#Save12HKYouths #HongkongersVoice
A Letter from Prison: Imprisoned Pro-democracy Protester Wishes Hongkongers a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Here is the translation of the letter:

//To Hongkongers:

Never forget:

Please do not be so over-occupied by the pandemic that you forget over 9,000 arrestees who paid the price for Hong Kong's freedom and democracy, nor forget those jailed for the 2016 Lunar New Year protest. They are our youths and elders, who really love Hong Kong so damn much.

Never forget:

7.21, 6.12, 8.31 ... These dates are etched into my heart, never to be forgotten. Have Hongkongers forgotten them, I wonder?

No one is an island. Every youth and every elder who sacrificed their future for Hong Kong is one of us, an inseparable part of us. Hongkongers cannot forget them, or let their memory fade away ...

**

Wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Keep the faith and stay safe, everyone!

Ying Sip-Sik
29-9-2020 //

[Editor's note: the two drawings on the right references the Lamma Island Ferry Disaster on Oct 1, 2012, in which a ferry carrying passengers to see the PRC National Day fireworks collided with with another and quickly sank. 39 lives were lost that night, and many Hongkongers have since treated Oct 1 as a day of mourning.

Though investigations pointed out negligence in the construction of the doomed ferry, to this date the police has not yet given any conclusions, leaving families of the deceased without answers for over 8 years.]

Source: Local Press #Oct1

#Heartwarming #Heartbreaking
#YingSipSik #OpenLetter #NeverForget

#Heartbreaking
Citizens show support outside of Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre as detainees marked the 100th day of hunger strike

6 October marked the 100th day of hunger strike by a group of detainees at Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre over their detention.

Numbers of councillors, citizens, and South Asians gathered in front of the Centre to show support. Candles were lighted and slogans were chanted. Detainees inside the Centre chanted back, waved with hands and towels.

LegCo member Shiu Ka-chun hoped that, through the gathering, they can show support to the detainees, and also thank them for showing Hong Kong the power of persisting when Hong Kongers are lost and anxious.

Source: Apple Daily #Oct7
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#Court #47Democrats #PoliticslSuppression
The #Heartbreaking Moments: When Pro-democracy Activists in Hong Kong Fight for their Last Chance to Speak Up

Source: HK Citizens News #Mar14
Image: Sophiekiu.artsy

Previously, Part 1:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29388

Part 2:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29399

Read Part 3
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29408

#Court #47Democrats #PoliticslSuppression
The #Heartbreaking Moments: When Pro-democracy Activists in Hong Kong Fight for their Last Chance to Speak Up

[Editor's note: The Hong Kong authorities arrested and charged 47 pro-democracy with #NationalSecurityLaw violations for their participation in the primary election of the democratic camp in 2020. The trial began in the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on March 1, 2021.

The following is a reflective account written by Hong Kong journalist Cheung Hoi-kit.]


Part 1:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29388

Part 2:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29399

Part 3:

The hearing on March 3, 2021 was heartbreaking.

The bail conditions were discussed. These include a series of bans in elections, social media, media interview and others.

The defense stood up and argued that the bail conditions were too strict.

As most of the defendants are former Legislators and current district councillors who represent the electorates, the bail conditions would silence them totally, causing them to lose their functions in the community.

The girlfriend of Ventus Lau, one of the 47 pro-democracy activists, described that the bail conditions were sending the defendants to their "social death". Granting some form of freedom by sacrificing a large part of their rights is simply unreasonable.

Another heartbreaking moment came as several defendants changed to self-defence. Whether it was a planned strategy or a suddent change of mind, they were fighting for the last chance to speak for themselves. As they spoke, some of them hoarsed while others choked with tears.

Source: HK Citizens News #Mar14
Image: Sophiekiu.artsy

https://www.hkcnews.com/article/39218/47%E4%BA%BA%E5%88%9D%E9%81%B8%E6%A1%88-%E6%B0%91%E4%B8%BB%E6%B4%BE%E5%88%9D%E9%81%B8-%E5%88%9D%E9%81%B8%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%B7%E8%A8%B4-39218/%E3%80%90%E6%8E%A1%E8%A8%AA%E6%89%8B%E8%A8%98%E3%80%9147%E4%BA%BA%E6%A1%88%E5%9B%9B%E6%97%A5%E5%9B%9B%E5%A4%9C%E3%80%8C%E5%8F%B2%E8%A9%A9%E5%BC%8F%E6%8F%90%E5%A0%82%E3%80%8D%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%9B%E5%82%99%E5%BF%98

#Reflection #PoliticalPrisoners