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Pregnant Woman in Hong Kong Suffers Premature Delivery and Severe Bleeding after Police Brutality

A Hong Kong civilian in her 7 months of pregnancy was intercepted and searched for unknown reason by police officers on January 20, 2021.

During the search operation, she was reportedly being cuffed with her hands at her back, pulled and dragged by officers on the ground. Later on, she was arrested on suspicion of “obstructing police officer for conducting duties”.

The pregnant woman surnamed Lau told reporters that with concern for COVID19, she asked to stand aloof to three other civilians at the scene of the police operation while handing in her ID card for police investigation as requested.

In response to her request, a police officer hurled insults at her, calling her “damn fat woman”. Lau said she repeatedly told the police officers that she is pregnant. The officers ignored her even when she hunched on the ground due to acute pain and plead for immediate medical assistance.

A couple of days later, she was hospitalized on January 23, 2021 for symptoms of premature birth and severe bleeding. She later delivered a baby boy prematurely who was admitted to the intensive care ward for critical conditions.

Source: Stand News, #Jan24
#PoliceState #AsiasFinest #Pregnancy

Student Activist Cuts Ties with Chinese Relatives and Friends, Hopes Chinese Police Force Stops Bothering Them

Source: Stand News #Jan24
#WhiteTerror #CCP #StudentPoliticism #Oppression #WongYatChin

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Student Activist Cuts Ties with Chinese Relatives and Friends, Hopes Chinese Police Force would Stop Bothering Them

In a Facebook post published on Jan 23, 2021, Student Localism convenor Wong Yat-Chin said that his family and friends in mainland China were approached by police at their homes, and were questioned about Wong's activities in Hong Kong. At least 10 relatives and friends were approached that way, Wong said, including primary school classmates with whom he had no contact for 10 years.

This was a worrying development, Wong said. "It's like I've become CCP's number one public enemy." He announced on his Facebook page that he had cut off all ties with those being targeted by Chinese police; he hopes that Chinese authorities would no longer bother them because of him.

Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Wong's parents have also been "doxxed": their personal details have been posted online some time ago. Wong himself was being followed when hosting street booths, by individuals who claimed to be police officers. He felt that the threat was becoming more imminent, worrying that authorities would also harass his family members in Hong Kong one day.

If worse comes to worst, Wong said he would also cut ties with his family. "[My family] doesn't even know what I'm doing, and they wouldn't interfere," he said. "If even Hong Kong authorities are taking action, then I might need to cut off from my family too."

Source: Stand News #Jan24
#WhiteTerror #CCP #StudentPoliticism #Oppression #WongYatChin

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#Censorship
HK #University imposes penalties for initiating memorial ceremony for deceased pro-democracy student

On Nov 4, 2019, 22-year-old student from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (#HKUST), Alex Chow Tsz-lok fell to his death in a pro-democracy protest in Tsueng Kwan O. In Chow’s remembrance, a half-year memorial ceremony was organized on university campus in 2020.

Surprisingly, the University was reportedly seeking reprisal in January 2021 as member of the Student Union has been stripped of rights to use campus facilities for half a year. They were imposed of 75 hours mandatory campus service order while President and Vice-president of Student Union were suspended for one semester. Besides, disciplinary records would be kept for respective students.

The Union expressed utter disappointment at the University’s rule.

Source: Apple Daily, #Jan25
#WhiteTerror #Oppression #AlexChow

#PoliceState #LockDown
Only less than 2% police officers deployed in support of the City’s first district lockdown, far less than officers involved in PR campaign

Source: Stand News, #Jan25

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Only less than 2% police officers deployed in support of the City’s first district lockdown, far less than officers involved in PR campaign

On January 23, 2021, Hong Kong government willfully locked down four main locations in Yau Ma Tei and Jordan to carry out compulsory COVID19 test. Over 1,000 officers from five enforcement units were involved in this operation.

Based on media reports and further information that Stand News collected directly from HK Police Force, it showed that only 600 officers (1.67%) of the 35,000-strong Police Force were deployed.

This was even less than the officers took part in the production of the Force’s latest advertising video and the least, in proportion to its total staff, among five enforcement units involved in the operation.

All Bureau heads of the five enforcement units visited the lock-down location. The Director of Immigration mentioned that 300 officers were deployed. The Correctional Services Department said 230, while the Fire Services and the Customs & Excise deployed 650 and 350 staff respectively.

Source: Stand News, #Jan25

#Coronavirus #AsiasFinest #DisciplinaryForce #WuhanPneumonia

A journalist in exile suspected of being kidnapped back to Iran across the border and being executed

Source: Stand News #Dec13

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A journalist in exile suspected of being kidnapped back to Iran across the border and being executed

Iran government sentenced the 47-year-old journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was once in exile to France, to death because of "corruption" on Saturday (12th December). The journalist was accused of cooperating with foreign intelligence departments, sharing protest information as well as making teachings on gasoline bombs on his Telegram channel. The French government, human rights organisations, Reporters Without Borders and Committee to Protect Journalists all condemned the execution, describing it as “a fatal blow to Iran’s freedom of speech”.

Zam fled to Paris after being accused of cooperating with foreign intelligence departments in 2009. He subsequently started operating website “AmadNews” and his telegram channel, having over 1 million followers. He shared Iran protest information and scandals of Iran officials on his channel in 2017, and tutorials for making gasoline bomb. Telegram has once blocked his channel due to complaints from the Iranian government.

#Iran #RuhollahZam #Journalist #Paris #FreedomofSpeech #Iranprotests #Telegram #InExile #AmadNews

Source: Stand News #Dec13

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UAE Claims 86% effectiveness of Sinopharm COVID Vaccine, Experts Question Failure to Account for Clinical Test Data

Source: Stand News #Dec11

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UAE Claims 86% effectiveness of Sinopharm COVID Vaccine, Experts Question Failure to Account for Clinical Test Data

The UAE health authorities announced on Wednesday (Dec 9) that the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine has been tested and confirmed to be 86% effective, making it the first country in the world to certify the effectiveness of a Chinese-made vaccine. However, some academics, holding a wait-and-see attitude, believe that the UAE authorities have not provided key and detailed information, including data from the Phase 3 clinical trials.

The UAE is one of the ten countries where two of Sinopharm’ vaccines are undergoing clinical trials. UAE indicated that it had approved an interim analysis of the vaccine’s Phase 3 clinical trial data, which showed 100% effectiveness in preventing mild symptoms from turning into moderate to severe conditions. They also claimed an overall effective protection rate of 86%, adding that the vaccine poses no serious safety concerns.

The Sinopharm Group did not confirm the news or comment to the media for several hours after UAE’s announcement. The New York Times even reported that it was disconnected when it tried to reach the group on the phone. It was only at dusk on Thursday (Dec 10) that Sinopharm uploaded its vaccine registration statement for the UAE. Still, it did not provide further data on the Phase 3 tests, such as the number of people infected with the vaccine and the volunteers’ age. The group also did not make any “welcome” remarks.

#UAE #China #Sinopharm #COVID19 #Vaccines #Trials #TestData #NewYorkTimes

Source: Stand News #Dec11

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#Sanction #InternationalCommunity
HK Pro-democracy Activists urge #GermanParliament to Sanction Hong Kong and Chinese Officials

Source: Stand News, #Jan26

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HK Pro-democracy Activists urge #GermanParliament to Sanction Hong Kong and Chinese Officials

A pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong, #GlacierKwong, and a German student who studied in Hong Kong, #DavidMissal, led a petition in September 2020, calling on Germany to sanction Hong Kong officials over the national security law passed by Beijing in June 2020.

As the online petition reached the required 50,000 signatures, a parliamentary hearing was scheduled on January 25, 2021.

At the hearing, Kwong urged Germany to put in place “a real and robust policy on China” and “implement targeted sanction against individuals in Hong Kong and China… to hold China accountable and honour Germany’s commitment to democratic values.”

Kwong elaborated that under the National Security Law, initiating a petition or a signature campaign, attending a hearing overseas could be deemed “colluding with foreign forces” and therefore violation of the Law.

“Drastically, the national security law erodes the crumbling pillars of the city’s rule of law and democracy,” Kwong said in her opening speech. “Hongkongers now live in a quasi-police state and mass surveillance. The vaguely-termed law overrides the Basic Law and the Common Law system.”

She also cited prevailing oppressions in Hong Kong such like mass arrests, city-wide surveillance as pro-establishment legislators proposed installation of surveillance camera in classrooms to monitor teachers' speech and freezing of dissident bank accounts and blocking of websites.

Source: Stand News, #Jan26

#MassSurveillance #PoliceState #Authoritarianism #NationalSecurityLaw
#OnlinePetition #Germany

#InternationalCommunity #Denmark
Danish MPs jointly declares “unreserved support” for colleagues assisting HK democrat to escape

Source: Stand News; #Jan23

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Danish MPs jointly declares “unreserved support” for colleagues assisting HK democrat to escape

Representatives of three major parties in the #DanishParliament jointly issued statement on January 23, 2021 in support of their Parliament colleagues who allegedly assisted former legislator, #TedHui Chi-fong, to flee the city in 2020.

It was reported that the Hong Kong police are considering prosecuting two Danish MPs, namely #UffeElbaek of the Green Party and #KatarinaAmmitzbøll of the Conservative Party.

#MartinLidegaard of the Danish Social Liberal Party, #AnnetteLind of Social Democratic Party and #MichaelAastrupJensen, member of the largest opposition Liberal Party said in their statement to the Hong Kong police that “members of the Danish Parliament are free to exercise their parliamentary duties without threats of retaliation.”

They stressed that “this is an inalienable and constitutional principle in Danish democracy”, calling also on other politicians and political parties to join in their support.

Source: Stand News; #Jan23

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