#Sanction
U.S. to Ban Transaction and Download of China's #WeChat and #Tiktok From Sept 20, 2020
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a statement on Sept 18, 2020, prohibiting transactions and downloads relating to Chinese mobile applications WeChat and TikTok, starting from Sept 20, 2020. Hosting or transfering internet traffic associated with WeChat will also be banned.
"The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the U.S."
These threats include "collect[ing] vast swaths of data from users, including network activity, location data, and browsing and search histories"; being "active participant in China’s civil-military fusion"; and their "mandatory cooperation with the intelligence services of the CCP."
Source: U.S. Commerce Department #Sept18
Image: AP
https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2020/09/commerce-department-prohibits-wechat-and-tiktok-transactions-protect
U.S. to Ban Transaction and Download of China's #WeChat and #Tiktok From Sept 20, 2020
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a statement on Sept 18, 2020, prohibiting transactions and downloads relating to Chinese mobile applications WeChat and TikTok, starting from Sept 20, 2020. Hosting or transfering internet traffic associated with WeChat will also be banned.
"The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the U.S."
These threats include "collect[ing] vast swaths of data from users, including network activity, location data, and browsing and search histories"; being "active participant in China’s civil-military fusion"; and their "mandatory cooperation with the intelligence services of the CCP."
Source: U.S. Commerce Department #Sept18
Image: AP
https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2020/09/commerce-department-prohibits-wechat-and-tiktok-transactions-protect
#Court #JamesSpigelman
Judge Resigned Allegedly for National Security Law Concerns in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdrew the appointment of Polish-born Australian James Spigelman as a foreign non-permanent judge in the Court of Final Appeal. The order was gazetted on Sept 18, 2020 and backdated to Sept 2, the day Spigelman resigned.
According to ABC reporter Stephen Dziedzic, Spigelman resigned due to concern over Beijing's insertion of the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
Spigelman was one out of 14 foreign judges appointed to the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong.
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News; 傑出男公關 #Sept18
https://www.facebook.com/1648246202123798/photos/a.1648251495456602/2745765335705207/?type=3
https://bit.ly/32Glzxa
#CourtFinalAppeal
Judge Resigned Allegedly for National Security Law Concerns in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdrew the appointment of Polish-born Australian James Spigelman as a foreign non-permanent judge in the Court of Final Appeal. The order was gazetted on Sept 18, 2020 and backdated to Sept 2, the day Spigelman resigned.
According to ABC reporter Stephen Dziedzic, Spigelman resigned due to concern over Beijing's insertion of the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
Spigelman was one out of 14 foreign judges appointed to the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong.
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News; 傑出男公關 #Sept18
https://www.facebook.com/1648246202123798/photos/a.1648251495456602/2745765335705207/?type=3
https://bit.ly/32Glzxa
#CourtFinalAppeal
#LGBTRights #Court
High Court Upholds Discriminatory Definition Of Marriage, Judge: “I didn’t dare to make the right choice.”
Source: Stand News #Sept18
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25361
High Court Upholds Discriminatory Definition Of Marriage, Judge: “I didn’t dare to make the right choice.”
Source: Stand News #Sept18
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25361
#LGBTRights #Court
Hong Kong's High Court Upholds Discriminatory Definition Of Marriage, Judge: “I didn’t dare to make the right choice.”
Jimmy Sham, a member of the LGBT+ rights organization Rainbow of Hong Kong and convener of Civil Human Right Front, got married to his male partner in New York in 2013. He lodged for judicial review in Hong Kong in 2018 requesting the High Court to rule the Hong Kong government rejecting oversea same-sex marriage as discriminatory, which is a violation of the “Basic Law”.
In the High Court verdict on Sept 18, 2020, Judge Chow stated that the current statutory definition of marriage in Hong Kong was “one man and one woman” and that therefore Sham's marriage wasn’t legitimate, so the court ruled against him.
Sham said outside the court that the Judge agreed to unfairness and discrimination of the existing system, but he dared not to make the right choice, and restore justice where it has been deprived.
Source: Stand News #Sept18
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3469988413086754/?extid=7GdP8B4Kc0BUmLbV
#SameSexMarriage #JimmySham #RainbowofHongKong
Hong Kong's High Court Upholds Discriminatory Definition Of Marriage, Judge: “I didn’t dare to make the right choice.”
Jimmy Sham, a member of the LGBT+ rights organization Rainbow of Hong Kong and convener of Civil Human Right Front, got married to his male partner in New York in 2013. He lodged for judicial review in Hong Kong in 2018 requesting the High Court to rule the Hong Kong government rejecting oversea same-sex marriage as discriminatory, which is a violation of the “Basic Law”.
In the High Court verdict on Sept 18, 2020, Judge Chow stated that the current statutory definition of marriage in Hong Kong was “one man and one woman” and that therefore Sham's marriage wasn’t legitimate, so the court ruled against him.
Sham said outside the court that the Judge agreed to unfairness and discrimination of the existing system, but he dared not to make the right choice, and restore justice where it has been deprived.
Source: Stand News #Sept18
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3469988413086754/?extid=7GdP8B4Kc0BUmLbV
#SameSexMarriage #JimmySham #RainbowofHongKong
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist #NathanLaw Wins TIME’s 2020 TIME100 Reader Poll
Nathan Law, a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong and former chairperson of the now-disbanded Demosistõ, was elected the most influential person in a poll by the Time Magazine.
4.7 million readers have cast their votes. Law received 3.8% of the vote. Following him are Health Care workers (3.7%) fighting the coronavirus on the frontlines. Essential workers came third with 3.4% of the vote.
Law was elected as Hong Kong's youngest lawmaker in 2016 but was removed after Beijing interpreted the Basic Law. After the enactment of the national security law in 2020, Law fled Hong Kong in early July and severed his ties with his family, to continue the international campaign. Under the new law, "collusion with foreign countries" is defined as criminal offense.
Source: Time #Sept18
https://time.com/5889780/time-100-reader-poll-results-2020
Image: Apple Daily
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200919/3I576IWEGZH75ASFB2RKFOPIAQ/
Nathan Law, a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong and former chairperson of the now-disbanded Demosistõ, was elected the most influential person in a poll by the Time Magazine.
4.7 million readers have cast their votes. Law received 3.8% of the vote. Following him are Health Care workers (3.7%) fighting the coronavirus on the frontlines. Essential workers came third with 3.4% of the vote.
Law was elected as Hong Kong's youngest lawmaker in 2016 but was removed after Beijing interpreted the Basic Law. After the enactment of the national security law in 2020, Law fled Hong Kong in early July and severed his ties with his family, to continue the international campaign. Under the new law, "collusion with foreign countries" is defined as criminal offense.
Source: Time #Sept18
https://time.com/5889780/time-100-reader-poll-results-2020
Image: Apple Daily
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200919/3I576IWEGZH75ASFB2RKFOPIAQ/
#JamesSpigelman
Judge from Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Resigned in Relation to the National Security Law Passed by Beijing in HK
For more details:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25238
#EditorialColumn #Recap:
Is the National Security Law Turning Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism?
//China's forcing their national security law upon Hong Kong severely undermines the foundation of Hong Kong's legal system; this has been widely noted and criticized by the international community.
Although foreign countries can withdraw their capital and mitigate their losses, this does not stop China from launching legal terrorism attacks into the common law world, by exporting precedent cases under this "common law with Chinese characteristics".//
Continue Reading:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22449
Image: Stephen Dziedzic's Twitter #Sept18
https://twitter.com/stephendziedzic/status/1306835556601479168?s=09
#LegalTerrorism
Judge from Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Resigned in Relation to the National Security Law Passed by Beijing in HK
For more details:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25238
#EditorialColumn #Recap:
Is the National Security Law Turning Hong Kong Into a Launchpad for China's Legal Terrorism?
//China's forcing their national security law upon Hong Kong severely undermines the foundation of Hong Kong's legal system; this has been widely noted and criticized by the international community.
Although foreign countries can withdraw their capital and mitigate their losses, this does not stop China from launching legal terrorism attacks into the common law world, by exporting precedent cases under this "common law with Chinese characteristics".//
Continue Reading:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22449
Image: Stephen Dziedzic's Twitter #Sept18
https://twitter.com/stephendziedzic/status/1306835556601479168?s=09
#LegalTerrorism
#CSIMasks #CoronavirusPandemic
Ombudsman: Practice of Correctional Services Department on Prison-made Surgical Masks Inappropriate and Inconsistent with the Code on Access to Information
Source: Stand News #Sept18
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25490
Ombudsman: Practice of Correctional Services Department on Prison-made Surgical Masks Inappropriate and Inconsistent with the Code on Access to Information
Source: Stand News #Sept18
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25490
#InformationAccess #Transparency #CoronavirusPandemic
Ombudsman: Practice of Correctional Services Department on Prison-made Surgical Masks Inappropriate and Inconsistent with the Code on Access to Information
When the coronavirus outbreak started earlier this year in Hong Kong, there was a spike in the demand for facemasks in the city. However, the surgical masks (commonly referred to as #CSIMasks) produced by the Correctional Services Department (#CSD), mainly for government departments, were found on the market for sale, calling into question whether CSI masks have been misused or resold without authorisation.
The “Hong Kong Connection”, a RTHK investigative programme, used the Code of Public Information and lodged inquiries to both the Correctional Services Department and the Government Logistics Department about manufacturing, distribution, and usage of CSI masks. However, both departments refused to reply, citing protection of third-party information and their privacy.
The Office of the Ombudsman carried out direct investigation in March this year upon receiving complaints from the RTHK team. The Ombudsman report, revealed that only one of the receiving organisations of CSI masks refused to disclose further information initially, claiming that “the society is infused with rioting and a culture to smear.”
In view of CSI masks outflowing into the market, the government once responded in February 2020, saying “CSD has been providing masks to non-governmental organisations well before the pandemic outbreak, so it is not surprising to see citizens wearing these masks.” When responding to RTHK inquiry, CSD insisted not disclosing any information involving a third-party.
In a post on the RTHK-programme “Hong Kong Connection” Facebook on September 17, it quoted the Ombudsman report which found RTHK-complaint well substantiated. The report pointed out omission of information in CSD practices in 2017 and 2018, it also found CSD’s refusal to provide information on non-governmental organizations inconsistent with the Code of Public Information and recommended CSD to re-examine and disclose information as much as possible.
Source: Stand News #Sept18
#FailedState #Obudsman
Ombudsman: Practice of Correctional Services Department on Prison-made Surgical Masks Inappropriate and Inconsistent with the Code on Access to Information
When the coronavirus outbreak started earlier this year in Hong Kong, there was a spike in the demand for facemasks in the city. However, the surgical masks (commonly referred to as #CSIMasks) produced by the Correctional Services Department (#CSD), mainly for government departments, were found on the market for sale, calling into question whether CSI masks have been misused or resold without authorisation.
The “Hong Kong Connection”, a RTHK investigative programme, used the Code of Public Information and lodged inquiries to both the Correctional Services Department and the Government Logistics Department about manufacturing, distribution, and usage of CSI masks. However, both departments refused to reply, citing protection of third-party information and their privacy.
The Office of the Ombudsman carried out direct investigation in March this year upon receiving complaints from the RTHK team. The Ombudsman report, revealed that only one of the receiving organisations of CSI masks refused to disclose further information initially, claiming that “the society is infused with rioting and a culture to smear.”
In view of CSI masks outflowing into the market, the government once responded in February 2020, saying “CSD has been providing masks to non-governmental organisations well before the pandemic outbreak, so it is not surprising to see citizens wearing these masks.” When responding to RTHK inquiry, CSD insisted not disclosing any information involving a third-party.
In a post on the RTHK-programme “Hong Kong Connection” Facebook on September 17, it quoted the Ombudsman report which found RTHK-complaint well substantiated. The report pointed out omission of information in CSD practices in 2017 and 2018, it also found CSD’s refusal to provide information on non-governmental organizations inconsistent with the Code of Public Information and recommended CSD to re-examine and disclose information as much as possible.
Source: Stand News #Sept18
#FailedState #Obudsman
#PoliceBrutality
Police Inspector admits “inappropriate” and “unprofessional” behavior when dispersing pro-democracy protesters
On October 21, last year, marked the 3rd month of 721 incident where passengers of West Rail trains were brutally assaulted by a large group of white-clad mobsters in Yuen Long Station, citizens gathered on Castle Peak Road in Yuen Long protesting alleged “Police-triad collusion”.
During the dispersal operation, a youngster was arrested for hurling a 1.5L water bottle at riot police on the scene in an attempt to rescue other pro-democracy protesters. The youngster was charged with 3 counts of offences, including obstructing police officers from executing their duties, resisting arrest and possessing an offensive weapon.
Responding to defence-counsel’s cross-examination, the police inspector who claimed being hit by the water bottle made a loud statement, saying, “no normal law-abiding citizen will run on the street at 11pm.” A video footage, however showed the inspector shrieked at the youngster and hurled insults. The inspector initially denied, but later acknowledged his behaviour was “inappropriate” and “unprofessional”.
Source: Apple Daily #Sept18
#Court #PoliceState
Police Inspector admits “inappropriate” and “unprofessional” behavior when dispersing pro-democracy protesters
On October 21, last year, marked the 3rd month of 721 incident where passengers of West Rail trains were brutally assaulted by a large group of white-clad mobsters in Yuen Long Station, citizens gathered on Castle Peak Road in Yuen Long protesting alleged “Police-triad collusion”.
During the dispersal operation, a youngster was arrested for hurling a 1.5L water bottle at riot police on the scene in an attempt to rescue other pro-democracy protesters. The youngster was charged with 3 counts of offences, including obstructing police officers from executing their duties, resisting arrest and possessing an offensive weapon.
Responding to defence-counsel’s cross-examination, the police inspector who claimed being hit by the water bottle made a loud statement, saying, “no normal law-abiding citizen will run on the street at 11pm.” A video footage, however showed the inspector shrieked at the youngster and hurled insults. The inspector initially denied, but later acknowledged his behaviour was “inappropriate” and “unprofessional”.
Source: Apple Daily #Sept18
#Court #PoliceState
#HKElection #PoliceState
More Police Officers than Voters for Sunday's CE Election Committee Vote
An election for the election committee for the coming Chief Executive election will be held this Sunday, September 19. Police said that more than 5,000 officers will be deployed to patrol the voting stations and "high-risk locations".
According to government records, eligible voters for this election number less than 8,000. As many sectors had only one candidate for each seat and are thus automatically decided, only 13 sectors with 364 seats need to go through the election process, resulting in a maximum of 4,889 voters voting tomorrow.
#ChineseDemocracy #FailedState
Source: Stand News; #Sept18
https://m.facebook.com/standnewshk/photos/a.720050934747196/4550788935006691/
More Police Officers than Voters for Sunday's CE Election Committee Vote
An election for the election committee for the coming Chief Executive election will be held this Sunday, September 19. Police said that more than 5,000 officers will be deployed to patrol the voting stations and "high-risk locations".
According to government records, eligible voters for this election number less than 8,000. As many sectors had only one candidate for each seat and are thus automatically decided, only 13 sectors with 364 seats need to go through the election process, resulting in a maximum of 4,889 voters voting tomorrow.
#ChineseDemocracy #FailedState
Source: Stand News; #Sept18
https://m.facebook.com/standnewshk/photos/a.720050934747196/4550788935006691/