#CIC #HungerStrike
17 days since hunger strike - Immigration Department refuses a cake with words "Human rights"; Protesters may esclate their action
The hunger strike of the detainees of the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Center (CIC) have entered the 17th day. The CIC Concern Group today (Jul 15) supported the detainees outside the Immigration Department Headquarters, and requested to meet the Director of Immigration. When meeting with supporters, representatives of the Immigration Department refused to accept a cake with the word "human rights" written on it.
In their speeches, they pointed out that there are still 15 people participating in the hunger strike. Some strikers may escalate their actions with no drinking water or beverages. Two have written their death notes.
Source: Stand News #Jul15
#HumanRights #HongKongProtests
17 days since hunger strike - Immigration Department refuses a cake with words "Human rights"; Protesters may esclate their action
The hunger strike of the detainees of the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Center (CIC) have entered the 17th day. The CIC Concern Group today (Jul 15) supported the detainees outside the Immigration Department Headquarters, and requested to meet the Director of Immigration. When meeting with supporters, representatives of the Immigration Department refused to accept a cake with the word "human rights" written on it.
In their speeches, they pointed out that there are still 15 people participating in the hunger strike. Some strikers may escalate their actions with no drinking water or beverages. Two have written their death notes.
Source: Stand News #Jul15
#HumanRights #HongKongProtests
#Cinema #Art
#CannesFilmFestival screens Hong Kong director #KiwiChow's social movement #documentary “Revolution of Our Times” at the last minute
Source: Stand News; Hollywood Reporter #Jul15
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#CannesFilmFestival screens Hong Kong director #KiwiChow's social movement #documentary “Revolution of Our Times” at the last minute
Source: Stand News; Hollywood Reporter #Jul15
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#CannesFilmFestival screens Hong Kong director #KiwiChow's social movement #documentary “Revolution of Our Times” at the last minute
The annual Cannes Film Festival which is closing on July 17, 2021 suddenly announced that it will screen “Revolution of Our Times”, a documentary on Hong Kong’s pro-demoncracy movement in 2019, at 11am on July 16.
The documentary was directed by Hong Kong director Kiwi Chow whose previous works include Ten Years, and Beyond the Dream.
In his interview with the Wall Street Journal, Chow said he spent two years producing the film in secret. His friends had tried to convince to him to leave Hong Kong, hide his name from the film, or at least change the title of the film; but he refused.
“It is not freedom if I had to guess where the red line is”, Chow said.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Festival announced the screening of “Revolutions of Our Times” at the last minute in order to protect the film crew.
On July 14, 2021, the Festival sent out an email to some media stating a “surprise documentary” would be added, and about 10 reporters were invited to a private viewing. The media were required to keep the news a secret until the afternoon July 15.
Source: Stand News; Hollywood Reporter; Wall Street Journal #Jul15
https://thestandnews.page.link/twLjaX818nrWtMTj9
#ProtestArt #Professionalism #HongKongDirector #RevolutionofOurTimes
#CannesFilmFestival screens Hong Kong director #KiwiChow's social movement #documentary “Revolution of Our Times” at the last minute
The annual Cannes Film Festival which is closing on July 17, 2021 suddenly announced that it will screen “Revolution of Our Times”, a documentary on Hong Kong’s pro-demoncracy movement in 2019, at 11am on July 16.
The documentary was directed by Hong Kong director Kiwi Chow whose previous works include Ten Years, and Beyond the Dream.
In his interview with the Wall Street Journal, Chow said he spent two years producing the film in secret. His friends had tried to convince to him to leave Hong Kong, hide his name from the film, or at least change the title of the film; but he refused.
“It is not freedom if I had to guess where the red line is”, Chow said.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Festival announced the screening of “Revolutions of Our Times” at the last minute in order to protect the film crew.
On July 14, 2021, the Festival sent out an email to some media stating a “surprise documentary” would be added, and about 10 reporters were invited to a private viewing. The media were required to keep the news a secret until the afternoon July 15.
Source: Stand News; Hollywood Reporter; Wall Street Journal #Jul15
https://thestandnews.page.link/twLjaX818nrWtMTj9
#ProtestArt #Professionalism #HongKongDirector #RevolutionofOurTimes
#WhiteTerror #Censorship
5 Universities in Hong Kong Crackdown on Students' Unions
Source: Stand News #Jul15
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5 Universities in Hong Kong Crackdown on Students' Unions
Source: Stand News #Jul15
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5 Universities in Hong Kong Crackdown on Students' Unions
In the past year, multiple students' unions in Hong Kong have been targeted and oppressed by the university management for their pro-democracy stance.
On July 15, 2021, the Hong Kong Lingnan University announced thst they would no longer collect the member fees on behalf of the Students' Union. This makes the 5th Students Union being targeted in Hong Kong universities-- after CityU, CUHK, HKU and PolyU.
After the HKUSU committee passed the proposal to mourn Leung Kin Fai's death, the university was critized heavily by Carrie Lam and other pro-establishment parties. The university responded immediately by reprimanding the SU and claimed that they would no longer acknowledge the SU, and demanded the SU to leave the building before July 21st. On the 11th of July, the university took down all the posters in the building, democratic wall and notice boards.
CUHK also stated that their SU made false claims about the university and urge the SU to take legal responsibility for their actions. The SU stepped down after only being elected for one day.
Source: Stand News #Jul15
https://thestandnews.page.link/LercnyuR77m3Sk6w6
5 Universities in Hong Kong Crackdown on Students' Unions
In the past year, multiple students' unions in Hong Kong have been targeted and oppressed by the university management for their pro-democracy stance.
On July 15, 2021, the Hong Kong Lingnan University announced thst they would no longer collect the member fees on behalf of the Students' Union. This makes the 5th Students Union being targeted in Hong Kong universities-- after CityU, CUHK, HKU and PolyU.
After the HKUSU committee passed the proposal to mourn Leung Kin Fai's death, the university was critized heavily by Carrie Lam and other pro-establishment parties. The university responded immediately by reprimanding the SU and claimed that they would no longer acknowledge the SU, and demanded the SU to leave the building before July 21st. On the 11th of July, the university took down all the posters in the building, democratic wall and notice boards.
CUHK also stated that their SU made false claims about the university and urge the SU to take legal responsibility for their actions. The SU stepped down after only being elected for one day.
Source: Stand News #Jul15
https://thestandnews.page.link/LercnyuR77m3Sk6w6
No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world
In the years after it was founded in 1999, the Swedish video game company Paradox Interactive quietly built a reputation for developing some of the best, and most hardcore, strategy games on the market. “Deep, endless, complex, unyielding games,” is how Shams Jorjani, the company’s chief business development officer, describes Paradox’s offerings. Most of its biggest hits, such as the middle ages-themed Crusader Kings, or Sengoku, in which you play as a 16th-century Japanese noble, were loosely based on history.
Source: The Guardian #Jul15
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/15/china-video-game-censorship-tencent-netease-blizzard
#Cults #Politics #Ghouls #China #Game
In the years after it was founded in 1999, the Swedish video game company Paradox Interactive quietly built a reputation for developing some of the best, and most hardcore, strategy games on the market. “Deep, endless, complex, unyielding games,” is how Shams Jorjani, the company’s chief business development officer, describes Paradox’s offerings. Most of its biggest hits, such as the middle ages-themed Crusader Kings, or Sengoku, in which you play as a 16th-century Japanese noble, were loosely based on history.
Source: The Guardian #Jul15
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/15/china-video-game-censorship-tencent-netease-blizzard
#Cults #Politics #Ghouls #China #Game
Self-censorship hits Hong Kong book fair in wake of national security law
Booksellers at Hong Kong’s annual book fair are offering a reduced selection of books deemed politically sensitive, as they try to avoid violating a sweeping national security law imposed on the city last year.
The fair was postponed twice last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. It usually draws hundreds of thousands of people looking for everything from the latest bestsellers to works by political figures.
This year, far fewer politically sensitive books are on display. Vendors are curating their books carefully to avoid violating the national security law, which Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in June 2020. Authorities have used it to crack down on dissent, arresting more than 100 pro-democracy supporters in the region.
Source: The Guardian #Jul15
https://bit.ly/3AboWKs
#BookFair #HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing
Booksellers at Hong Kong’s annual book fair are offering a reduced selection of books deemed politically sensitive, as they try to avoid violating a sweeping national security law imposed on the city last year.
The fair was postponed twice last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. It usually draws hundreds of thousands of people looking for everything from the latest bestsellers to works by political figures.
This year, far fewer politically sensitive books are on display. Vendors are curating their books carefully to avoid violating the national security law, which Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in June 2020. Authorities have used it to crack down on dissent, arresting more than 100 pro-democracy supporters in the region.
Source: The Guardian #Jul15
https://bit.ly/3AboWKs
#BookFair #HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing
Germany calls on China to allow further investigations into COVID origins
German Health Minister Jens Spahn called on China to make it possible for investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic to continue, saying more information was needed.
Speaking during a visit to the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva on Thursday, Spahn also announced a 260 million euro ($307 million) donation to WHO's ACT-Accelerator programme, which aims to ensure the entire world, including poorer countries, receive coronavirus vaccines and tests.
"I call on China to make it possible for the investigations into the origins of COVID to be continued," he said.
Source: Reuters #Jul15
https://reut.rs/3itCQk3
#Germany #China #Covid19
German Health Minister Jens Spahn called on China to make it possible for investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic to continue, saying more information was needed.
Speaking during a visit to the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva on Thursday, Spahn also announced a 260 million euro ($307 million) donation to WHO's ACT-Accelerator programme, which aims to ensure the entire world, including poorer countries, receive coronavirus vaccines and tests.
"I call on China to make it possible for the investigations into the origins of COVID to be continued," he said.
Source: Reuters #Jul15
https://reut.rs/3itCQk3
#Germany #China #Covid19
#Save12HKyouths
7 young activists sentenced to 10 months in jail in Hong Kong after serving in Chinese prison
Source: Inmedia #Jul15
https://bit.ly/3Oa8XCQ
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7 young activists sentenced to 10 months in jail in Hong Kong after serving in Chinese prison
Source: Inmedia #Jul15
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7 young activists sentenced to 10 months in jail in Hong Kong after serving in Chinese prison
The #12HongKongers who intended to abscond to #Taiwan reportedly in August 2020 were arrested and detained by PRC's marine police for secretly crossing the border.
Up til July 2022, 2 of these 12 Hongkongers are still being detained in China while 9 were charged for #ObstructionofJustice when they returned to Hong Kong after serving their sentence in China.
Amonh them, Wong Wai-Yin were charged with the #CrimeofExplosives instead of Obstruction of Justice. Hoang Lam Phuc and the others have pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 10 months in jail at the District Court in Hong Kong on July 15, 2022.
Li Chi-yin, who is serving 3.5 years in prison, was added 7 months in jail.
Temporary judge Wong Hing-Wai Newman claimed that their behaviour shows their ignorance and intention to challenge to Hong Kong judicial system.
The judge describes the case as the "first in history" that the Department of Justice charges people who do not return to detention on time for Obstruction of Justice. He says it is a pity to sentence these young defendants after reading their petition letters, but "rules are rules".
Source: Inmedia #Jul15
https://bit.ly/3Oa8XCQ
#Save12 #HoangLamPhuc #LiuTszMan #AndyLiYuHin #ChengTszHo #CheungChunFu #CheungMingYu #YimManHim #LeeTszYin #KokTszLun #WongWaiYin #TangKaiYin #QuinnMoon
7 young activists sentenced to 10 months in jail in Hong Kong after serving in Chinese prison
The #12HongKongers who intended to abscond to #Taiwan reportedly in August 2020 were arrested and detained by PRC's marine police for secretly crossing the border.
Up til July 2022, 2 of these 12 Hongkongers are still being detained in China while 9 were charged for #ObstructionofJustice when they returned to Hong Kong after serving their sentence in China.
Amonh them, Wong Wai-Yin were charged with the #CrimeofExplosives instead of Obstruction of Justice. Hoang Lam Phuc and the others have pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 10 months in jail at the District Court in Hong Kong on July 15, 2022.
Li Chi-yin, who is serving 3.5 years in prison, was added 7 months in jail.
Temporary judge Wong Hing-Wai Newman claimed that their behaviour shows their ignorance and intention to challenge to Hong Kong judicial system.
The judge describes the case as the "first in history" that the Department of Justice charges people who do not return to detention on time for Obstruction of Justice. He says it is a pity to sentence these young defendants after reading their petition letters, but "rules are rules".
Source: Inmedia #Jul15
https://bit.ly/3Oa8XCQ
#Save12 #HoangLamPhuc #LiuTszMan #AndyLiYuHin #ChengTszHo #CheungChunFu #CheungMingYu #YimManHim #LeeTszYin #KokTszLun #WongWaiYin #TangKaiYin #QuinnMoon