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Video Recap of Police Brutality on November 2
1. Police assaulted a man during stop-search and obstrcted reporters from filming.
2. Police shot horizontally at citizens
3. Police vehicle almost hit citizens
4. Police pepper-sprayed, tear gassed and violently arrested pro-democracy election candidates at their campaigns in Victoria Park
5. Police ordered citizens to squat and assaulted subdued citizens. Police detained nearly 60 citizens in an alley next to Southorn Playground.
6. Police chased and assaulted members of the press
7. The highly flammable Chinese made tear gas, shot by police, burnt the back of a first aider.
8. Police shot tear gas and hit fire truck, affecting firefighter.
9. Police pepper-sprayed and assaulted firefighter
There are cases that cannot be contained in just one video.
#Nov2 #PoliceBrutality #HongkongProtests
1. Police assaulted a man during stop-search and obstrcted reporters from filming.
2. Police shot horizontally at citizens
3. Police vehicle almost hit citizens
4. Police pepper-sprayed, tear gassed and violently arrested pro-democracy election candidates at their campaigns in Victoria Park
5. Police ordered citizens to squat and assaulted subdued citizens. Police detained nearly 60 citizens in an alley next to Southorn Playground.
6. Police chased and assaulted members of the press
7. The highly flammable Chinese made tear gas, shot by police, burnt the back of a first aider.
8. Police shot tear gas and hit fire truck, affecting firefighter.
9. Police pepper-sprayed and assaulted firefighter
There are cases that cannot be contained in just one video.
#Nov2 #PoliceBrutality #HongkongProtests
#CathayPacific Staff Rally Against Sacking and Unfair Treatment Objected by Hong Kong Police
Source: Stand News #Nov2
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#CathayPacific Staff Rally Against Sacking and Unfair Treatment Objected by Hong Kong Police
After sacking 5,300 Hong Kong-based staff members, Cathay Pacific demands its remaining employees to change to a new contract or face sacking.
Earlier, Cathay Pacific flight attendants' union has informed the police and applied for a rally permission at Cathay City on November 4. Two days before the rally, the police rejected the request.
The union criticized Cathay Pacific for mistreating their staff by firing them and cutting their salary. Communication with the management has been problematic and there are a lot of unsolved issues with the new contract. Many employees regretted signing it.
Although the rally has been rejected by the police, the union will find alternative ways to voice their opinion.
Since several pro-democracy rallies took place at the airport in August and September 2019, the Hong Kong Airport Authority has obtained an injunction order from the court, barring anyone who are not staff, nor passengers with a boarding pass from entering the Hong Kong airport.
Source: Stand News #Nov2
#CathayDragon #HongKongAirport #Rally #FlightAttendantsUnion #FlywithYou
After sacking 5,300 Hong Kong-based staff members, Cathay Pacific demands its remaining employees to change to a new contract or face sacking.
Earlier, Cathay Pacific flight attendants' union has informed the police and applied for a rally permission at Cathay City on November 4. Two days before the rally, the police rejected the request.
The union criticized Cathay Pacific for mistreating their staff by firing them and cutting their salary. Communication with the management has been problematic and there are a lot of unsolved issues with the new contract. Many employees regretted signing it.
Although the rally has been rejected by the police, the union will find alternative ways to voice their opinion.
Since several pro-democracy rallies took place at the airport in August and September 2019, the Hong Kong Airport Authority has obtained an injunction order from the court, barring anyone who are not staff, nor passengers with a boarding pass from entering the Hong Kong airport.
Source: Stand News #Nov2
#CathayDragon #HongKongAirport #Rally #FlightAttendantsUnion #FlywithYou
#Save12HKYouths
China's Procuratorate Removes Lawyers Hired by Detainees' Families
Source: Stand News #Nov2
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China's Procuratorate Removes Lawyers Hired by Detainees' Families
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China's Procuratorate Removes Lawyers Hired by Detainees' Families
China has detained 12 Hong Kong pro-democract activists in Shenzhen for over 72 days. The lawyers hired by their families have recently lodged complaints against China's Yantian District Detention Center for unlawful acts, as they have been rejected demand for information about the state-appointed lawyers. The lawyers suspected that the Chinese authorities have deceived them.
One of the lawyers said that the Procuratorate in China told them over the phone on Nov 2, 2020 that their clients [detained Hongkongers] had "already hired two lawyers", so that they were no longer representing the lawyer. The lawyers described such reply as 'totally irrelevant to the inquiry '.
While the 12 Hongkongers are still held incommunicado in Shenzhen, the Chinese authorites have repeatedly refused the family-hired lawyers' visits. The lawyers also received calls from China's Ministry of Justice in the past few days, ordering them to terminate their appointments with the detainees.
The detention center claimed that the detainees had hired two lawyers, who are suspected to be the state-appointed lawyers.
Source: Stand News #Nov2
#CCPLaw #ChineseProcuratorate #HumanRightsLawyers
China's Procuratorate Removes Lawyers Hired by Detainees' Families
China has detained 12 Hong Kong pro-democract activists in Shenzhen for over 72 days. The lawyers hired by their families have recently lodged complaints against China's Yantian District Detention Center for unlawful acts, as they have been rejected demand for information about the state-appointed lawyers. The lawyers suspected that the Chinese authorities have deceived them.
One of the lawyers said that the Procuratorate in China told them over the phone on Nov 2, 2020 that their clients [detained Hongkongers] had "already hired two lawyers", so that they were no longer representing the lawyer. The lawyers described such reply as 'totally irrelevant to the inquiry '.
While the 12 Hongkongers are still held incommunicado in Shenzhen, the Chinese authorites have repeatedly refused the family-hired lawyers' visits. The lawyers also received calls from China's Ministry of Justice in the past few days, ordering them to terminate their appointments with the detainees.
The detention center claimed that the detainees had hired two lawyers, who are suspected to be the state-appointed lawyers.
Source: Stand News #Nov2
#CCPLaw #ChineseProcuratorate #HumanRightsLawyers
#JudicialIndependence
HK Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma: Judicial Independence Must Be Separated from Politics, No One is Above the Law
Source: Stand News #Nov2
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HK Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma: Judicial Independence Must Be Separated from Politics, No One is Above the Law
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#JudicialIndependence #SeparationofPowers
HK Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma: Judicial Independence Must Be Separated from Politics, No One is Above the Law
The issue of separation of powers has sparked intense debate in Hong Kong as the authorities and Beijing loyalists refused to acknowledge its practice in Hong Kong.
In his speech at the ceremonial opening of Hong Kong Legal Week 2020, Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal Geoffrey Ma reiterated the importance of not politicizing the independent judiciary and court. As clearly stated in the Basic Law, Hong Kong enjoys independent judicial power, including that of final adjudication. This means no one is above the law, nor can one interfere with court decision. All adjudications must comply strictly with the law, and uphold the principles of equality, equity and fairness.
Geoffrey Ma also pointed out that the rule of law had always been an important core value of Hong Kong, which warranted careful protection, and society could not bear the risk of losing it.
He asked the public to dismiss misconceptions and misunderstanding about rule of law in order to protect it. He believed that law should be predictable, stable and clear, and judicial decision should be open to the public.
Ma stated that according to the Basic Law, the non-permanent judges of the Court of Final Appeal and lawyers from other common law jurisdictions could practice in Hong Kong.
Source: Stand News #Nov2
#RuleofLaw #GeoffreyMa #LegalWeek #Speech
HK Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma: Judicial Independence Must Be Separated from Politics, No One is Above the Law
The issue of separation of powers has sparked intense debate in Hong Kong as the authorities and Beijing loyalists refused to acknowledge its practice in Hong Kong.
In his speech at the ceremonial opening of Hong Kong Legal Week 2020, Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal Geoffrey Ma reiterated the importance of not politicizing the independent judiciary and court. As clearly stated in the Basic Law, Hong Kong enjoys independent judicial power, including that of final adjudication. This means no one is above the law, nor can one interfere with court decision. All adjudications must comply strictly with the law, and uphold the principles of equality, equity and fairness.
Geoffrey Ma also pointed out that the rule of law had always been an important core value of Hong Kong, which warranted careful protection, and society could not bear the risk of losing it.
He asked the public to dismiss misconceptions and misunderstanding about rule of law in order to protect it. He believed that law should be predictable, stable and clear, and judicial decision should be open to the public.
Ma stated that according to the Basic Law, the non-permanent judges of the Court of Final Appeal and lawyers from other common law jurisdictions could practice in Hong Kong.
Source: Stand News #Nov2
#RuleofLaw #GeoffreyMa #LegalWeek #Speech
#WhiteTerror #University
CityU bans any modifications of its anthem and emblem; Students' violations will stay on record till 7 years after graduation
The City University of Hong Kong (#CityU) has added a new clause banning any acts that may "tarnish the image and reputation of the university", including the unauthorized use, modification, damage and/or parody of the school anthem, emblem, and/or any element representative of the university.
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News #Nov2
https://bit.ly/382NdHV
#Education #FreeSpeech
CityU bans any modifications of its anthem and emblem; Students' violations will stay on record till 7 years after graduation
The City University of Hong Kong (#CityU) has added a new clause banning any acts that may "tarnish the image and reputation of the university", including the unauthorized use, modification, damage and/or parody of the school anthem, emblem, and/or any element representative of the university.
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News #Nov2
https://bit.ly/382NdHV
#Education #FreeSpeech
#Censorship #FailedState
COVID-19 prevention kit locked up by HK authorities as “Wuhan pneumonia" is used
The Wanchai District Council approved a fund of more than HKD1,00,000 at the beginning of 2020 for a community group to produce COVID19 prevention kit.
The prevention kit, however, was reportedly detained by the Home Affairs Department (#HAD) following a complaint from pro-Beijing councilors, about the term "#WuhanPneumonia" being used in the prevention kit.
Since then, the HAD refused to release the approved fund, leaving a significant sum of HKD710,000 yet to be reimbursed to the community group.
In this regard, a group of pro-democracy members of the Wanchai District Council brought this issue to the attention of the Ombudsman's Office, criticizing that HAD’s decision to withhold the prevention kit and approved fund is to the detriment of the relationship between the District Council and local community.
Source: Stand News #Nov2
#Covid19 #Kit
COVID-19 prevention kit locked up by HK authorities as “Wuhan pneumonia" is used
The Wanchai District Council approved a fund of more than HKD1,00,000 at the beginning of 2020 for a community group to produce COVID19 prevention kit.
The prevention kit, however, was reportedly detained by the Home Affairs Department (#HAD) following a complaint from pro-Beijing councilors, about the term "#WuhanPneumonia" being used in the prevention kit.
Since then, the HAD refused to release the approved fund, leaving a significant sum of HKD710,000 yet to be reimbursed to the community group.
In this regard, a group of pro-democracy members of the Wanchai District Council brought this issue to the attention of the Ombudsman's Office, criticizing that HAD’s decision to withhold the prevention kit and approved fund is to the detriment of the relationship between the District Council and local community.
Source: Stand News #Nov2
#Covid19 #Kit
#Save12HKYouths #Save12
Mother of Detained Pro-democracy Hongkonger: "When Can You Come Home, My Son?”
Wong Wai-Yin is one of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who were arrested by Chinese authorities in late August 2020 and jailed in China since then without any trial and without being able to meet with their families and lawyers.
Wong's mother took a picture near their home, thinking of her son and pleading for his return.
"We live in this village and we cross this bridge everyday. Ever since the [Hong Kong] police raided our home, they blockaded the bridge and sealed off at least half of the village," Wong's mother said, "Whenever I cross the bridge to work or to go back home, I think of you. When can you come home, my son?”
The 12 Hongkongers have been jailed by the Chinese Communist Party government for over 70 days.
Source: Save 12 HK Youths Concern Group #Nov2
https://t.me/save12hkyouths/48
#BringThemBack #MotherandSon #WongWaiYin
Mother of Detained Pro-democracy Hongkonger: "When Can You Come Home, My Son?”
Wong Wai-Yin is one of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who were arrested by Chinese authorities in late August 2020 and jailed in China since then without any trial and without being able to meet with their families and lawyers.
Wong's mother took a picture near their home, thinking of her son and pleading for his return.
"We live in this village and we cross this bridge everyday. Ever since the [Hong Kong] police raided our home, they blockaded the bridge and sealed off at least half of the village," Wong's mother said, "Whenever I cross the bridge to work or to go back home, I think of you. When can you come home, my son?”
The 12 Hongkongers have been jailed by the Chinese Communist Party government for over 70 days.
Source: Save 12 HK Youths Concern Group #Nov2
https://t.me/save12hkyouths/48
#BringThemBack #MotherandSon #WongWaiYin
#CCPGrip #Yahoo
Second US tech firm withdraws from China in less than a month as Beijing tightens grip
Yahoo has announced its withdrawal from the Chinese market in the latest retreat by foreign technology firms responding to Beijing’s tightening control over the industry.
“In recognition of the increasingly challenging business and legal environment in China, Yahoo’s suite of services will no longer be accessible from mainland China as of November 1,” the company said on 2 November 2021.
The timing of the pullout coincided with the implementation of China’s new data protection law, which came into effect on 1 November 2021.
Yahoo’s withdrawal came less than a month after another US tech company, Microsoft’s professional networking platform #LinkedIn, announced it was shutting down operations in China. In public, the company blamed a “significantly more challenging operating environment” as well as “greater compliance requirements in China”.
Source: Stand News, Guardian; #Nov2
https://thestandnews.page.link/q4JuEyEF8tZ3ymqUA
Second US tech firm withdraws from China in less than a month as Beijing tightens grip
Yahoo has announced its withdrawal from the Chinese market in the latest retreat by foreign technology firms responding to Beijing’s tightening control over the industry.
“In recognition of the increasingly challenging business and legal environment in China, Yahoo’s suite of services will no longer be accessible from mainland China as of November 1,” the company said on 2 November 2021.
The timing of the pullout coincided with the implementation of China’s new data protection law, which came into effect on 1 November 2021.
Yahoo’s withdrawal came less than a month after another US tech company, Microsoft’s professional networking platform #LinkedIn, announced it was shutting down operations in China. In public, the company blamed a “significantly more challenging operating environment” as well as “greater compliance requirements in China”.
Source: Stand News, Guardian; #Nov2
https://thestandnews.page.link/q4JuEyEF8tZ3ymqUA
#PreferentialTradeTreatment
32 countries cancelled China’s preferential trade treatment
China will no longer be eligible for Gereralised System of Preferences (#GSP) trade benefits from 27 EU nations, the United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine, and Liechtenstein as of December 1, leaving the country with only three options: Norway, New Zealand, and Australia.
On October 28, the General Administration of Customs of the Communist Party of China (#GACC) issued the “Announcement on No longer issuing GSP certificates of origin for goods exported to EU member states, the United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine, Liechtenstein and other countries.”
Although the GACC louds the action as "an acknowledgement by other advanced economies, economists have predicted that labor-intensive enterprises will face the brunt of the change.
#China #EU #TradeWar
Sources: Taiwan News, Epoch Times; #Nov2
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4333651
32 countries cancelled China’s preferential trade treatment
China will no longer be eligible for Gereralised System of Preferences (#GSP) trade benefits from 27 EU nations, the United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine, and Liechtenstein as of December 1, leaving the country with only three options: Norway, New Zealand, and Australia.
On October 28, the General Administration of Customs of the Communist Party of China (#GACC) issued the “Announcement on No longer issuing GSP certificates of origin for goods exported to EU member states, the United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine, Liechtenstein and other countries.”
Although the GACC louds the action as "an acknowledgement by other advanced economies, economists have predicted that labor-intensive enterprises will face the brunt of the change.
#China #EU #TradeWar
Sources: Taiwan News, Epoch Times; #Nov2
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4333651
#PoliceState #FreedomOfExpression
Four seniors arrested on suspicion of “seditious intent” for displaying banner demanding genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong
The group of older pro-democracy activists, between the ages of 61 to 85, was reportedly standing next to a yellow banner displaying the words “I want genuine universal suffrage,” the central slogan of the 2014 Umbrella Movement which saw thousands occupy the city’s main streets to demand wider democracy.
The group has held vigil regularly in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Two members of the group were seen wearing yellow-coloured clothing, a symbol of the city’s flagging pro-democracy movement.
#SeditiousIntent #HKProtest #Oppression #FreedomOfSpeech #GuiltOfWords
Source: HKFP; #Nov2
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/11/02/hong-kong-police-arrest-4-for-seditious-intent-over-banner-calling-for-democracy/
Four seniors arrested on suspicion of “seditious intent” for displaying banner demanding genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong
The group of older pro-democracy activists, between the ages of 61 to 85, was reportedly standing next to a yellow banner displaying the words “I want genuine universal suffrage,” the central slogan of the 2014 Umbrella Movement which saw thousands occupy the city’s main streets to demand wider democracy.
The group has held vigil regularly in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Two members of the group were seen wearing yellow-coloured clothing, a symbol of the city’s flagging pro-democracy movement.
#SeditiousIntent #HKProtest #Oppression #FreedomOfSpeech #GuiltOfWords
Source: HKFP; #Nov2
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/11/02/hong-kong-police-arrest-4-for-seditious-intent-over-banner-calling-for-democracy/
#Netflix removes episodes showing China's arbitrary nine-dash line after #Philippines' Complaints
The Philippine government has ordered Netflix to remove parts of the Australian drama series "#PineGap" on its platform for "violating Philippine #sovereignty".
The series features a map of the #NineDashLine, an invisible demarcation controversially used by China to claim its territories in the #SouthChinaSea.
The second and third episodes of the series were no longer available in the Philippines by November 1, 2021. Netflix announced that those episodes had been "removed by government's demand". It did not elaborate further.
China lays claim to most of the South China Sea waters within the so-called nine-dash line, a U-shaped feature used on Chinese maps. Parts of the resource-rich waters are also contested by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration handed down a ruling on July 12, 2016, stating that China's historic-rights claim over the maritime areas inside the nine-dash line has no lawful effect. There has also no evidence supporting China's exclusive rights over the waters and resources.
Source: Stand News; #Nov2
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E6%BE%B3%E5%8A%87-pine-gap-%E7%8F%BE%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E7%89%88%E5%8D%97%E6%B5%B7%E5%9C%B0%E5%9C%96-%E8%8F%B2%E8%B6%8A%E6%8A%97%E8%AD%B0-netflix-%E6%92%A4%E7%89%87?
#NineDash
The Philippine government has ordered Netflix to remove parts of the Australian drama series "#PineGap" on its platform for "violating Philippine #sovereignty".
The series features a map of the #NineDashLine, an invisible demarcation controversially used by China to claim its territories in the #SouthChinaSea.
The second and third episodes of the series were no longer available in the Philippines by November 1, 2021. Netflix announced that those episodes had been "removed by government's demand". It did not elaborate further.
China lays claim to most of the South China Sea waters within the so-called nine-dash line, a U-shaped feature used on Chinese maps. Parts of the resource-rich waters are also contested by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration handed down a ruling on July 12, 2016, stating that China's historic-rights claim over the maritime areas inside the nine-dash line has no lawful effect. There has also no evidence supporting China's exclusive rights over the waters and resources.
Source: Stand News; #Nov2
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E6%BE%B3%E5%8A%87-pine-gap-%E7%8F%BE%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E7%89%88%E5%8D%97%E6%B5%B7%E5%9C%B0%E5%9C%96-%E8%8F%B2%E8%B6%8A%E6%8A%97%E8%AD%B0-netflix-%E6%92%A4%E7%89%87?
#NineDash