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Eight Hong Kong Exiled Activists Launched the "2021 Hong Kong Charter" to prevent the Hong Kong protest bubble.

On 14 March, 2021, diasporic Hong Kong activists, including Nathan Law Kwun-Chung, Ted Hui Chi-Fung and Brian Leung Kai-ping, issued the "2021 Hong Kong Charter", suggesting the protest direction for overseas Hong Kongers.

The Charter initiators stated at their press conference about the probability of the Hong Kong overseas protest bubble. Thus, they would like to unite Hong Kongers through this Charter.

In the press conference, Brian Leung said that Hong Kongers continued uttering to the world since 2019, but Hong Kongers can no longer speak freely. They should connect global protesters networks, understand local people's lives and find out channels to continue communicating with the world. The Charter includes the belief of Hong Kongers overseas and advocating the protest direction at different levels which were divided into three parts, Hong Kong, China and International.

The "2021 Hong Kong Charter" is led by Nathan Law Kwun-Chung, Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang, Ted Hui Chi-Fung, Brian Leung Kai-Ping, Glacier Kwong Chung-Ching, Ray Wong Toi-Yeung and Baggio Leung Chung-Hang.

The Charter states that Hong Kongers have started fighting for a democratic system since the 1980s. Nevertheless, the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) nature, a one-party system, remains unchanged. After breaching Sino-British Joint Declaration repeatedly, one-country-two-systems were declared to be dead. This Charter aims to unite overseas Hong Kongers and cohere their power at the international level to prepare for the protest.

In the press conference, Sunny Cheung mentioned that many different democracy movements had initiated Charters in the past, such as Nobel Peace Prize Liu Xiaobo launched "Charter 08". So, He would record Hong Kongers' voices through this Charter.

Source: Stand News #Mar15

https://bit.ly/3qXbSmP

#ExiledHongKongers #NathanLaw #TedHui #SunnyCheung #GlacierKwong #BrianLeung #RayWong #BaggioLeung #Charter #2021HKCharter #Charter08
#PoliceState #PoliticalSuppression
Hong Kong government criticizes foreign authorities for "sheltering criminals and imposing harm on community safety"
#NathanLaw: How about the White-clad mobsters in Yuen Long?

Source: Stand News #Apr10

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Hong Kong government criticizes foreign authorities for "sheltering criminals and imposing harm on community safety"
#NathanLaw: How about the White-clad mobsters in Yuen Long?

Former Chairman of Demosistō Nathan Law was offered political asylum by the British Home Office. The HKSAR government soon issued a statement accusing foreign governments for sheltering criminals, and ignoring the threat they impose on local communities.

Regarding the issue, Nathan Law questioned if Hong Kong government was “covering for the white-clad mobsters in Yuen Long 721 Attack who attacked citizens and endanger community safety”. He stated that, if the government issued letters to countries offering asylum, saying that the sheltered Hongkongers were threats to their safety, those countries would reply, “You are out of your mind”.

Law stated on April 7, 2021 that he was offered political asylum by the British Home Office, acknowledging his identity as a refugee. This elicited responses from both Chinese and Hong Kong government.

Zhao Lijian, Spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Ferign Affairs Information Department, criticised that the British government “openly stood up for pro-Hong Kong Independence individuals, and offered shelter for the wanted”, which was an offence to international diplomatic relations and the Rule of Law they signified.

Meanwhile, the Hong Kong government issued a “solemn declaration”, stating that they opposed to the offering of shelter to criminals from any country, and that if they turned a blind eye to their “crimes”, they were ignoring their threat to the local society and residents, and would end up “reaping what they have sown”.

Source: Stand News #Apr10

https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E6%B8%AF%E5%BA%9C%E6%8C%87%E5%A4%96%E5%9C%8B%E5%8C%85%E5%BA%87%E7%BD%AA%E7%8A%AF%E5%8F%AF%E5%B0%8D%E5%B1%85%E6%B0%91%E9%80%A0%E6%88%90%E5%AE%89%E5%85%A8%E5%A8%81%E8%84%85-%E7%BE%85%E5%86%A0%E8%81%B0-%E5%85%83%E6%9C%97%E7%99%BD%E8%A1%A3%E4%BA%BA%E5%91%A2/

#YuenLong721 #PoliticalAsylum #Refugee #Hongkongers
#Court #PoliticalPrisoner
#JoshuaWong: Don't Let the World Change Us

In almost 2 years since the Anti-ELAB movement broke out in 2019, Hong Kong's representative figures of the pro-democracy "resistance" camp are either in jail or in exile.

Among them, former lawmaker #EddieChu, former journalist #GywnethHo, district councillors #LesterShum and #TiffanyYuen have been detained and denied bail since late February 2021. They are among the 47 pro-democracy activists arrested for joining the primary election in 2020.

Former chair of #Demisisto #NathanLaw and former spokesman for the Hong Kong Higher Institutions International Affairs Delegation (#HKIAD) #SunnyCheung have to sever ties with their family in Hong Kong and live in exile.

On March 30, 2021, district councillor #JannelleLeung and activist Joshua Wong, alongside Shum and Yuen, were trialed for taking part in an "unauthorised assembly" on #June4 in Victoria Park in 2020.

They were among 24 pro-democracy figures who were charged for participating in the annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the victims of the 1989 #TiananmenSquareMassacre in Beijing. The vigil was for the first time banned by the Hong Kong police in 2020. It is still uncertain that whether the annual rally could be held in 2021.

The four pro-democracy activists admitted to joining the rally and were remanded in custody. In the courtroom, Joshua Wong yelled, "Even if we cannot change the world, don't let the world change us."

The 24-year-old Wong is currently serving his sentence for surrounding the police headquarters during the #AntiELAB protest, while being additionally charged with other offences connecting to the primary election and June 4th #vigil.

Source: Stand News #Mar30
https://bit.ly/333JeXD

#PoliticalSuppression #PoliceState #47Democrats
#Separation #Hongkongers
On #MothersDay, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists, remanded or exiled, Pay Homage to Their Mothers

Source: Stand News #May9

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On #MothersDay, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists, remanded or exiled, Pay Homage to Their Mothers

Usually on Mother’s Day, many families would go out and celebrate. However, some are less fortunate this year in Hong Kong.

On May 9, 2021, exiled former #Demosisto leader #NathanLaw posted a photo with his mother on Facebook. He said this festival reminds him of the many pro-democracy protestors who became separated from their families. “Only until justice is done can family warmth return.”

Nathan Law recalled, “no matter how busy I am, on Mother's Day, I can always let go of my work and sit before a dinner table with my family.”

He admitted he saw festivals as an excuse to step away from work, but this year he thought of all the protestors who were forced into leaving their own families due to political oppression.

“For everyone who is remanded, imprisoned, or exiled, there is always a mother at home waiting for their return, waiting for days, for months, for years.”

He hoped there can be a new meaning for Mother’s Day. “Please remember those behind bars and oceans apart.”

The facebook page of democrat #TakchiTam, who is remanded on National Security charges, also posted a video that was recorded earlier of him singing the song “Mother, I did no wrong.”

In the video, he said the festival also reminded him of all the young men and women exiled or imprisoned due to the movement. However, he believed when people are united in their pursuit of justice and truth, a new family will be forged.

[Editor's note: “Mother, I have done no wrong” is a song written in remembrance of the 1989 June Fourth Massacre in Beijing. The title is a reference to a famous banner raised by the pro-democracy students who went on hunger strike in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

The lyrics sing:

“We want no one to define right or wrong.

We want no one to convict others at will."]

Source: Stand News #May9

https://www.thestandnews.com/society/a-%E4%B8%8D%E4%B8%80%E6%A8%A3%E7%9A%84%E6%AF%8D%E8%A6%AA%E7%AF%80-%E6%B5%81%E4%BA%A1%E7%BE%85%E5%86%A0%E8%81%B0%E4%B8%8A%E8%BC%89%E8%88%87%E6%AF%8D%E8%A6%AA%E5%90%88%E7%85%A7-%E5%85%AC%E7%BE%A9%E5%BD%B0%E9%A1%AF%E6%89%8D%E5%8F%AF%E6%9C%89%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD%E6%BA%AB%E6%9A%96-%E5%BF%AB%E5%BF%85%E8%87%AA%E5%BD%88%E8%87%AA%E5%94%B1-%E5%AA%BD%E5%AA%BD%E6%88%91%E6%B2%92%E6%9C%89%E9%81%8E%E9%8C%AF/

#JuneFourth #Mothers #Exile #PoliticalSuppression #PoliticalPrisoners
Britain grants asylum to Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law

Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law said he has been granted political asylum in Britain, where he arrived last July after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on his home city that has been heavily criticised by the West.

The move is certain to ratchet up tensions between London and Beijing as Britain opens its doors to potentially more than five million residents of Hong Kong in the wake of the contentious security legislation.

“After several interviews in four months, the Home Office has informed me that my asylum application is approved,” Law said on Twitter late on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters #Apr08

https://reut.rs/31WsVve

#HongKong #Democracy #NathanLaw #Britain #Beijing
#Education #AcademicFreedom
University of Chicago received complaint for inviting #NathanLaw to participate in school event and "hurting its Chinese students"

Source: Stand News #May24

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#GlobalSupport #Solidarity
Pro-Hong Kong Rallies Take Place Across the World on Protest Anniversary

On June 12, 2021, rallies in support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement took place in different cities across the world.

These included but were not limited to Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth in Australia; Auckland and Christchurch in New Zealand; Tokyo in Japan; Seoul in South Korea; London, Reeding and Liverpool in the United Kingdom.

In #London alone, there were three assemblies. At least one of them was attended by over 1,000 including exiled activist and former lawmaker #NathanLaw.

The rally in #Sydney was attended by hundreds including former lawmaker #TedHui. Hui called on overseas Hongkongers to speak up as much as they can and to support the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.

In #Tokyo, over 250 Hongkongers and Japanese, dressed in black and holding umbrellas, marched from Shinjuku central park to different main streets downtown, attracting many onlookers.

The "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" flags flew under the sky of all these different cities. The protest anthem "#GlorytoHongKong", which has been banned by Hong Kong authorities, was also heard in the air.

Source: Stand News #Jun12

#FightForFreedom #HongKongProtests #NeverGiveUp
#PoliceState #GrearFireWall
Hong Kong Police demand Website Builder to Disable Pro-Democracy Website "2021 Hong Kong Charter"

Source: Stand News #Jun3

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Hong Kong Police demand Website Builder to Disable Pro-Democracy Website "2021 Hong Kong Charter"

The 2021 Hong Kong Charter and thre Hong Kong Liberation Coalition (#HKLC), two websites launched by exiled Hong Kongers and those living overseas, suddenly became unavailable on June 3, 2021.

According to the former leader of #Demosisto #NathanLaw, after certain negotiations with #Wix, the website builder of #2021HongKongCharter, they were able to obtain a letter issued to the company by Hong Kong Police.

In the letter, the Police demanded Wix to disable the website in 72 hours due to suspicion of its violation to the #NationalSecurityLaw including incitement of secession and subversion against the Chinese government and collusion with foreign forces.

In the evening of, 2021 Hong Kong Charter was restored. Wix posted on Twitter explaining that the website was disabled by mistake and it has already resumed its operation. Wix apologized and promised to review its policy to avoid repeating the same mistake.

Source: Stand News #Jun3

https://bit.ly/3zJzQHI

#Internet #WhiteTerror
#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
Pillar of Shame placed outside Chinese Embassy in Rome. Nathan Law: China government's atrocities must be exposed to the world

As the G20 summit is to be held in Rome for two days from Saturday (30 October), exiled Hong Kong legislator Nathan Law Kwun-Chung took the "Pillar of Shame" to the Chinese Embassy there yesterday (27 October) to protest. He said he might not be able to stop the Chinese Communist Party (#ccp) from committing atrocities, but he hoped to draw public attention to human rights issues in China.

Joint with Luke de Pulford, a British member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), and others, Nathan Law erected a three-metre-high "Pillar of Shame", a replica of the original "Pillar of Shame" status made by the same Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt, outside the Chinese Embassy in Rome yesterday.

"We may not be able to stop the Chinese Communist Party's atrocities, but with the G20 summit around the corner, there is something we can do to get the media's attention and to direct some of the public opinions towards the human rights of the Chinese Communist Party," he said. He would also meet with parliamentarians from different countries in Rome in the coming days, hoping to remind them of the importance of fighting the expansion of Chinese Communist authority when they gather.

Source: Stand News #Oct28

#PillarOfShame #NathanLaw #G20 #Summit #Rome #LukeDePulford #IPAC #China

https://bit.ly/33ptQZ7

[Translator note: According to the Stand News video, Nathan Law said, "it is a statement about the atrocity and the massacre that the Chinese Communist Party did to its people, its crushing of democratic pursuit, and the pursuits of its people to decide the future of their own country", which is not quite the same as what the news article say]
#LegCoElection
Five Overseas Hongkongers including #NathanLaw wanted by HK Authorities Over #BlankVotes and #NoVote 'Incitement'

In Hong Kong, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (#ICAC) issued a warrant on December 18, 2021 to arrest five exiled activists, including Nathan Law Kwun-chung, for inciting voters to cast blank or invalid ballots in the Legislative Council election on December 19, 2021.

Apart from former lawmaker Law, four others, including Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang; and former district councilors Timothy Lee Hin-long, Lee Ka-wai, and Carmen Lau Ka-man are also wanted persons.  

Source: Stand News, #Dec18

https://bit.ly/3GUhh6t

#Regime #FakeElection #PoliceState #CCPStyle #FailedState
#LegCoElection
DQ'd, Jailed, Exiled: the Fate of 31 Elected Pro-Democracy Members of 2016 Legislative Council


After a year-long delay, and after China has "perfected" Hong Kong's electoral system, the Legislative Council (Legco) election finally took place on December 19, 2021.

Unlike the past, traditional pro-democracy parties such as Democratic Party, Civic Party, and Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood are all absent from this election. Taking their place in running is a few lesser known, self-professed "non-establishment" candidates.

The previous Legco Election took place in 2016, in which over 2.2 million voters elected 35 legislators from the geographic constituencies, the only part of the legislature which is generated by direct election.

Taking by-elections into account, 31 pro-democracy legislators have been voted into office in 2016. However, these elected representatives can no longer serve as the voice of the people in the halls of the Legislature.

Of the 31, 4 have emigrated from Hong Kong or have left in exile. 14 are in custody or are serving prison sentences, while 5 have been released on bail. The remaining 10 have stepped back from politics.

The oath taking controversy in 2016-2017 saw six legislators disqualified ("DQ") and removed from office, as a result of China's National People's Congress reinterpreting the requirements in Hong Kong's Basic Law after the legislators have already taken their oaths.

Following the 2019 #AntiELAB movement, the pro-democracy camp initiated a primary election in a bid to secure over half of the seats in Legislature in the election originally scheduled for 2020. 610,000 voters cast their votes in the primaries which saw candidates from across the full spectrum of the democratic camp participate. 18 of them had been sitting members of the 2016 Legco.

However, the primary election was accused by the authorities to be a "plot to paralyze the government", and the police arrested 55 people associated to the primaries under the #NationalSecurityLaw. This includes 16 of the aforementioned 18 sitting Legco members; the remaining two, #NathanLaw and #TedHui, have left Hong Kong in exile.

Source: Stand News #Dec18
https://thestandnews.page.link/Tmr7PZVS2TohiCqWA

#PoliticalProsecution #DQ #HongKongElection #CCPStyle
#Regime #PoliceState #Arrest

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Civil Society Groups Issue Joint Statement, Concerns over Attacks on Hongkongers in UK

A statement was issued by Hong Kong-led civil society groups and its allies, following a violent attack on Hongkongers during a rally that took place in London on 27 November, 2021.

In the UK, Hongkongers and other members of East and South East Asian communities have been exposed to threats and intimidation.

There were messages circulating on #WeChat,a texting app from China, about putting a 'bounty' on Hong Kong pro-democracy activists #SimonCheng and #NathanLaw, offering £10,000 to anyone who could offer their UK addresses.

Besides, there were also messages seeking to create "vigilante groups" to attack any HongKongers' groups in support of Hong Kong independence.

The statemdnt expressed grave concern over the tactics of intimidation which not only threatens the safety and security of Hongkongers and supporters of Hongkongers’ struggles; but also infringe Hongkongers’ fundamental right to freedom of expression.

Read full statement : https://t.co/xRQlzlitpF

Source: Stand With Hong Kong; RFA #Dec3

#CCP #Infiltration #Intimidation #Bounty #PoliticalOppression
US President Biden invited Nathan Law to give speech at the Global Democracy Summit. Yet, 2 Hong Kong officials lash Biden for his invitation.

#NathanLaw #JoeBiden #ChrisTang #RaymondSiu #GoHKgraphics
#FirstHand #June4
Assembly in #London: #Hongkongers and #Ulkranians In Solidarity

Photo album: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/32822

At Downing Street, London on June 4th, 2022, Hongkongers and Ukrainians organized a fight against dictatorship assembly. The solidarity movement voices support for the fight for freedom across mainly Hongkongers and Ukrainians.

Exiled activist #NathanLaw, a former legislator in Hong Kong and the founder of #Demosisto, was the first guest speaker of the event. He said to the crowd, "no matter where we are from, we are all escaping from the dictatorship regime."

He said that not only Ukrainians but also Hongkongers have been following the Russian invasion news.

Carman Lau Ka-Man, a former Wong Tai Sin District Councillor in 2019, was the next one to speak, urging overseas Hongkongers to do more when they were able to and to help those in Hong Kong who are suffering in jail or under suppression.

"Perhaps 1989 seems quite long ago, but let's not forget what we did in the year of 2019."

#BenedictRoger, the founder of #HongKongWatch, brings a yellow umbrella to the event, saying the umbrella is not only for rainy weather, but also to symbolise the dignity of the people who fight for democracy and the movement against dictatorship regime.

A Ukrainian representative spoke and emphasised that Ukraine is a geographic buffer between Russia and Europe, protecting the whole Europe from Russia. She urged the world to stop using fuel supplied by Russia in order to stand with Ukraine.

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#Japan
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/32814

#Resistance #Solidarity #FightForFreedom #RussianInvasion #CCP