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Could the Police's new definition on Media Representatives be sensibly implemented?
When I woke up in the early morning, I felt autumn in the air which is perhaps the best time of a year in Hong Kong. Regrettably, “best” is no longer an appropriate word for this battered city.
Last week, the Hong Kong Police amended the Police General Orders and shocked the public with their new definition of “media representatives”. Although the media has responded strongly with disapproval, the Force backed their decision, taking media objections as mere nuisance.
A day later, seven universities and tertiary institutions joined hands and issued a statement reprimanding the Police for stripping press freedom in Hong Kong, which is under the citizens' rights granted under the Basic Law.
Attempting to ratify the trouble they asked, officers of Police Public Relations Branch anxiously called and supplemented senior management of local media with a softer message, claiming themselves as “sources”. According to these sources, as long as reporters are not obstructing police from carrying out their duty, officers would not get in the way of any journalistic activity, claiming also that reporters can continue reporting any event in public area, and so forth.
Apparently, these “sources” are telling lies. In reality, on the same day as the Police announced the amendment, when a photographer from Apple Daily stood on his own on a footbridge, covering a vigil held in remembrance of the deceased pro-democracy protester Chan Yin-lam, he was ticketed for violating the gathering ban. Isn’t it bizarre for one person to violate the rule-of-4 restriction?
Moreover, when the photographer showed his press ID as instructed, the police responded that they don’t recognise Apple Daily, forcing him to register with PPRB again.
Obviously, Apple Daily is a registered media on the Government News & Media Information System (GNMIS). It is also hard to believe that any police officer in Hong Kong would not recognise Apple Daily. The incident showed how easily one could trump up a charge if they are intended to find fault and obstruct reporters from reporting.
Implementation of the Police's new definition on media representatives—only those registered on the Government News and Media Information System (GNMIS) will be recognized media outlets—is barely possible. Among the 200 some media outlets already registered on GNMIS, should police officers not recognize Apple Daily, how can they recognize other smaller and less known media outlets.
I could also foresee that HK police deploying "stop and search" operations on a whim to search reporters one-by-one, in order to restrain reporters' mobility at a scene.
A reporter from Ming Pao was once “kept” in a cordoned area for more than 40 minutes, awaited to be searched. When he was eventually released, the clash ended, leaving him nothing to report.
Could this be the reality the Hong Kong Police Force is attempting to enforce upon Hong Kong?
Source: Apple Daily #Sept26
#WhiteTerror #PoliticalOppression
Could the Police's new definition on Media Representatives be sensibly implemented?
When I woke up in the early morning, I felt autumn in the air which is perhaps the best time of a year in Hong Kong. Regrettably, “best” is no longer an appropriate word for this battered city.
Last week, the Hong Kong Police amended the Police General Orders and shocked the public with their new definition of “media representatives”. Although the media has responded strongly with disapproval, the Force backed their decision, taking media objections as mere nuisance.
A day later, seven universities and tertiary institutions joined hands and issued a statement reprimanding the Police for stripping press freedom in Hong Kong, which is under the citizens' rights granted under the Basic Law.
Attempting to ratify the trouble they asked, officers of Police Public Relations Branch anxiously called and supplemented senior management of local media with a softer message, claiming themselves as “sources”. According to these sources, as long as reporters are not obstructing police from carrying out their duty, officers would not get in the way of any journalistic activity, claiming also that reporters can continue reporting any event in public area, and so forth.
Apparently, these “sources” are telling lies. In reality, on the same day as the Police announced the amendment, when a photographer from Apple Daily stood on his own on a footbridge, covering a vigil held in remembrance of the deceased pro-democracy protester Chan Yin-lam, he was ticketed for violating the gathering ban. Isn’t it bizarre for one person to violate the rule-of-4 restriction?
Moreover, when the photographer showed his press ID as instructed, the police responded that they don’t recognise Apple Daily, forcing him to register with PPRB again.
Obviously, Apple Daily is a registered media on the Government News & Media Information System (GNMIS). It is also hard to believe that any police officer in Hong Kong would not recognise Apple Daily. The incident showed how easily one could trump up a charge if they are intended to find fault and obstruct reporters from reporting.
Implementation of the Police's new definition on media representatives—only those registered on the Government News and Media Information System (GNMIS) will be recognized media outlets—is barely possible. Among the 200 some media outlets already registered on GNMIS, should police officers not recognize Apple Daily, how can they recognize other smaller and less known media outlets.
I could also foresee that HK police deploying "stop and search" operations on a whim to search reporters one-by-one, in order to restrain reporters' mobility at a scene.
A reporter from Ming Pao was once “kept” in a cordoned area for more than 40 minutes, awaited to be searched. When he was eventually released, the clash ended, leaving him nothing to report.
Could this be the reality the Hong Kong Police Force is attempting to enforce upon Hong Kong?
Source: Apple Daily #Sept26
#WhiteTerror #PoliticalOppression
American-Chinese Writer Slammed as “Pro-American Traitor” on Internet, Says China Uses Her in Propaganda
Source: Apple Daily #Sep12
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Source: Apple Daily #Sep12
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American-Chinese Writer Slammed as “Pro-American Traitor” on Internet, Says China Uses Her in Propaganda
American-Chinese writer Fan Jiayang has recently taken to Twitter to fight for a waiver that would allow private nurses to care for her mother, suffering from ALS, at the hospital during the epidemic. The incident was widely reported and hotly debated in China with Fan being slammed by Chinese netizens as a “traitor”, “worshipping America,” and “bringing shame to her extended family.” In a New Yorker article, Fan tells the story of how she and her mother have been used by China in its propaganda.
In her article “How My Mother and I Became Chinese Propaganda,” Fan says she was born in Chongqing, China in 1984. When she was two years old, her father was sent to the US to study biology at Harvard University. At the age of eight, she followed her mother, who was a doctor, to America to reunite with him.
A year and a half after Fan arrived in the US, her father had an affair and left her and her mother. To provide Fan with the best education possible, her mother moved to Greenwich, Connecticut to work as a domestic helper in an affluent neighbourhood—just so her daughter could attend a public school and receive a scholarship to attend a prestigious school. Having been through the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution in China, her mother, as Fan describes, developed her survival instincts out of a “brutal, unsentimental pragmatism.”
Fan eventually graduated from Williams College, became a writer for The New Yorker, and moved to New York City with her mother. In 2011, her mother, then 59, was diagnosed with ALS, which left her paralysed and hospitalized for an extended period of time. Since 2014, she has been unable to breathe on her own and relied on a ventilator at all times. Fan hired a round-the-clock caregiver to take care of her mother. Communication with her would now have to depend on blinking and letter boards.
When the Wuhan virus pandemic broke out in New York City this March, the Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital, where Fan’s mother was staying, banned visitors like Fan, who now had to rely on the caregiver to care for her mother. As a patient was diagnosed with the virus, the hospital expelled everyone other than medical workers on 9 April. The caregiver Fan hired was among those asked to leave.
Fan then gave a detailed account of the incident on Twitter, stressing that her mother required exclusive care, and posted photos of the situation at the hospital. This drew the attention of a number of legislators in New York. With the help of various people, Fan’s caregiver was able to return to the hospital the following day to continue taking care of her mother.
Fan’s story was soon widely reported in China. The Global Times, a state-run media outlet, said Fan had been targeted by the protesters when covering the demonstrations in Hong Kong for The New Yorker last year. The tabloid then said she described her Chinese-looking face as a “liability” on Twitter following the assignment. Other reports said that Fan’s articles endorsed the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and that she has “misattributed the origin of the virus to China.” Fan was attacked by a large number of Chinese netizens on WeChat, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, who criticized her for being a traitor and making a living by slandering the motherland. They hurled at her such slurs as “NMSL” (“your mother is dead”) and threatened to burn, rape and abuse her. A photo of Fan and her mother also circulated on the Internet, where netizen China15z0dj wrote, “Your mother’s gonna die, haha. The 1.4 billion of us wish you a reunion with her in hell, haha.”
Source: Apple Daily #Sep12
#US #HK #China #FanJiayang #TheNewYorker #Internet #Propaganda #WuhanVirus #Coronavirus #Pandemic #COVID19
https://bit.ly/33dCDLi
American-Chinese writer Fan Jiayang has recently taken to Twitter to fight for a waiver that would allow private nurses to care for her mother, suffering from ALS, at the hospital during the epidemic. The incident was widely reported and hotly debated in China with Fan being slammed by Chinese netizens as a “traitor”, “worshipping America,” and “bringing shame to her extended family.” In a New Yorker article, Fan tells the story of how she and her mother have been used by China in its propaganda.
In her article “How My Mother and I Became Chinese Propaganda,” Fan says she was born in Chongqing, China in 1984. When she was two years old, her father was sent to the US to study biology at Harvard University. At the age of eight, she followed her mother, who was a doctor, to America to reunite with him.
A year and a half after Fan arrived in the US, her father had an affair and left her and her mother. To provide Fan with the best education possible, her mother moved to Greenwich, Connecticut to work as a domestic helper in an affluent neighbourhood—just so her daughter could attend a public school and receive a scholarship to attend a prestigious school. Having been through the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution in China, her mother, as Fan describes, developed her survival instincts out of a “brutal, unsentimental pragmatism.”
Fan eventually graduated from Williams College, became a writer for The New Yorker, and moved to New York City with her mother. In 2011, her mother, then 59, was diagnosed with ALS, which left her paralysed and hospitalized for an extended period of time. Since 2014, she has been unable to breathe on her own and relied on a ventilator at all times. Fan hired a round-the-clock caregiver to take care of her mother. Communication with her would now have to depend on blinking and letter boards.
When the Wuhan virus pandemic broke out in New York City this March, the Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital, where Fan’s mother was staying, banned visitors like Fan, who now had to rely on the caregiver to care for her mother. As a patient was diagnosed with the virus, the hospital expelled everyone other than medical workers on 9 April. The caregiver Fan hired was among those asked to leave.
Fan then gave a detailed account of the incident on Twitter, stressing that her mother required exclusive care, and posted photos of the situation at the hospital. This drew the attention of a number of legislators in New York. With the help of various people, Fan’s caregiver was able to return to the hospital the following day to continue taking care of her mother.
Fan’s story was soon widely reported in China. The Global Times, a state-run media outlet, said Fan had been targeted by the protesters when covering the demonstrations in Hong Kong for The New Yorker last year. The tabloid then said she described her Chinese-looking face as a “liability” on Twitter following the assignment. Other reports said that Fan’s articles endorsed the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and that she has “misattributed the origin of the virus to China.” Fan was attacked by a large number of Chinese netizens on WeChat, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, who criticized her for being a traitor and making a living by slandering the motherland. They hurled at her such slurs as “NMSL” (“your mother is dead”) and threatened to burn, rape and abuse her. A photo of Fan and her mother also circulated on the Internet, where netizen China15z0dj wrote, “Your mother’s gonna die, haha. The 1.4 billion of us wish you a reunion with her in hell, haha.”
Source: Apple Daily #Sep12
#US #HK #China #FanJiayang #TheNewYorker #Internet #Propaganda #WuhanVirus #Coronavirus #Pandemic #COVID19
https://bit.ly/33dCDLi
Human rights groups issued open letter calling for UN investigation into humanitarian and genocide crimes against Uighurs
Source: Apple Daily #Sep15
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Source: Apple Daily #Sep15
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Human rights groups issued open letter calling for UN investigation into humanitarian and genocide crimes against Uighurs
More than 20 human rights groups on Tuesday (15 September) issued an open letter calling for a United Nations investigation into humanitarian and genocide crimes against the Uighurs in China's Xinjiang, where more than a million people are currently detained in camps.
The letter was signed by human rights organisations including the Uighur Human Rights Project and Genocide Watch, both based in the United States. The open letter states: 'These atrocities include the arbitrary placement of 1 million to 1.8 million people in detention camps, massive political indoctrination programs, forced disappearances, the destruction of cultural venues, forced labor, disproportionate incarceration rates, and coercive birth control actions and policies.'
These human rights groups said the measures met the threshold for genocide, a major international crime under the UN Genocide Convention, and asked the UN Human Rights Council to initiate an investigation. China has claimed that the detention camps are vocational training centres as part of its counter-terrorism and de-radicalisation measures.
The Convention prohibits "measures intended to prevent births" within an ethnic or religious group. In international law, crimes against humanity are defined as widespread and systematic crimes. Genocide, on the other hand, is defined as the attempted extermination of part of a population, but is more difficult to provide evidence.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200915/CR242PNX4JDVLKG3GB2KBKGFE4/
#HumanRights #Uighur #Xinjiang
More than 20 human rights groups on Tuesday (15 September) issued an open letter calling for a United Nations investigation into humanitarian and genocide crimes against the Uighurs in China's Xinjiang, where more than a million people are currently detained in camps.
The letter was signed by human rights organisations including the Uighur Human Rights Project and Genocide Watch, both based in the United States. The open letter states: 'These atrocities include the arbitrary placement of 1 million to 1.8 million people in detention camps, massive political indoctrination programs, forced disappearances, the destruction of cultural venues, forced labor, disproportionate incarceration rates, and coercive birth control actions and policies.'
These human rights groups said the measures met the threshold for genocide, a major international crime under the UN Genocide Convention, and asked the UN Human Rights Council to initiate an investigation. China has claimed that the detention camps are vocational training centres as part of its counter-terrorism and de-radicalisation measures.
The Convention prohibits "measures intended to prevent births" within an ethnic or religious group. In international law, crimes against humanity are defined as widespread and systematic crimes. Genocide, on the other hand, is defined as the attempted extermination of part of a population, but is more difficult to provide evidence.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep15
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200915/CR242PNX4JDVLKG3GB2KBKGFE4/
#HumanRights #Uighur #Xinjiang
World Politicians, Human Rights Groups Reportedly Ask Olympic Committee to Remove Beijing as 2022 Winter Olympics Host
Source: Stand News #Sept22
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Source: Stand News #Sept22
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World Politicians, Human Rights Groups Reportedly Ask Olympic Committee to Remove Beijing as 2022 Winter Olympics Host
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)―a group of parliamentarians from the UK, US, Australia, Canada, and Europe―had formally asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reconsider whether China should get to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. China’s foreign ministry has yet to respond.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, member of the British parliament and co-chairman of the IPAC, said, “The free world does have a strong position to say the bullying, the threatening, the internal repression, the border disputes, the arrogant attitude to your neighbours, the breaking of the treaty with Hong Kong―these must have consequences. At the moment the Chinese believe these consequences are no more than just condemnation.”
Earlier, 160 human rights groups wrote to the IOC asking it to remove China as the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics in response to its suppression of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, the imprisonment of the Uighur people in Xinjiang, and its other human rights issues.
Source: Stand News #Sep22
#China #IPAC #ICO #IanDucanSmith #WinterOlympics #Beijing2022 #HumanRights
https://bit.ly/3kPgLvB
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)―a group of parliamentarians from the UK, US, Australia, Canada, and Europe―had formally asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reconsider whether China should get to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. China’s foreign ministry has yet to respond.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, member of the British parliament and co-chairman of the IPAC, said, “The free world does have a strong position to say the bullying, the threatening, the internal repression, the border disputes, the arrogant attitude to your neighbours, the breaking of the treaty with Hong Kong―these must have consequences. At the moment the Chinese believe these consequences are no more than just condemnation.”
Earlier, 160 human rights groups wrote to the IOC asking it to remove China as the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics in response to its suppression of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, the imprisonment of the Uighur people in Xinjiang, and its other human rights issues.
Source: Stand News #Sep22
#China #IPAC #ICO #IanDucanSmith #WinterOlympics #Beijing2022 #HumanRights
https://bit.ly/3kPgLvB
Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Suspected of Infiltration and Placed under Investigation, Beijing Denies Accusation
Source: Stand News #Sep16
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Source: Stand News #Sep16
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Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Suspected of Infiltration and Placed under Investigation, Beijing Denies Accusation
The Australian authorities have searched the home and office of Shaoquett Moselmane, a former pro-China New South Wales Labour MP suspected to have been conspiring with his assistant John Zhang to infiltrate the local council. According to local media, Australian police are now investigating whether the Chinese consulate general in Sydney has been involved in infiltration and mentioned the consul, Sun Yuntao, in the search warrant. The Chinese foreign ministry criticized the accusation as “fabricated” and “slander.”
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Sun was in contact with Moselmane and Zhang when he was coordinating China’s local united front efforts. Sun is also responsible for liaising with local pro-Beijing organisations and Chinese residents, including the Shanghainese Friendship Association, where Zhang and Moselmane serve as its leader and honorary chair respectively. The Australian authorities are now investigating whether the Chinese consulate general in Sydney have been conspiring with Zhang to infiltrate the Labour Party and influence local voters.
ABC's report also quoted Zhang as claiming that earlier when the Australian authorities searched his computer and phone for several times, they checked and copied records of his conversations with Chinese diplomats. This involved Gu Xiaojie, former of Chinese consul general in Sydney, and officials of ambassador grade in Canberra and their families.
Source: Stand News #Sep16
#Australia #China #ConsulateGeneral #Sydney #LabourParty #ShaoquettMoselmane #JohnZhang #SunYuntao #NationalSecurity #Diplomacy
https://bit.ly/338PtKU
The Australian authorities have searched the home and office of Shaoquett Moselmane, a former pro-China New South Wales Labour MP suspected to have been conspiring with his assistant John Zhang to infiltrate the local council. According to local media, Australian police are now investigating whether the Chinese consulate general in Sydney has been involved in infiltration and mentioned the consul, Sun Yuntao, in the search warrant. The Chinese foreign ministry criticized the accusation as “fabricated” and “slander.”
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Sun was in contact with Moselmane and Zhang when he was coordinating China’s local united front efforts. Sun is also responsible for liaising with local pro-Beijing organisations and Chinese residents, including the Shanghainese Friendship Association, where Zhang and Moselmane serve as its leader and honorary chair respectively. The Australian authorities are now investigating whether the Chinese consulate general in Sydney have been conspiring with Zhang to infiltrate the Labour Party and influence local voters.
ABC's report also quoted Zhang as claiming that earlier when the Australian authorities searched his computer and phone for several times, they checked and copied records of his conversations with Chinese diplomats. This involved Gu Xiaojie, former of Chinese consul general in Sydney, and officials of ambassador grade in Canberra and their families.
Source: Stand News #Sep16
#Australia #China #ConsulateGeneral #Sydney #LabourParty #ShaoquettMoselmane #JohnZhang #SunYuntao #NationalSecurity #Diplomacy
https://bit.ly/338PtKU
#CoronavirusPandemic
Chinese Express "Joy" Over Trump's Covid-19 Infection in TV Interviews
US President Trump announced on Twitter on Oct 2, 2020 that he has been infected with COVID19.
A Taiwan TV channel compiled a video with footages obtained from US and Australia channels where Chinese, when interviewed, expressed "joy" to Trump's latest condition.
Watch the video:
https://www.facebook.com/news.ebc/videos/774038203166799
Source: EBC News, Taiwan #Oct2
#Trump #China #COVID19
Chinese Express "Joy" Over Trump's Covid-19 Infection in TV Interviews
US President Trump announced on Twitter on Oct 2, 2020 that he has been infected with COVID19.
A Taiwan TV channel compiled a video with footages obtained from US and Australia channels where Chinese, when interviewed, expressed "joy" to Trump's latest condition.
Watch the video:
https://www.facebook.com/news.ebc/videos/774038203166799
Source: EBC News, Taiwan #Oct2
#Trump #China #COVID19
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The Words "Save 12" Lit On Lion Rock
On the evening of October 3, 2020, citizens climbed the local hill, Lion Rock, in Hong Kong again. The words "Save 12" were lit on top of Lion Rock, calling for international attention to the 12 Hongkongers detained by Chinese authorities over 40 days.
2 days ago on Oct 1, pro-democracy slogans were heard and "liberate Hong Kong" flag was unfurled on Lion Rock.
Source: Stand News #Oct3
#LionRock #HongKongProtests
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Mid-Autumn Festival 2020: Hongkongers Separation from Families and Freedom
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25765
Pro-Democracy Slogans Echoed on Hong Kong's Lion Rock on PRC's National Day
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25744
The Words "Save 12" Lit On Lion Rock
On the evening of October 3, 2020, citizens climbed the local hill, Lion Rock, in Hong Kong again. The words "Save 12" were lit on top of Lion Rock, calling for international attention to the 12 Hongkongers detained by Chinese authorities over 40 days.
2 days ago on Oct 1, pro-democracy slogans were heard and "liberate Hong Kong" flag was unfurled on Lion Rock.
Source: Stand News #Oct3
#LionRock #HongKongProtests
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Mid-Autumn Festival 2020: Hongkongers Separation from Families and Freedom
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25765
Pro-Democracy Slogans Echoed on Hong Kong's Lion Rock on PRC's National Day
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25744
#StandWithHongKong #NeverGiveUp
Hongkongers Tell the World Their Fight for Freedom and Democracy Continues
Hongkongers climbed all the way to the local hill Lion Rock that overlooks the city and displayed the words "Save HK" and "Save 12" on the top.
"Save 12" is the short form for
#Save12HKYouths, a call to rescue the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who have been detained by the Chinese authorities for over 40 days since the end of August 2020.
More photo:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25809
Source: Resistance Live Media #Oct3
#SaveHK #Save12 #LionRock #NeverGiveUp
Hongkongers Tell the World Their Fight for Freedom and Democracy Continues
Hongkongers climbed all the way to the local hill Lion Rock that overlooks the city and displayed the words "Save HK" and "Save 12" on the top.
"Save 12" is the short form for
#Save12HKYouths, a call to rescue the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who have been detained by the Chinese authorities for over 40 days since the end of August 2020.
More photo:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25809
Source: Resistance Live Media #Oct3
#SaveHK #Save12 #LionRock #NeverGiveUp
#StandWithHongKong #Japan
Hundreds March in Tokyo in Support of Hongkongers' Pursuit of Democracy
On October 3, 2020, two marches took place in Tokyo, Japan in support of Hongkongers' year-long pro-democracy movement.
The march that took place in the Ikebukuro district was joined by hundreds of Japanese and Hongkongers in Japan. Many participants waved the "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" flags. The staue of Lady Liberty of Hong Kong was also mobilized in the march.
Another march took place in the evening in Shinjuku.
Source: Stand News #Oct3
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3519530891465839/
Hundreds March in Tokyo in Support of Hongkongers' Pursuit of Democracy
On October 3, 2020, two marches took place in Tokyo, Japan in support of Hongkongers' year-long pro-democracy movement.
The march that took place in the Ikebukuro district was joined by hundreds of Japanese and Hongkongers in Japan. Many participants waved the "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" flags. The staue of Lady Liberty of Hong Kong was also mobilized in the march.
Another march took place in the evening in Shinjuku.
Source: Stand News #Oct3
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3519530891465839/
#Kowtow
Chinese Netizens Attack Japanese Virtual Youtubers for Calling Taiwan a Country
Two virtual YouTubers, Akai Haato and Kiryu Coco, have been slammed by Chinese netizens after the two referred Taiwan to as a country in their videos, respectively streamed on September 24 and 25, 2020 on the Chinese platform Bilibili.
The two talents belong to Hololive, a Japanese virtual YouTuber agency owned and operated by Japan's Cover Corp. On September 27, Cover Corp issued a statement, announcing the suspension of the activities of #AkaiHaato and #KiryuCoco for 3 weeks.
Netizens from around the world replied the tweet with messages and memes mocking the company for kowtowing to China.
Source: Liberty Times #Sept27
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3305068
#VTubers #Youtubers #Bilibili #Hololive #CoverCorp
Chinese Netizens Attack Japanese Virtual Youtubers for Calling Taiwan a Country
Two virtual YouTubers, Akai Haato and Kiryu Coco, have been slammed by Chinese netizens after the two referred Taiwan to as a country in their videos, respectively streamed on September 24 and 25, 2020 on the Chinese platform Bilibili.
The two talents belong to Hololive, a Japanese virtual YouTuber agency owned and operated by Japan's Cover Corp. On September 27, Cover Corp issued a statement, announcing the suspension of the activities of #AkaiHaato and #KiryuCoco for 3 weeks.
Netizens from around the world replied the tweet with messages and memes mocking the company for kowtowing to China.
Source: Liberty Times #Sept27
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3305068
#VTubers #Youtubers #Bilibili #Hololive #CoverCorp
#DoYouKnow #BypassLegislation
Colonially-Revised Edition of the Law Ignored by HKSAR Government Since Transfer of Sovereignty
Before the handover, the colonial government reviewed the Crimes Ordinance 10 (1) to show the stance of common law, acts or publications with a seditious intention should “intend to cause violence or disrupt public security or cause chaos“ to be considered a crime. At that time, the pro-establishment camp has not started to participate in the drafting. The democratic camp supported the review, while then frontline Lau Wai-hing and lawmaker Margaret Ng supposed the complete abolishment of article 9 & 10.
The amendment bill was passed in LegCo in June 1997, with 23 votes for and 20 against. Yet, the government has not put the bill into effect since the handover, in addition to contradictions with Basic Law article 23, the Crimes Ordinance article 9 & 10 remain the same as the 1970 version, some articles can even be traced back to the 1938 original version.
Source: Citizen News
#Sep16 #ColonialGovernment #Revisions #Law #LegCo
Colonially-Revised Edition of the Law Ignored by HKSAR Government Since Transfer of Sovereignty
Before the handover, the colonial government reviewed the Crimes Ordinance 10 (1) to show the stance of common law, acts or publications with a seditious intention should “intend to cause violence or disrupt public security or cause chaos“ to be considered a crime. At that time, the pro-establishment camp has not started to participate in the drafting. The democratic camp supported the review, while then frontline Lau Wai-hing and lawmaker Margaret Ng supposed the complete abolishment of article 9 & 10.
The amendment bill was passed in LegCo in June 1997, with 23 votes for and 20 against. Yet, the government has not put the bill into effect since the handover, in addition to contradictions with Basic Law article 23, the Crimes Ordinance article 9 & 10 remain the same as the 1970 version, some articles can even be traced back to the 1938 original version.
Source: Citizen News
#Sep16 #ColonialGovernment #Revisions #Law #LegCo
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煽動罪須證挑起暴力 大律師公會回歸前曾支持廢除
舉港獨標語觸犯煽動罪？眾新聞翻查資料，普通法案例表明必須引致暴力或大規模騷動才能構成「煽動意圖」，大律師公會及律師會在回歸前更支持建議廢除煽動罪。
#PressFreedom suppressed: journalist denied of work visa after 6-month wait
An incoming editor of HK Free Press Aaron Mc Nicholas has been denied a work visa following an almost six-month wait. The Immigration Department was reportedly handed down their rejection without any official reason.
//Editor-in-chief Tom Grundy said that many other news outlets remain in limbo amid unprecedented visa delays, and a pattern had now emerged: “We are a local news outlet and our prospective editor was a journalist originally from Ireland, so this is not another tit-for-tat measure under the US-China trade dispute. It appears we have been targeted under the climate of the new security law and because of our impartial, fact-based coverage.”//
Source: HK Free Press #Sept28
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/27/visas-weaponised-govt-denies-hong-kong-free-press-editor-a-work-visa-without-explanation-after-6-month-wait/
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HK Authorities Deny Reporters' Visas
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24580
#MediaFreedom #Visa
An incoming editor of HK Free Press Aaron Mc Nicholas has been denied a work visa following an almost six-month wait. The Immigration Department was reportedly handed down their rejection without any official reason.
//Editor-in-chief Tom Grundy said that many other news outlets remain in limbo amid unprecedented visa delays, and a pattern had now emerged: “We are a local news outlet and our prospective editor was a journalist originally from Ireland, so this is not another tit-for-tat measure under the US-China trade dispute. It appears we have been targeted under the climate of the new security law and because of our impartial, fact-based coverage.”//
Source: HK Free Press #Sept28
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/27/visas-weaponised-govt-denies-hong-kong-free-press-editor-a-work-visa-without-explanation-after-6-month-wait/
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HK Authorities Deny Reporters' Visas
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24580
#MediaFreedom #Visa
#FailedState
#LegCo Approves HK$24 billion Government's Anti-Pandemic Relief Fund Despite Heavy Criticism and Challenges Over Use of Expenditure
The Legislative Council approved the third round of the Anti-Pandemic Fund, amounted HK$24 billion on September 28, 2020, although legislators across different political affiliations unilaterally criticized the measures being unable to assist the needy, and a waste of public money.
Wong Ting-kwong, a member of pro-Beijing party, DAB, slammed at government official’s request for additional staff recruitment in support of application review. Despite that, he eventually voted in favour of the proposal.
Several pro-democracy lawmakers moved provisional motions in the meeting, such as the addition of unemployment assistance to the Fund and release of more cash to citizens. None of which has been approved.
Source: Stand News #Sept28
#ReliefFund
#LegCo Approves HK$24 billion Government's Anti-Pandemic Relief Fund Despite Heavy Criticism and Challenges Over Use of Expenditure
The Legislative Council approved the third round of the Anti-Pandemic Fund, amounted HK$24 billion on September 28, 2020, although legislators across different political affiliations unilaterally criticized the measures being unable to assist the needy, and a waste of public money.
Wong Ting-kwong, a member of pro-Beijing party, DAB, slammed at government official’s request for additional staff recruitment in support of application review. Despite that, he eventually voted in favour of the proposal.
Several pro-democracy lawmakers moved provisional motions in the meeting, such as the addition of unemployment assistance to the Fund and release of more cash to citizens. None of which has been approved.
Source: Stand News #Sept28
#ReliefFund