#PoliticalSuppression #WhiteTerror
Public Broadcaster in HK Removes Veteran Journalist and Academic From Shows
After the multiple arrests of media workers and the shutdown of #Apple Daily, the authorities continue to shake up the media industry in Hong Kong.
On June 28, 2021, #RTHK, the public broadcaster funded by the government removed #AllanAu (#AuKaLun), a veteran journalist and university lecturer #LeungKaiChi from a radio programme and a TV show, respectively.
They are both columnists well known for speaking up against injustice and making critical analysis from their professional expertise. They both taught at local universities.
They were notified of the station's decision at the last minute, namely on the same day. For Leung, the entire show he used to host was canceled and replaced by replayed programmes.
Just a week ago, snother RTHK radio host, Tsang Chi-ho, was sacked with immediate effect, despite his popularity in the show "Crazy and Happy". Before that, Tsang used to co-host Headliner, a popular political satire that was axed by RTHK after attacks by the pro-Chins camp.
Au has been a co-host of the current affairs show for 11 years. Au spent the last 20 seconds of the show to say goodbye to his audience. He reiterated that the motto of the phone-in show was to "speak the truth" and hoped everyone would take care.
Source: Stand News #Jun28
https://bit.ly/3gYKwuY.
https://bit.ly/2UCx2w4
#Censorship #PressFreedom #Journalism
Public Broadcaster in HK Removes Veteran Journalist and Academic From Shows
After the multiple arrests of media workers and the shutdown of #Apple Daily, the authorities continue to shake up the media industry in Hong Kong.
On June 28, 2021, #RTHK, the public broadcaster funded by the government removed #AllanAu (#AuKaLun), a veteran journalist and university lecturer #LeungKaiChi from a radio programme and a TV show, respectively.
They are both columnists well known for speaking up against injustice and making critical analysis from their professional expertise. They both taught at local universities.
They were notified of the station's decision at the last minute, namely on the same day. For Leung, the entire show he used to host was canceled and replaced by replayed programmes.
Just a week ago, snother RTHK radio host, Tsang Chi-ho, was sacked with immediate effect, despite his popularity in the show "Crazy and Happy". Before that, Tsang used to co-host Headliner, a popular political satire that was axed by RTHK after attacks by the pro-Chins camp.
Au has been a co-host of the current affairs show for 11 years. Au spent the last 20 seconds of the show to say goodbye to his audience. He reiterated that the motto of the phone-in show was to "speak the truth" and hoped everyone would take care.
Source: Stand News #Jun28
https://bit.ly/3gYKwuY.
https://bit.ly/2UCx2w4
#Censorship #PressFreedom #Journalism
#AppleDaily's Charity Provided $17m to the Needy Last Year, Now in Limbo after Govt Shut Down Newspaper
Source: Citizen News #Jun23
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#AppleDaily's Charity Provided $17m to the Needy Last Year, Now in Limbo after Govt Shut Down Newspaper
When Apple Daily began publication in 1995, the newspaper also established the Apple Daily Charitable Foundation in the same year, funding it with the paper's profits.
The Foundation's latest annual report shows that, in the 2019-20 year, it had donated over HKD 17,000,000 to 225 persons in need, while its bursary program provided support for 214 students with HKD 660,000 in funding.
As Apple Daily is shut down after the government froze its assets, the foundation also could not continue operating, as a district councillor found out from a man seeking help.
Kwai Tsing District councillor #RaymondChow was approached for assistance by an elderly man in his 70s with prostate cancer. The man said that the Apple Daily foundation could no longer provide him with funds for his medication.
He had sought help from Hong Kong Cancer Fund but was put on the waiting list, as there had been too many others applying for help recently.
The man had asked for Councillor Chow's help 3 years ago. At the time, his medication was not registered on the government drug formulary, so he had to pay for the expensive medicine on his own. Neither the Samaritan Fund nor the Yan Chai Hospital Medicine Charitable Fund could help him; in the end, only the Apple Daily foundation would help him bear the costs.
The government has an obligation to step in, Chow said, and so should other government organizations such as Social Welfare Department and Community Care Fund. Otherwise, he says, it is no different than sending the sick straight to the grave.
As for the elderly man, he could now only wait for Hong Kong Cancer Fund's reply.
Source: Citizen News #Jun23
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/42705/蘋果日報-蘋果基金-前列腺癌-42705/《蘋果》停運影響慈善基金-去年捐逾1700萬助225名病患-七旬患癌翁向區議員求助
When Apple Daily began publication in 1995, the newspaper also established the Apple Daily Charitable Foundation in the same year, funding it with the paper's profits.
The Foundation's latest annual report shows that, in the 2019-20 year, it had donated over HKD 17,000,000 to 225 persons in need, while its bursary program provided support for 214 students with HKD 660,000 in funding.
As Apple Daily is shut down after the government froze its assets, the foundation also could not continue operating, as a district councillor found out from a man seeking help.
Kwai Tsing District councillor #RaymondChow was approached for assistance by an elderly man in his 70s with prostate cancer. The man said that the Apple Daily foundation could no longer provide him with funds for his medication.
He had sought help from Hong Kong Cancer Fund but was put on the waiting list, as there had been too many others applying for help recently.
The man had asked for Councillor Chow's help 3 years ago. At the time, his medication was not registered on the government drug formulary, so he had to pay for the expensive medicine on his own. Neither the Samaritan Fund nor the Yan Chai Hospital Medicine Charitable Fund could help him; in the end, only the Apple Daily foundation would help him bear the costs.
The government has an obligation to step in, Chow said, and so should other government organizations such as Social Welfare Department and Community Care Fund. Otherwise, he says, it is no different than sending the sick straight to the grave.
As for the elderly man, he could now only wait for Hong Kong Cancer Fund's reply.
Source: Citizen News #Jun23
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/42705/蘋果日報-蘋果基金-前列腺癌-42705/《蘋果》停運影響慈善基金-去年捐逾1700萬助225名病患-七旬患癌翁向區議員求助
Amnesty International Report Describes Xinjiang's Situation as a “Dystopian Hell Landscape"
Source: Stand News #Jun11
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Amnesty International Report Describes Xinjiang's Situation as a “Dystopian Hell Landscape"
Amnesty International characterized the Chinese government’s actions against the Turkic Muslim population as a “crime against humanity” on Thursday (10 June). They publish a 160-page report, stating Uyghurs and Muslim minorities in Xinjiang are facing systematic abuse, including the torture tool “tiger chair” that a slight move can lead to great pain to the person in the seat.
Recently, many governments and international organizations accuse China of human rights violations. Among them, Amnesty International has been investigating the Xinjiang issue for years. This report describes the Chinese government's intention to remove Muslim cultures and traditions within the territory by different means. The report also states the government regards Turkic Muslim in the region as “extremists”. The report alleges that since most Xinjiang people are afraid of being imprisoned or badly treated, they stop praying nor following any act of Islam observance, including clothing, retouching and speech. Some locals said to Amnesty International, “We cannot say 'let peace be with you (as-salamu-alaykum)'. The government even ban Koran, prayer mats and other religious products.
The report also quotes evidence from Turkic Muslim that they are detained in Chinese government-called “re-education camps", with abuse by the authority. Turkic Muslim women were even forced to accept the system of sterilization or birth control.
Source: Stand News #Jun11
https://bit.ly/3jmJOZQ
#AmnestyInternational #Xinjiang #Uyghurs #Turkic #Islam #Muslim #China #HumanRights #Imprison #Extremist #ReeducationCamp #Genocide
Amnesty International characterized the Chinese government’s actions against the Turkic Muslim population as a “crime against humanity” on Thursday (10 June). They publish a 160-page report, stating Uyghurs and Muslim minorities in Xinjiang are facing systematic abuse, including the torture tool “tiger chair” that a slight move can lead to great pain to the person in the seat.
Recently, many governments and international organizations accuse China of human rights violations. Among them, Amnesty International has been investigating the Xinjiang issue for years. This report describes the Chinese government's intention to remove Muslim cultures and traditions within the territory by different means. The report also states the government regards Turkic Muslim in the region as “extremists”. The report alleges that since most Xinjiang people are afraid of being imprisoned or badly treated, they stop praying nor following any act of Islam observance, including clothing, retouching and speech. Some locals said to Amnesty International, “We cannot say 'let peace be with you (as-salamu-alaykum)'. The government even ban Koran, prayer mats and other religious products.
The report also quotes evidence from Turkic Muslim that they are detained in Chinese government-called “re-education camps", with abuse by the authority. Turkic Muslim women were even forced to accept the system of sterilization or birth control.
Source: Stand News #Jun11
https://bit.ly/3jmJOZQ
#AmnestyInternational #Xinjiang #Uyghurs #Turkic #Islam #Muslim #China #HumanRights #Imprison #Extremist #ReeducationCamp #Genocide
Hong Kong’s Biggest Pro-Democracy Newspaper Prints Final Edition
On June 23, 2021, crowds of Hong Kong residents gathered in support outside the headquarters of Apple Daily, one of the last bastions of media resistance to Beijing, as it sent its final edition to print. The paper announced it would close after the arrests of senior leadership this week under the draconian national security law introduced last year. Banks froze the newspaper’s assets to avoid being charged themselves.
The rollout of the national security law has seen successive groups targeted: first protest leaders, then democratic politicians, and now journalists. More than 800 Apple Daily staff have lost their jobs while Hong Kong has lost its long-cherished freedom of speech.
Source: Foreign Policy #Jun23
https://t.co/LX9HXxgEHv
#AppleDaily #HongKong #Democracy #Newspaper #NationalSecurityLaw
On June 23, 2021, crowds of Hong Kong residents gathered in support outside the headquarters of Apple Daily, one of the last bastions of media resistance to Beijing, as it sent its final edition to print. The paper announced it would close after the arrests of senior leadership this week under the draconian national security law introduced last year. Banks froze the newspaper’s assets to avoid being charged themselves.
The rollout of the national security law has seen successive groups targeted: first protest leaders, then democratic politicians, and now journalists. More than 800 Apple Daily staff have lost their jobs while Hong Kong has lost its long-cherished freedom of speech.
Source: Foreign Policy #Jun23
https://t.co/LX9HXxgEHv
#AppleDaily #HongKong #Democracy #Newspaper #NationalSecurityLaw
China Still Buys American DNA Equipment for Xinjiang Despite Blocks
The police in the Chinese region of Xinjiang are still buying hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of American DNA equipment despite warnings from the U.S. government that the sale of such technologies could be used to enable human rights abuses in the region.
The U.S. government has tried to prevent the sale of DNA sequencers, test kits and other products made by American firms to the police in Xinjiang for years, amid concerns raised by scientists and human rights groups that the authorities could use the tools to build systems to track people. In 2019, the Trump administration banned the sale of American goods to most law enforcement agencies in Xinjiang unless the companies received a license. And in 2020, Washington warned that companies selling biometric technology and other products to Xinjiang should be aware of the “reputational, economic and legal risks.”
Source: NY Times #Jun11
https://t.co/lPb5atD3YL
#China #DNA #Xinjiang
The police in the Chinese region of Xinjiang are still buying hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of American DNA equipment despite warnings from the U.S. government that the sale of such technologies could be used to enable human rights abuses in the region.
The U.S. government has tried to prevent the sale of DNA sequencers, test kits and other products made by American firms to the police in Xinjiang for years, amid concerns raised by scientists and human rights groups that the authorities could use the tools to build systems to track people. In 2019, the Trump administration banned the sale of American goods to most law enforcement agencies in Xinjiang unless the companies received a license. And in 2020, Washington warned that companies selling biometric technology and other products to Xinjiang should be aware of the “reputational, economic and legal risks.”
Source: NY Times #Jun11
https://t.co/lPb5atD3YL
#China #DNA #Xinjiang
#Solidarity #Hongkongers
Pro-democracy Optical shop claims no surprise to nuisance and vows no regrets to exhibiting support to #AppleDaily
Source: Apple Daily #Jun20
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Pro-democracy Optical shop claims no surprise to nuisance and vows no regrets to exhibiting support to #AppleDaily
Source: Apple Daily #Jun20
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Pro-democracy Optical shop claims no surprise to nuisance and vows no regrets to exhibiting support to #AppleDaily
ipoint Optical is an optical shop in Hong Kong, known for its voluntary service and free eyewear to detained and arrested pro-democracy protesters.
On June 20, 2021, the shop placed a front-page advertisement on Apple Daily, following the police's raid, arrests and the freezing of assets.
Soon after that, the shop has been spitefully harassed, receiving nearly a hundred anonymous phone calls in one morning.
Without much alternative, the shop must stop answering all phone calls which impacted badly on their business operation. The shop called for their customers to contact them via other means.
Owner of the optical shop, Michael expressed that someone put up pro-government posters outside their shop to indicate disagreement, so he was not surprised and concerned about more nuisance.
He reiterated that he took no regrets in putting up an advertisement on Apple Daily. There were also new customers visiting them after seeing the ad, Michael said.
Source: Apple Daily, #Jun20
https://bit.ly/3gGScC3
#YellowEconomy #Optician #Ipoint
Pro-democracy Optical shop claims no surprise to nuisance and vows no regrets to exhibiting support to #AppleDaily
ipoint Optical is an optical shop in Hong Kong, known for its voluntary service and free eyewear to detained and arrested pro-democracy protesters.
On June 20, 2021, the shop placed a front-page advertisement on Apple Daily, following the police's raid, arrests and the freezing of assets.
Soon after that, the shop has been spitefully harassed, receiving nearly a hundred anonymous phone calls in one morning.
Without much alternative, the shop must stop answering all phone calls which impacted badly on their business operation. The shop called for their customers to contact them via other means.
Owner of the optical shop, Michael expressed that someone put up pro-government posters outside their shop to indicate disagreement, so he was not surprised and concerned about more nuisance.
He reiterated that he took no regrets in putting up an advertisement on Apple Daily. There were also new customers visiting them after seeing the ad, Michael said.
Source: Apple Daily, #Jun20
https://bit.ly/3gGScC3
#YellowEconomy #Optician #Ipoint
#TodayinHistory #FailedState
June 30, 2021, Hong Kong: 24 Years after the #Handover and 1 Year after the enforcement of the National Security Law
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June 30, 2021, Hong Kong: 24 Years after the #Handover and 1 Year after the enforcement of the National Security Law
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June 30, 2021, Hong Kong: 24 Years after the #Handover and 1 Year after the enforcement of the National Security Law
On June 30, 2021, the flags of the Hong Kong SAR and of the PRC were hanged across the territory, as the authorities celebrate the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty from Britain to the PRC in 1997.
The day also marks one year since the #NationalSecurityLaw has been forcefully imposed by Beijing.
While the annual July 1st march of the pro-democracy camp has been objected by the police, the force claimed that they will still deploy 10,000 officers. The scale is similar to that on June 4, 2021.
The Government is aldp awarding awards to 750 individuals who made "contribution" to
society. The list included at lesst 20 politicians from the pro-Beijing party DAB and members of the Department of Jusfice such as the Chief Justice and Judge.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Next Media, the parent company of Apple Daily, is forced to stop operating. The company's is still being frozen.
Photo: #FirstHand #Jun30
Text: InMedia; Stand News
https://bit.ly/3jxX4Lo
https://thestandnews.page.link/ueRa15wcpwYQQsKR6
June 30, 2021, Hong Kong: 24 Years after the #Handover and 1 Year after the enforcement of the National Security Law
On June 30, 2021, the flags of the Hong Kong SAR and of the PRC were hanged across the territory, as the authorities celebrate the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty from Britain to the PRC in 1997.
The day also marks one year since the #NationalSecurityLaw has been forcefully imposed by Beijing.
While the annual July 1st march of the pro-democracy camp has been objected by the police, the force claimed that they will still deploy 10,000 officers. The scale is similar to that on June 4, 2021.
The Government is aldp awarding awards to 750 individuals who made "contribution" to
society. The list included at lesst 20 politicians from the pro-Beijing party DAB and members of the Department of Jusfice such as the Chief Justice and Judge.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Next Media, the parent company of Apple Daily, is forced to stop operating. The company's is still being frozen.
Photo: #FirstHand #Jun30
Text: InMedia; Stand News
https://bit.ly/3jxX4Lo
https://thestandnews.page.link/ueRa15wcpwYQQsKR6
Hong Kong has lost so much thing in the previous month. The highlighted are the June 4th Assembly, Apple Daily, and the July 1st March.
#Freedom #FreedomofPress #FreedomofSpeech #AppleDaily #July1 #June4 #GoHKgraphics
#Freedom #FreedomofPress #FreedomofSpeech #AppleDaily #July1 #June4 #GoHKgraphics
A quiet battle is raging in Congress over how the US will respond to China's growing power
Under Donald Trump, the beltway's view of China shifted from one of relative complacency to one verging on alarmism.
The bipartisan consensus on the need for a significant response to the rise of Chinese power has now driven major new China legislation in both the Senate and House. While both bills are forceful responses to China's increasing power, they present critical choices as to how extreme the turn in America's China policy will be.
Source: Business Insider #Jun27
https://t.co/huTdFQ6pXH
#China #America #DonaldTrump
Under Donald Trump, the beltway's view of China shifted from one of relative complacency to one verging on alarmism.
The bipartisan consensus on the need for a significant response to the rise of Chinese power has now driven major new China legislation in both the Senate and House. While both bills are forceful responses to China's increasing power, they present critical choices as to how extreme the turn in America's China policy will be.
Source: Business Insider #Jun27
https://t.co/huTdFQ6pXH
#China #America #DonaldTrump
#FirstHand #Jul1
First year without 7.1 protest; Pro-democracy Trade Union sets up street booth in Wan Chai
In the past years, pro-democracy demostrations were always held in Hong Kong on July 1, with themes concerning different social and political issues.
This tradition is halted this year as police banned the demostration applied by various organisations.
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Union (#HKCTU）set up street booth in Wan Chai today, with banners "live in the reality" hung up high.
Paintings and publications that encourage HongKongers to resist and persist were seen as well.
Police was deployed around the booth, stopping and searching young people wearing black.
#PoliceState #PoliticalSuppression #StreetBooth #July1Protest
First year without 7.1 protest; Pro-democracy Trade Union sets up street booth in Wan Chai
In the past years, pro-democracy demostrations were always held in Hong Kong on July 1, with themes concerning different social and political issues.
This tradition is halted this year as police banned the demostration applied by various organisations.
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Union (#HKCTU）set up street booth in Wan Chai today, with banners "live in the reality" hung up high.
Paintings and publications that encourage HongKongers to resist and persist were seen as well.
Police was deployed around the booth, stopping and searching young people wearing black.
#PoliceState #PoliticalSuppression #StreetBooth #July1Protest