More than 1/10 of the Population Joined the March: "Five Demands Not One Less"
Protesters' voices reported by BBC:
//"I will fight for freedom until I die," said June, a 40-year-old mother in Victoria Park, where protesters gathered.
"No matter how we express our views, through peacefully marching, through civilised elections, the government won't listen," one 50-year-old protester, named only as Wong, told AFP news agency.//
The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) said the turnout of 800,000 people in the Human Rights Day march was a clear message to the Chief Executive Carrie Lam to immediately respond to the protest movement’s five core demands – and in particular set up an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate police brutality.
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#HumanRightsDay #Dec8
Protesters' voices reported by BBC:
//"I will fight for freedom until I die," said June, a 40-year-old mother in Victoria Park, where protesters gathered.
"No matter how we express our views, through peacefully marching, through civilised elections, the government won't listen," one 50-year-old protester, named only as Wong, told AFP news agency.//
The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) said the turnout of 800,000 people in the Human Rights Day march was a clear message to the Chief Executive Carrie Lam to immediately respond to the protest movement’s five core demands – and in particular set up an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate police brutality.
Read more:
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50704137
#HumanRightsDay #Dec8
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#HumanRightsDay
A Dehumanitarian City
Imagine a City of violence; a fractured place where the people wage a war against their government.
Imagine that City where the teens are arrested, arrayed and humiliated like so many red-crossed terrorists.
Imagine a City where you need an emergency operation for your injuries, and the police request to enter the operating theatre.
Imagine a City where you need medical treatment, and you choose underground doctors and nurses for your human rights and confidentiality respected.
Imagine that City when you try to take legal action against the policeman, and you are told he cannot be identified.
Welcome to Hong Kong.
(Above passage is extracted and edited)
Original Article by Darren Mann
https://bit.ly/35cyxSa
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#HumanRightsDay
A Dehumanitarian City
Imagine a City of violence; a fractured place where the people wage a war against their government.
Imagine that City where the teens are arrested, arrayed and humiliated like so many red-crossed terrorists.
Imagine a City where you need an emergency operation for your injuries, and the police request to enter the operating theatre.
Imagine a City where you need medical treatment, and you choose underground doctors and nurses for your human rights and confidentiality respected.
Imagine that City when you try to take legal action against the policeman, and you are told he cannot be identified.
Welcome to Hong Kong.
(Above passage is extracted and edited)
Original Article by Darren Mann
https://bit.ly/35cyxSa
#HumanitarianCrisis
China Detains Human Rights Lawyers and Familes On the Eve of World's Human Rights Day
The UN Human Rights Day is observed on December 10 since 1948. On the eve of this year's Human Rights Day, human rights lawyers in China and their families were barred from making public appearance and leaving their homes between December 9 and 10.
The National Security Police sent by the Chinese Communist Party government said blatantly that the aim was to prevent them from joining Human Rights Day activities.
The targets are human rights lawyers such as Yu Wensheng, Huang Quanzhang and Li Heping and their families. Not only that their homes were blocked or monitored by a group of unidentified agents, but they were also barred from bringing their kids to school or visiting hospitalized parent.
In Taiwan, 18 organizations petitioned and called on the international community to monitor China's human rights oppression.
Source: Stand News; Radio Free Asia #Dec9
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/tw-rally-12092020060157.html
#HumanRightsDay
#HumanRightsLawyer
#YuWensheng #HuangQuanzhang #LiHeping
China Detains Human Rights Lawyers and Familes On the Eve of World's Human Rights Day
The UN Human Rights Day is observed on December 10 since 1948. On the eve of this year's Human Rights Day, human rights lawyers in China and their families were barred from making public appearance and leaving their homes between December 9 and 10.
The National Security Police sent by the Chinese Communist Party government said blatantly that the aim was to prevent them from joining Human Rights Day activities.
The targets are human rights lawyers such as Yu Wensheng, Huang Quanzhang and Li Heping and their families. Not only that their homes were blocked or monitored by a group of unidentified agents, but they were also barred from bringing their kids to school or visiting hospitalized parent.
In Taiwan, 18 organizations petitioned and called on the international community to monitor China's human rights oppression.
Source: Stand News; Radio Free Asia #Dec9
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/tw-rally-12092020060157.html
#HumanRightsDay
#HumanRightsLawyer
#YuWensheng #HuangQuanzhang #LiHeping
#SummitForDemocracy
Nathan Law: I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom
#US #TangPingKeung #HumanRightsDay #CCP
Source: Inmediahk; #Dec8
https://bit.ly/3IvR1RA
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Nathan Law: I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom
#US #TangPingKeung #HumanRightsDay #CCP
Source: Inmediahk; #Dec8
https://bit.ly/3IvR1RA
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#SummitforDemocracy
Nathan Law: I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom
Self-exiled activist #NathanLaw announced that he had been invited by the #US President #JoeBiden to speak at the Summit for Democracy on Human Rights Day. Soon afterwards, Hong Kong’s #SecretaryforSecurity condemned his action, calling it shameful and using ‘#democracy’ as a façade.
In response, Law mocked Tang’s comment on the US Summit for Democracy, saying, “from #China’s standards, it’s already ‘interfering [with] other country’s internal affairs.”
Law stressed that “I am campaigning for a democratic and free Hong Kong. If it’s considered ‘secession’ and ‘subversion’ by #Beijing, it only shows the political #suppression from them.”
He added, “It does not embarrass or stigmatise me. I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom.”
#TangPingKeung #HumanRightsDay
Source: Inmediahk; #Dec8
https://bit.ly/3IvR1RA
Nathan Law: I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom
Self-exiled activist #NathanLaw announced that he had been invited by the #US President #JoeBiden to speak at the Summit for Democracy on Human Rights Day. Soon afterwards, Hong Kong’s #SecretaryforSecurity condemned his action, calling it shameful and using ‘#democracy’ as a façade.
In response, Law mocked Tang’s comment on the US Summit for Democracy, saying, “from #China’s standards, it’s already ‘interfering [with] other country’s internal affairs.”
Law stressed that “I am campaigning for a democratic and free Hong Kong. If it’s considered ‘secession’ and ‘subversion’ by #Beijing, it only shows the political #suppression from them.”
He added, “It does not embarrass or stigmatise me. I will continue to do what I think [is] good for the city’s freedom.”
#TangPingKeung #HumanRightsDay
Source: Inmediahk; #Dec8
https://bit.ly/3IvR1RA
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