#FirstHand #Aug30
Police Continue to Intercept and Ticket Passersby Nearby Prince Edward Station Into the Evening

21:54 | Prince Edward Station
Police stopped and searched 4 civilians outside of the C1 exit of the MTR station. They were all ticketed by the police for violating the gathering ban. It is unknown that whether the four were actually in a "group" or not.

Meanwhile, massive number of police set up cordon and blocked the journalists from filming the scene.

#PrinceEdward831

#FirstHand
One young man arrested by police while 3 others have "gone missing", reporters witnessed

20:15 | #Mongkok
At around 20:15, 4 youngsters were forced into a small alley opposite of Kwong Wing Cafe near Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok by a team of uniformed police.

Moments later, police cordoned off the area and pushed the cordon line along the street. Only one young man was seen being taken to a police vehicle with his hands cuffed behind his back. He was reportedly arrested.

Soon after the police had left, two reporters on the scene ran into the alley to look for the remaining three youngsters, but there was no sight of them.

#Aug30 #PoliceState

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Police Take Arrested Man to a Vehicle with License No. AM7173
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24702

#FirstHand #Aug30
Police Cordon Off Prince Edward Subway Station to Intercept Civilians, District Councillor and Reporter

23:27 | Prince Edward

Outside Exit B of Prince Edward Station, police set up cordon to forbid civilians from going close to the station and laying flowers to pay tribute to the victims of police brutality in Hong Kong.

It was sighted that district councillor Ng Kin-wai of Tin Shui Wai Connection and a HK01 reporter were being pulled into the police cordon line for reasons unknown.

They were both released without being charged by the police.

Ng later told the media at the scene that he was alone on his own and it was technically impossible for the police to ticket him for violating the gathering ban.

#TinShuiWaiConnection #NgKinWai

Gigantic Posters in Kwun Tong Commemorates 8.31 Prince Edward Station Attack, but Quick to be Removed by the Police

Several gigantic posters were hanged outside of Kwun Tong MTR station, in commemoration of the Prince Edward Station Indiscriminate Attack on 31 August 2019: "Beaten to Death on 8.31, Truth is yet to be Told, Never Forget".

At around 22:44 on August 31, 2019, a massive number of police, plainclothes officers and officers from the Raptor squads, stormed in the then-operating Prince Edward Station. Without differentiating civilians from protesters, police aggressively assaulted train passengers in the compartments and in the concourse indiscriminately with police batons and pepper spray.

Police swept away reporters and voluntary first aiders, leaving no one to monitor the police behaviour and bear witness to the events taken place inside the station.

Not only that the police severely injured several civilians with their batons, they also barred the injured from being sent to the hospital immediately. For reasons unclear, police transported the injured civilians to another MTR station in Lai Chi Kok 1 to 2 hours later. As sets of information that did not match (e.g. the number of injured civilians and the number sent to hospitals), the rumour of "police beating people to death" has been circulating since.

Source: KH @ USP; Apple Daily #Aug30

#PrinceEdward831 #PoliceBrutality #RightToTruth #ProtestArt

#ProtestArt #US
"Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times" sculpture unveiled in the United States

A group of Hongkongers in US unveiled the "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times" sculpture during an opening ceremony in the Liberty Sculpture Park in Los Angeles on August 29. Lennon walls were erected and the protest song "Glory to Hong Kong" was played at the ceremony to commemorate the anti-ELAB movement.

Weighing more than 70 tons, the sculpture completed today was the latest work of Chen Weiming, who also created a large-scale relief representation of the Tiananmen Massacre and Goddess of Democracy replica.

Chen said in the ceremony that last year, Hong Kong people shedded blood to mark democracy and freedom on the land of Hong Kong. He wanted to show his support by creating this sculpture and installing it on a land of freedom.

Source: Stand News; PPPNews #Aug30
#LosAngeles #LibertySculpturePark #ChenWeiming #Sculpture

#PressFreedom
Press control in #Belarus: Press Cards of Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse Revoked; Award-winning Swedish Journalist Expelled

Source: Stand News #Aug30

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Press control in #Belarus: Press Cards of Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse Revoked; Award-winning Swedish Journalist Expelled

The anti-govenment demonstrations in Belarus continued. There were many protests and human chains formed in various districts. However, the local government started to restrict news reporters last week, detaining almost 50 reporters who worked at the demonstration site. The reporters from Associated Press, Reuters, AFP Reuters and other foreign media have their press cards cancelled.

According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (#BAJ), the local police detained nearly 50 journalists on 27 August 2020, including many well-known foreign media. Their documents were checked and four of them were detained for refusing to hand over their smartphones for inspection. They were accused of organizing illegal demonstrations and must be detained until they are brought to the court. Meanwhile, Swedish journalist, Paul Hansen, who won the World Press Photo Contest Award was deported. He was banned from entering the country for five years.

Until yesterday, the actions of local government which limited news reporting were expanded. At least 17 people’s press cards were cancelled, including the reporters from Associated Press, Reuters, AFP Reuters, BBC and US Congress-funded Radio Liberty. The Radio France International (#RFI) quoted Anatoly Glaz, an official of the Belarusian Ministry of foreign Affairs, that the relevant decision was made in response to anti-terrorism and anti-extremist forces.

BBC and the Associated Press issued a statement of condemnation. The US embassy in the local area also issued a statement, showing concerns that journalists are being unfairly targeted. Attempts on supressing freedom of press, opposition voices and detaining citizens who exercise freedom of assembly and speech were not supported. Dominic Raab, the British Foreign Minister, also condemned the authorities for suppressing press freedom and demanded to stop targeting journalists.

The anti-government demonstrations in Belarus started last month. Citizens protested for the president election result and police brutality. They claimed that the president, Alexander Lukashenko, had manipulated the election. Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said that they have reserved police force to intervene for the situation in Belarus when necessary, but there is no such need as of now.

Source: Stand News #Aug30

#BelarusianAssociationJournalists #AFP #Reuters #AP #MediaControl

#InternationalRelations
Czech Senate President Visited Taiwan with 90 Delegates in Response to Beijing: Don’t be Someone’s Servant

Source: Stand News #Aug30

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