#HumanRights #Poll #FreedomofSpeech
Over half respondents say Hong Kong is facing humanitarian crisis
The Department of Asian and Policy Studies of the Education University of Hong Kong (#EduHK) revealed findings of its biannual survey findings on December 8, 2020.
Findings showed an increasingly positive attitude towards asylum-seekers and refugees, alongside greater support for granting the right to work after remaining in Hong Kong for more than 5 year, and their right of abode for children.
Regarding Hongkongers’ views on human rights, the survey showed that the top concern of Hongkongers remained freedom of speech (17%), followed by police abuse of power (10%) and political freedom (10%). It is worth noting that no option was provided to this question. In 2018, excessive use of police power was not mentioned among respondents.
51% of survey respondents agreed that Hong Kong is facing a #HumanitarianCrisis.
The survey was carried out in the wake of the intense controversy surrounding the now-defunct extradition bill, Principal Investigator Dr Isabella Ng believes that the social unrest in the past year has had a major role to play in causing widespread apprehension towards the human rights situation in Hong Kong.
“Amidst the failure of the Hong Kong government to enter into genuinely constructive dialogue and cooperation with the community to defuse the hostility amongst different groups, human rights-related issues have been brought to the fore in the territory, once known for its tolerance, effective governance, and freedom,” Ng says.
The poll was commissioned by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies of The Education University of Hong Kong and wss conducted by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#PORI) between 6 April and 23 April, 2020.
The survey interviewed 1,002 Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong Chinese aged over 18, equivalent to a response rate of 57.1%.
Source: Inmediahk.net #Dec8
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Press Material of the Survey result on Hong Kong People’s view and understanding on the #Refugee and Human Rights issues
https://www.eduhk.hk/aps/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/English_Press-Release.pdf
Over half respondents say Hong Kong is facing humanitarian crisis
The Department of Asian and Policy Studies of the Education University of Hong Kong (#EduHK) revealed findings of its biannual survey findings on December 8, 2020.
Findings showed an increasingly positive attitude towards asylum-seekers and refugees, alongside greater support for granting the right to work after remaining in Hong Kong for more than 5 year, and their right of abode for children.
Regarding Hongkongers’ views on human rights, the survey showed that the top concern of Hongkongers remained freedom of speech (17%), followed by police abuse of power (10%) and political freedom (10%). It is worth noting that no option was provided to this question. In 2018, excessive use of police power was not mentioned among respondents.
51% of survey respondents agreed that Hong Kong is facing a #HumanitarianCrisis.
The survey was carried out in the wake of the intense controversy surrounding the now-defunct extradition bill, Principal Investigator Dr Isabella Ng believes that the social unrest in the past year has had a major role to play in causing widespread apprehension towards the human rights situation in Hong Kong.
“Amidst the failure of the Hong Kong government to enter into genuinely constructive dialogue and cooperation with the community to defuse the hostility amongst different groups, human rights-related issues have been brought to the fore in the territory, once known for its tolerance, effective governance, and freedom,” Ng says.
The poll was commissioned by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies of The Education University of Hong Kong and wss conducted by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#PORI) between 6 April and 23 April, 2020.
The survey interviewed 1,002 Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong Chinese aged over 18, equivalent to a response rate of 57.1%.
Source: Inmediahk.net #Dec8
https://bit.ly/3mVDFTJ
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Press Material of the Survey result on Hong Kong People’s view and understanding on the #Refugee and Human Rights issues
https://www.eduhk.hk/aps/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/English_Press-Release.pdf
#NeverForget #Interview
A Year after Kowloon Mosque shot by Police's Water Cannon,
Mohan Chugani: Hong Kong has become a police state
On 20 October 2019, s water cannon vehicle deployed by the Hong Kong Police shot at the Kowloon Mosque, even when no protestor was there.
The front gate of the Mosque and people nearby were stained by the blue water. This enraged the ethnic minorities and the Islamic community in Hong Kong.
Mohan Chugani, a 74-year old former chairman of the India Association Hong Kong, said, “It is very simple. If there is nothing I can do, then we will understand that Hong Kong has become a police state. This is the only conclusion.”
Read the full translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/We-Connect-after-1-year-Part-1-Shot-by-water-cannon-outside-of-Kowloon-Mosque-and-Islamic-Centre-Mohan-found-his-way-to-call-the-12-20
Source: Stand News #Nov26
#HongKongProtest #Mosque #PoliceState #Chugani
A Year after Kowloon Mosque shot by Police's Water Cannon,
Mohan Chugani: Hong Kong has become a police state
On 20 October 2019, s water cannon vehicle deployed by the Hong Kong Police shot at the Kowloon Mosque, even when no protestor was there.
The front gate of the Mosque and people nearby were stained by the blue water. This enraged the ethnic minorities and the Islamic community in Hong Kong.
Mohan Chugani, a 74-year old former chairman of the India Association Hong Kong, said, “It is very simple. If there is nothing I can do, then we will understand that Hong Kong has become a police state. This is the only conclusion.”
Read the full translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/We-Connect-after-1-year-Part-1-Shot-by-water-cannon-outside-of-Kowloon-Mosque-and-Islamic-Centre-Mohan-found-his-way-to-call-the-12-20
Source: Stand News #Nov26
#HongKongProtest #Mosque #PoliceState #Chugani
German Organisations Cover up Statue on Engels’s 200th Birthday Eve to Criticise CCP’s Suppression of Freedom
Source: Apple Daily #Nov27
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German Organisations Cover up Statue on Engels’s 200th Birthday Eve to Criticise CCP’s Suppression of Freedom
November 28 this year marked the 200th birthday of German philosopher and one of the founders of Marxism Friedrich Engels. In criticism of the CCP’s suppression of freedom in Hong Kong and in support of the democratic movements in Hong Kong, two German groups presented a performance art in Engels’s birth place, Wuppertal, North-Rhine Westphalia, by covering up a statue of Engels given to the city by China.
China gave a statue of Engels to Wuppertal in 2014. Two German groups, namely the Armin T. Wegner and the Else-Lasker-Schüler associations, arranged four artists to cover up the statue with a black cloth at 11 am on Friday local time (HKT 6 pm), to criticise the CCP’s suppression of freedom. The cloth was printed with the Chinese and German inscriptions, “Once the truth is revealed, nothing can hold it back.”
#China #German #HongKong #Wuppertal #NorthRhineWestphalia #FriedrichEngels #Engels #EngelsStatue #Marxism #CCP #FreedomSuppression
Source: Apple Daily #Nov27
https://bit.ly/34ty1B1
November 28 this year marked the 200th birthday of German philosopher and one of the founders of Marxism Friedrich Engels. In criticism of the CCP’s suppression of freedom in Hong Kong and in support of the democratic movements in Hong Kong, two German groups presented a performance art in Engels’s birth place, Wuppertal, North-Rhine Westphalia, by covering up a statue of Engels given to the city by China.
China gave a statue of Engels to Wuppertal in 2014. Two German groups, namely the Armin T. Wegner and the Else-Lasker-Schüler associations, arranged four artists to cover up the statue with a black cloth at 11 am on Friday local time (HKT 6 pm), to criticise the CCP’s suppression of freedom. The cloth was printed with the Chinese and German inscriptions, “Once the truth is revealed, nothing can hold it back.”
#China #German #HongKong #Wuppertal #NorthRhineWestphalia #FriedrichEngels #Engels #EngelsStatue #Marxism #CCP #FreedomSuppression
Source: Apple Daily #Nov27
https://bit.ly/34ty1B1
New Law in France Criticised for Harming Press Freedom, with Protest Leading to Conflicts, 20 Officers Injured and 46 Arrests
Source: Stand News #Nov29
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Source: Stand News #Nov29
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New Law in France Criticised for Harming Press Freedom, with Protest Leading to Conflicts, 20 Officers Injured and 46 Arrests
46 thousand people took to the streets of Paris, France, in protest against the new security law for damaging press freedom and offering excessive protection to the police force. The protest triggered clashes between civilians and the police. Police dispersed protestors with tear gas and water cannons while protestors threw stones, glass bottles, etc. The police said that more than 20 officers were injured and 46 arrests were made. The Prime Minister of France Jean Castex announced the establishment of an independent commission to review and redraft the new security law.
The new security law stipulated that anyone that takes photos or videos of the police maliciously are in violation of the law. Oppositions to the law criticised it as damaging to press freedom, which enables the documentation of police brutality. One of the triggers to the protest was a black music producer named Michel Zecler. Zecler was on his way to his studio on Saturday late evening (Nov 21) when he was brutally shoved into his studio and assaulted by three police officers emerging from their police vehicle, who suspected him of violating the pandemic rules requiring the wearing of face mask in public. After Zecler was severely injured and called for help, three colleagues from upstairs came to thrust the officers out of the studio. Zecler said that while he was assaulted, he heard insults of racist slurs directed at him. The whole process was captured by closed-circuit television. President of France Emmanuel Macron called the event unacceptable and shameful and had ordered the police to promptly submit a report on how to restore confidence in the police force and improve relations between the police and the public. The three officers involved have been suspended for investigation.
#France #MichelZecler #Zecler #EmmanuelMacron #Macron #PoliceBrutality #Racist #Racism #NewSecurityLaw #Protest #Paris
Source: Stand News #Nov29
https://bit.ly/2Jzito6
46 thousand people took to the streets of Paris, France, in protest against the new security law for damaging press freedom and offering excessive protection to the police force. The protest triggered clashes between civilians and the police. Police dispersed protestors with tear gas and water cannons while protestors threw stones, glass bottles, etc. The police said that more than 20 officers were injured and 46 arrests were made. The Prime Minister of France Jean Castex announced the establishment of an independent commission to review and redraft the new security law.
The new security law stipulated that anyone that takes photos or videos of the police maliciously are in violation of the law. Oppositions to the law criticised it as damaging to press freedom, which enables the documentation of police brutality. One of the triggers to the protest was a black music producer named Michel Zecler. Zecler was on his way to his studio on Saturday late evening (Nov 21) when he was brutally shoved into his studio and assaulted by three police officers emerging from their police vehicle, who suspected him of violating the pandemic rules requiring the wearing of face mask in public. After Zecler was severely injured and called for help, three colleagues from upstairs came to thrust the officers out of the studio. Zecler said that while he was assaulted, he heard insults of racist slurs directed at him. The whole process was captured by closed-circuit television. President of France Emmanuel Macron called the event unacceptable and shameful and had ordered the police to promptly submit a report on how to restore confidence in the police force and improve relations between the police and the public. The three officers involved have been suspended for investigation.
#France #MichelZecler #Zecler #EmmanuelMacron #Macron #PoliceBrutality #Racist #Racism #NewSecurityLaw #Protest #Paris
Source: Stand News #Nov29
https://bit.ly/2Jzito6
Exiled Hong Kong legislator calls for action after HSBC bank accounts frozen
Source: The Guardian #Dec07
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Exiled Hong Kong legislator calls for action after HSBC bank accounts frozen
Ted Hui is the latest pro-democracy figure to leave Hong Kong amid the escalating crackdown on dissent. He revealed on weekend that bank accounts belonging to him and his family had been frozen, which he labelled “political retaliation through economic oppression”.
Following an outcry, Hui said his family’s accounts were partially unfrozen late on Sunday. He said the family were moving funds to other institutions “because of their complete distrust in HSBC”, and he called on regulators to investigate and punish law enforcement officers and banking management who he accused of abusing the law.
The HSBC accounts were frozen again under police orders. Police also said Hui was suspected of “foreign collusion” over social media posts in recants days seeking international support for Hong Kong.
Hui earlier said the asset freezing reflected what banks could do “as a result of political pressure”. And this affected the credibility of Hong Kong as an international banking and finance hub.
Source: The Guardian #Dec07
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/exiled-hong-kong-legislator-calls-for-inquiry-after-hsbc-freezes-bank-account?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#HongKongLegislator #TedHui #HSBC #HongKong #NationalSecurtiyLaw
Ted Hui is the latest pro-democracy figure to leave Hong Kong amid the escalating crackdown on dissent. He revealed on weekend that bank accounts belonging to him and his family had been frozen, which he labelled “political retaliation through economic oppression”.
Following an outcry, Hui said his family’s accounts were partially unfrozen late on Sunday. He said the family were moving funds to other institutions “because of their complete distrust in HSBC”, and he called on regulators to investigate and punish law enforcement officers and banking management who he accused of abusing the law.
The HSBC accounts were frozen again under police orders. Police also said Hui was suspected of “foreign collusion” over social media posts in recants days seeking international support for Hong Kong.
Hui earlier said the asset freezing reflected what banks could do “as a result of political pressure”. And this affected the credibility of Hong Kong as an international banking and finance hub.
Source: The Guardian #Dec07
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/exiled-hong-kong-legislator-calls-for-inquiry-after-hsbc-freezes-bank-account?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#HongKongLegislator #TedHui #HSBC #HongKong #NationalSecurtiyLaw
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Exiled Hong Kong legislator calls for action after HSBC bank accounts frozen
Ted Hui says move by UK’s biggest bank is act of ‘oppression’ as eight more democracy activists are arrested
#Christmas2020
HK Police Set Up Road Blocks and Arrest Youngsters on Christmas Eve
Source: Stand News; HKTGB; Shatin FC #Dec24
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HK Police Set Up Road Blocks and Arrest Youngsters on Christmas Eve
Source: Stand News; HKTGB; Shatin FC #Dec24
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#Christmas2020
HK Police Set Up Road Blocks and Arrest Youngsters on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, Hong Kong netizens called for activities such as candlelight vigil in four districts and Christmas carol singing, to mourn the casualties in the pro-democracy movement and pray for peace in Hong Kong in the face of increasing suppression by the authorities.
On the same day, the Hong Kong Police Force announced on Facebook that they would "enforce the law without hesistation". Starting from 1600, the police have set up road blocks across the territory to intercept vehicles. In Kwai Chung, it was sighted that young passengers were ordered to deboard and be checked by the police.
According to sources, at 1800, the police arrested two youngsters in Shatin, accusing them of carrying "fake guns".
One online organizer at first called for civilians to sing at Tsim Sha Tsui's Star Ferry Pier, but had to call it off after the police's heavy deployment.
There were othet calls to observe silence in Shatin, Victoria Park, Kwun Tong and Yuen Long.
Source: Stand News; HKTGB; Shatin FC #Dec24
https://bit.ly/38yFGiE
#ChristmasEve2020 #PoliceState
HK Police Set Up Road Blocks and Arrest Youngsters on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, Hong Kong netizens called for activities such as candlelight vigil in four districts and Christmas carol singing, to mourn the casualties in the pro-democracy movement and pray for peace in Hong Kong in the face of increasing suppression by the authorities.
On the same day, the Hong Kong Police Force announced on Facebook that they would "enforce the law without hesistation". Starting from 1600, the police have set up road blocks across the territory to intercept vehicles. In Kwai Chung, it was sighted that young passengers were ordered to deboard and be checked by the police.
According to sources, at 1800, the police arrested two youngsters in Shatin, accusing them of carrying "fake guns".
One online organizer at first called for civilians to sing at Tsim Sha Tsui's Star Ferry Pier, but had to call it off after the police's heavy deployment.
There were othet calls to observe silence in Shatin, Victoria Park, Kwun Tong and Yuen Long.
Source: Stand News; HKTGB; Shatin FC #Dec24
https://bit.ly/38yFGiE
#ChristmasEve2020 #PoliceState
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Grandma Wong Speaks Hongkongers' Wishes for Freedom and Democracy on Christmas Eve
1910 | Tsim Sha Tsui
On the eve of Christmas, Grandma Wong unfurled an yellow umbrella and held a LED box which read "Freedom" and "HK" on its two faces. Grandma Wong also displayed two other signs which wrote #Save12HKYouths and #FightForFreedom #StandWithHongKong .
Police were heavily deployed to surround Grandma Wong.
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Grandma Wong Speaks Hongkongers' Wishes for Freedom and Democracy on Christmas Eve
1910 | Tsim Sha Tsui
On the eve of Christmas, Grandma Wong unfurled an yellow umbrella and held a LED box which read "Freedom" and "HK" on its two faces. Grandma Wong also displayed two other signs which wrote #Save12HKYouths and #FightForFreedom #StandWithHongKong .
Police were heavily deployed to surround Grandma Wong.
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#Christmas2020 #PoliceState
#GrandmaWong #ChristmasEve2020
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HK Police Film and Closely Monitor Grandma Wong on Christmas Eve
20:28 | Tsim Sha Tsui
When Grandma Wong protested near the Star Ferry Pier, the police filmed and monitor her closely.
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#Christmas2020 #PoliceState
#GrandmaWong #ChristmasEve2020
HK Police Film and Closely Monitor Grandma Wong on Christmas Eve
20:28 | Tsim Sha Tsui
When Grandma Wong protested near the Star Ferry Pier, the police filmed and monitor her closely.
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#Christmas2020 #PoliceState
#GrandmaWong #ChristmasEve2020
#FirstHand #Dec24
'Silent' Night: HK Police Muffle Citizens' Voice
On Christmas Eve in Hong Kong, heavy police presence were found every district not limited to Kwun Tong, Shatin, Yuen Long and Tsim Sha Shui.
After netizens called on mourning the casualties in the pro-democracy movement and praying for peace and freedom for Hongkongers, the police responded by their heavy deployment and a statement that they would "enforce the law with no hesitation", contrasting very much their absence in Yuen Long on July 21, 2019.
The photos were taken in Kwun Tong on the evening of December 24, 2020.
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HK Police Set Up Road Blocks and Arrest Youngsters on Christmas Eve
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27514
HK Police Film and Closely Monitor #GrandmaWong on Christmas Eve
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27521
#Christmas2020 #PoliceState
#ChristmasEve2020 #SilentNight
'Silent' Night: HK Police Muffle Citizens' Voice
On Christmas Eve in Hong Kong, heavy police presence were found every district not limited to Kwun Tong, Shatin, Yuen Long and Tsim Sha Shui.
After netizens called on mourning the casualties in the pro-democracy movement and praying for peace and freedom for Hongkongers, the police responded by their heavy deployment and a statement that they would "enforce the law with no hesitation", contrasting very much their absence in Yuen Long on July 21, 2019.
The photos were taken in Kwun Tong on the evening of December 24, 2020.
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Grandma Wong Speaks Hongkongers' Wishes for Freedom and Democracy on Christmas Eve
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27520
HK Police Set Up Road Blocks and Arrest Youngsters on Christmas Eve
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27514
HK Police Film and Closely Monitor #GrandmaWong on Christmas Eve
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27521
#Christmas2020 #PoliceState
#ChristmasEve2020 #SilentNight