#PoliceBrutality
Hong Kong Police Drag Kid Over 10 Feet on Concrete Road

1700 | Intersection of Sai Yi Street and Shantung Street, MongKok

Around 5pm, a few plainclothes police officers suddenly rushed onto the roads on the busy intersection of Sai Yi Street and Shantung Street.

Apart from arresting 4 youngsters, a kid was dragged over 10 feet by 5 police officers. He appeared disheveled upon his arrest, and was seen closing his eyes, probably due to pain.

Source: Resistance Live
#Sept6 #HongKongYouth #PoliceState #FailedState

Video of Police Dragging Citizen Off for 10 Feet

Source: RTHK, LIHKG #Sept6
#HongKongYouth #PoliceBrutality

https://t.me/lihkg_official/272

#Trauma #PoliceBrutality
Male Police Officer Forcibly Pins 12-Year-Old Girl Passersby Onto the Ground

Watch RTHK Footage Capturing a Different Angle:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

At around 4:30pm at Sai Yeung Choi Street South on September 6, 2020, a police officer suddenly had an outburst and started shouting at the pedestrians.

As seen in the video, a 12-year-old girl was extremely frightened at the scene. She was later wrangled and pinned to the ground by several male police officers, with her clothes being pulled during the action.

Read the Full Story:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25059

Source: HKUST Radio News #Sept6

https://www.facebook.com/hkustradionews/videos/vb.114203039989972/1742325909250427/

#PoliceState #MassArrest #HongKongYouth

#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #Trauma
12-Year-Old Girl, Shopping for Stationery, Body-Slammed to the Ground by Police

Watch Video Captured by HKUST Radio News:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

Mrs. Ho took her son and daughter to Mongkok for lunch, then let them go shopping for pastel chalks afterwards, while she went to buy groceries and planned to meet up with them later. However, her children soon messaged her that the area around the stationery store was cordoned off by the police, so they headed off to Sai Yeung Choi St South instead.

However, when Mrs. Ho arrived to meet them, she found them detained by the police and brought inside the cordon line.

Onlookers told her that they saw 4 riot police pinning her 12-year-old daughter to the ground, and her son was also roughly manhandled. The whole scene was chaotic.

"The cops just suddenly rushed in and pinned my daughter down...My daughter is only 12 years old! Is this how it is now? The younger you are, the easier you are to get picked on, and the more these cops will bully you?"

According to the footage from HKUST Radio News, the brother-and-sister pair, aged 20 and 12 respectively, were walking past a shuttered shop along with the nearby crowd. Suddenly, a plainclothes officer in a black T-shirt, wielding a baton and shield walked up beside them.

Startled by the police officer's intimidating presence, the girl began walking ahead at a brisk pace.

As she tried to weave through the crowd, a few seconds later, another riot police body-slammed into her head-on, knocking her off her feet. The officer then held onto her shirt and arm, as three more officers piled on top of her, pinning her to the ground. Meanwhile, her brother was held down by at least one other officer.

From what could be seen on the video, the area was not within police cordons at the time.

Watch the footage by RTHK:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

Source: Apple Daily #Sept6
https://bit.ly/2F1NuOY

Videos: HKUST Radio News; RTHK

https://www.facebook.com/715486135226112/posts/3808419402599421/

#HongKongYouth #Children #PoliceBrutality

#PoliceState
Plainclothes Police Brutally Drag Youngster Over a Zebra Crossing

On the afternoon of September 6, 2020 in Mongkok, the video captured how several plainclothes police dragged a youngster over 10 feet on the concrete road before making arrest.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24968

Source: District Councillor Kalvin Ho Kai-ming's Facebook #Sept6
https://www.facebook.com/kalvinhokaiming/videos/1878039925682730/

#HongKongYouth #MassArrest
#PoliceBrutality

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12-Year-Old Girl, Shopping for Stationery, Body-Slammed to the Ground by Police
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25059

HK Police Charge Bus Driver with Possession of "Offensive Weapons" Being Spanner and Screw Driver
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25067

#PoliceBrutality #ChildAbuse
Orthopedic Surgeons: Police's Violent Tactics may have Broken 12-year-old Girl’s Ribs and Lumbar Spine Bones

Watch the footage by RTHK:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

A 12-year old girl, on her way to shop for pastel chalk on Sunday, September 6, 2020, was body-slammed head-on by the riot police, who knocked her off her feet. Three more riot police piled on top of her as she was forcefully pinned to the ground in between one of the officer’s legs, causing multiple injuries on her body.

This left the city enraged and the girl traumatised.

The mother of the girl, Mrs Ho, told Apple Daily that her daughter refused to talk about the incident nor watch any relevant video footage. She is worried that her daughter might be suffering from psychological trauma and might need help from a psychologist.

Several orthopedic surgeons, who refused to be identified, commented that the police’s violent enforcement, targeting a young girl, had a good chance of breaking the girl’s ribs and lumbar spine bones. They added, “The girl was very lucky to have gotten away with just abrasions."

Watch Video by HKUST Radio News:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

Source: Apple Daily #Sept7
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200907/KGEGLAWLMNF7JJWRRCFA5LU57I/

#PoliceState #Trauma #HongKongYouth

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Mother to seek Legal Assistance before Pressing Charge Against Hong Kong Police for Injuring her Children
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25069

#Education #HeungToMiddleSchool
Pro-China School in HK Harshly Penalizes Student for Showing Pro-democracy Slogan on Communication App and Threatens to Boot Him Out

The Heung To Middle School Students' Concern Group informed the media that the school principal and the discipline master met with a Form 4 student on Sept 7, 2020, as pro-democracy slogan was displayed as the student’s profile image on Microsoft Teams.

The student was severely penalized by the school for immediately suspending schooling for a week. Should the student want to continue his study, 2 major demerits are to be recorded to reflect his 'misconduct'. Besides, the school warned him from taking part in any pro-democracy activities in the future, or face expulsion straightaway.

In the presence of the student’s parents, the principal stressed that the school is handling the incident strictly, as it has "dented the school's reputation". It was said that the student has been "working against the school, blowing trivialities into a huge problem to attract public attention", which forced the school to make explanation to the public.

The school is well-known for being a pro-Chinese Communist Party education institution in Hong Kong. The principal even hinted for the student to “seek a new school” in the meeting, saying they did not believe the student would change his behavior. The school went on stressing that a dismissal could be the best solution.

Earlier in June this year, the same school dismissed a teacher for letting the students sing the song "May Glory To Hong Kong".

Source: Apple Daily; Stand News; Heung To Indigenous #Sept8
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200908/PC4SKIXJEFC2VGF7XBMCNOI5BA/

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CE1Vdb7lIAi/?igshid=106wjttp9k1r4

#FailedState #WhiteTerror #Censorship #FreeSpeech #HongKongYouth

#DoYouKnow
In Hong Kong, Being Young is a Crime

Girl: Why are you making me look so old?
Woman: Being young is a crime...

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In this latest cartoon by Hong Kong illustrator MandyCats, a distressed woman is putting make-up on a younger girl, purposefully to make her look older.

The satirical cartoon came after the Hong Kong police's brutal attack of a 12-year-old girl on September 6, 2020. The girl was on her way to a stationary shop but ended up being body slammed and subdued between the legs of several riot policemen. The force insisted that the 12-year-old had looked "suspicious".

Read full story:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

Source: Instagram@Mandycats #Sept8
#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality
#HongKongYouth #Cartoon

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Mother to seek Legal Help before Pressing Charge Against the Police for Injuring her Children
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25069

Police Forbid Hong Kong Boy from Giving out Free Masks to Fellow Citizens During Pandemic
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25118

#FirstHand #Oct31
Young Hongkonger Grieves Loss of Freedom of Expression

After being detained and searched by police behind cordon lines, this young protester showed up at Prince Edward MTR station in remembrance of the victims of the 8.31 police attack last year.

The youngster told reporters that he felt that he was being deprived of freedom of expression. He reiterated that Hong Kong used to be one of the world’s freest city. Citizens’ freedom and rights, however, are being eroded, as they are no longer allowed to express their views and stance freely, even when they were not disturbing anyone else.

#HongKongYouth #Future #PoliticalOppression #PrinceEdward831

#Interview #AwardWinningSpeech
Hongkonger Won Harvard Conference Speech Writing Competition: I want to tell the world about police brutality in Hong Kong

Felix, a university student from Hong Kong, won the Finalist Award of #HPAIR 2021 Harvard Conference Speech Writing Competition in mid-January 2021, among over 300 contestants.

Wearing a yellow hamlet that embodies Hongkongers’ belief and courage, Felix told the world how Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters have fought in against police brutality in 2019.

He recounted in his speech some most-remembered events on July 21, August 31 and Oct 1, 2019, including the police shooting of students with live rounds.

Watch the video https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/video?v=1_w74tt1uu

Felix said, “youngsters at my age are being assaulted and injured by the Hong Kong Police. There is no excuse for anyone to stand aside and do nothing. Our fate remains a mystery - some might be imprisoned, others put their lives at risk in the face of police brutality."

"Although the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam once said that we have no stake in the society, our belief in freedom will never be crushed."

"Getting prepared for the competition in 24 hours is never easy. Looking back at the pro-democracy movement in 2019 has been a touching and painful task." Felix said, “this is like going through the same events once again. I can only describe it as painful.”

He struggled for multiple times before handing in his speech material. Felix elaborated, “I hesitated when I was about to make this submission. I was concerned about my personal safety and worried that I could be prosecuted by making this speech.”

At the end of the interview, Felix said, “I call on Hong Kong people to continue the fight and never give up. These crackdowns that we are going through are part of our quest for democracy and are expected even at the beginning of the movement."

"Our efforts are not fruitless. If we give up, our fellow protesters who made sacrifice for this movement will not forgive us. I hope we can all hold on tightly to our belief and carry on fighting."

Source: Radio Free Asia; #Jan29
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-harvard-01292021055414.html

#HongKongYouth #Future #NeverGiveUp #UniversityStudent

#University #HongKongYouth
New Cabinet Member of PolyU Student Union vows to continue fighting on student front for freedom and democracy

Source: Stand News #Feb10

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28636

#University #HongKongYouth
New Cabinet Member of PolyU Student Union vows to continue fighting on student front for freedom and democracy

In November 2019, Hong Kong police violently attacked pro-democracy protesters in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) and Polytechnic University of Hong Kong (#PolyU).

In #PolyUSeige, more than a thousand protesters were arrested and over 300 underaged had their personal information marked down by police.

More than a year later, the new cabinet of #PolyU Student Union was formed. It was said that the PolyU student union cabinet and the #CUHK student union cabinet would perhaps the only two cabinets to be formed this year.

Different from the #CUHK “senior” cabinet, which was formed by Year 3 students, 12 of the 17 cabinet members of PolyU student union are “underaged”, including the President and Vice-Presidents.

The newly elected President, Alan Wu, is a year 1 freshman. He admitted in bitter grin that it has been a “wasted freshman year” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Not only that they have been deprived a normal senior college life and University life, but they have also witnessed their classmates being violently pinned to the ground by riot police, arrested and charged with riots.

During anti-ELAB movement, some of their friends even sacrificed their lives, leaving behind last words for people to carry on protesting.

They described themselves a generation of “distorted youth” by authoritarianism. For the same reason, the three cabinet members of PolyU student union stood up for pro-democracy movement on student front.

Source: Stand News, #Feb10

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One Year On: PolyU Student Recalls Traumatic Memory of #PolyUSiege
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/26738

#Future #NextGeneration #HongKongStudents #StudentsUnion

#HongKongYouth #Survey
A New Low in Youth #Happiness: 20% of Youths Want to Leave Hong Kong; Over 50% Discontent about the Government

The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong conducted a survey entitled "Sense of Hope and Happiness in 2021".

The findings reveal that the level of happiness in youths in Hong Kong has fallen through the warning score of 7, and out of the "happiness interval".

The latest index score is 6.94, a new low in 4 years.

The youths surveyed have generally given low scores in the city's political climate, society, economy, and future.

Other than finding a new low in happiness levels, the survey also found that more than half of respondents (50.9%) are dissatisfied with the government as a whole.

For long-term life goals, 20% of youths chose "emigrate to a foreign country", a higher percentage than "marriage/raising children".

The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association is a charity funded mainly by the government; its work focuses on promoting the rights and welfare of youths in the city.

At the survey's press conference on April 17, 2021, the association arranged three students to answer reporters' questions. When asked about the government's performance, all three fell silent.

One of them eventually answered hesitantly that the government had not been able to look after everyone during the pandemic, and that she "only focuses on schoolwork now." The others said they agreed with her.

Source: In-Media HK #Apr21
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1082086

#FailedState

#FirstHand #June9
#LocalYouthWill Organizes #Exhibition to Pass On Memories of #HongKongProtests: "When there is light, there are people"

Photos:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30046

"Local Youth Will" is a pro-democracy concern group recently established by former cabinet member of the now-dissolved students' union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK), Law Tsz Wai; external affairs vice-president of the current students' union of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU), Cheung Sum-yee; and former spokeperson of #StudentPoliticism, Chu Wai-ying.

The group organized their inaugural event on June 9, 2021. On the day two years ago, over 1 million Hongkongers took it to the street to protest against the government's plan to implement extration to China.

In the exhibition they are organizing in 2021, Local Youth Will aims to give voices to the detained, jailed and exiled pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.

At a gallery called Parallel Space located in Shum Shui Po, photos, banners and art installations relating to the pro-democracy movement are displayed.

The group hopes that the memories of the #AntiELAB movement can be passed on, despite the authorities' incessant attempts to alter history.

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About the Exhibition:

"Walk-Through: 730 Days After June 9th"

Dates: 9 - 21 June, 2021

Time: 2 – 8pm (Mon - Fri); 11am – 8 pm (Sat and Sun)

Venue: Parallel Space, 20 Tai Nam Street, Shum Shui Po

Booking needed: https://bit.ly/3ga982f

 #FightForFreedom #HongKongYouth #Memories

#FreeAgnes
Agnes Chow Released After Being Jailed for 10 Months

On June 12, 2021, pro-democracy activist #AgnesChow, member of the now-dissolved #Demosisto, will be able to leave the prison Tai Lam Centre for Women.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30062

Chow has been jailed for 10 months after the court convicted her of surrounding the Police Headquarters on June 21, 2019 during the #AntiELAB movement.

Despite her young age, Chow's long time engagement with Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and her courageous behaviour in defense of rights and freedom have earned her the title of #RealMulan among the supporting netizens.

Source: Internet #Jun11

#PoliticalPrisoner #NeverForget #NeverForgive #HongKongYouth

#Migration #Hongkongers
Students and Teachers leaving Hong Kong en masse

The Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools (#HKAHSS) and Hong Kong Centre for International Student Assessment (#HKCISA) jointly revealed research report on December 1, 2021.

The report found that the number of students withdrawing in 2020/2021 academic year has surged by 1.7 times to 4,460 in comparison to the 2019/2020 academic year.

On average, each school recorded 32 withdrawals. Among them, nearly 60% named “leaving Hong Kong” as a reason for withdrawal.

Among teachers, 987 resigned in 2020/2021, a sharp jump of nearly 100% as compared to last academic year. 7.1 teachers resigned on average in each school with most of them citing emigration and early retirement as reasons.

Source: Citizen News; #Dec1
https://bit.ly/3Ddp519

#HongKongStudents #HongKongYouth #Future