international body to designate special refugee status to Hong Kong people for asylum abroad. (Under international law, individuals still remaining within their own country cannot be recognized as refugees.)
“It’s not good enough just to issue a statement without action. We need a rescue plan,” says Calverley, who hopes to launch her group’s Canadian branch in Ottawa later this year. / /
🔗📰 https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/24/my-heart-is-still-with-hong-kong-activists-in-exile-make-lives-in-canada-but-many-still-live-in-fear.html
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🇨🇦🇺🇳 香港監察敦促聯合國指派特使並促請加國擴大「救生艇計劃」幫助香港抗爭者
《港版國安法》陰霾之下越來越多香港抗爭者急需到異鄉暫避。香港監察共同創辦人 Aileen Calverley 於接受加拿大報章 The Star 訪問時敦促加國政府擴大「救生艇計劃」覆蓋範圍，為更多遭受政治打壓的香港抗爭者提供安身之處。
「香港作為一個國際金融中心，齊聚了來自世界各國的投資及資源，只有確保香港的自由和自治才能夠保障各國自身的經濟利益。
加拿大不可能憑一己之力推動中國作出改變。尤其是在得到兩位加拿大公民 Michael Kovrig 和 Michael Spavor（Two Michaels）被囚的經驗後，加拿大政府將更願意與其他自由世界的盟友合作。
然而，譴責聲明等等並不足以令香港抗爭者得以真切的幫助。加拿大政府需要採取實際行動。」
她亦提到希望聯合國可以派遣特使監察香港的人權狀況，並為仍身處香港但希望申請政治庇護的抗爭者認證其國際難民地位。
🇨🇦🇺🇳 Hong Kong Watch calls for U.N. envoy and the Canadian Government to expand “Lifeboat Scheme”
Hong Kong Watch co-founder Aileen Calverley urges the Canadian government to expand its newly-introduced “lifeboat policy” to cover vulnerable Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters.
/ / Just in January, Hong Kong authorities arrested 55 pro-democracy activists in a mass sweep, accusing them of taking part in an unlawful primary election last July in an attempt to paralyze the legislature and subvert state power.
The global response to the developments in Hong Kong hasn’t emerged unprompted. It was a result of the deliberate effort of Hong Kong Watch, a London-based advocacy group concerned about the human rights conditions in the former British colony.
Founded in 2017, the group has worked with policymakers in the U.K., the U.S., European Union and Canada, where it is instrumental in pushing for legislation to sanction China and Hong Kong, as well as policies to accommodate the exodus of activists from Hong Kong.
“Hong Kong is an international financial centre. A lot of countries have financial interests there. To protect their own interests, they need to protect Hong Kong’s laws and freedoms,” says Aileen Calverley, a co-founder of Hong Kong Watch, who is a British and Canadian citizen.
“Only Canada by itself cannot get China to do anything. Ottawa is interested in a joint effort with other countries, especially after the two Michaels’ experience,” she added, referring to Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians who have been held in China for two years since Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in Canada.
Calverley, who was born and raised in Hong Kong, says she would like to see a United Nations envoy investigate the human rights situation in Hong Kong and would like the international body to designate special refugee status to Hong Kong people for asylum abroad. (Under international law, individuals still remaining within their own country cannot be recognized as refugees.)
“It’s not good enough just to issue a statement without action. We need a rescue plan,” says Calverley, who hopes to launch her group’s Canadian branch in Ottawa later this year. / /
🔗📰 https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/24/my-heart-is-still-with-hong-kong-activists-in-exile-make-lives-in-canada-but-many-still-live-in-fear.html
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‘My heart is still with Hong Kong’: Activists in exile make lives in Canada, but many still live in fear
With Beijing tightening its grip on Hong Kong, pro-democracy and pro-independence activists have made their ways to Canada for asylum. In exile, they worry about their families back home and their own future here.
加拿大政府周四（二月四日）宣布，在該國大學畢業的香港學生下周起，可申請為期三年的工作簽證，然後申請永久居留。
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