#FailedState #PoliceState
#Facebook, #Twitter, #Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
//Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals’ information online.
A letter sent by an industry group that includes the internet firms said companies are concerned that the planned rules to address doxing could put their staff at risk of criminal investigations or prosecutions related to what the firms’ users post online. Doxing refers to the practice of putting people’s personal information online so they can be harassed by others.
Hong Kong’s Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau in May proposed amendments to the city’s data-protection laws that it said were needed to combat doxing, a practice that was prevalent during 2019 protests in the city. The proposals call for punishments of up to 1 million Hong Kong dollars, the equivalent of about $128,800, and up to five years’ imprisonment.
“The only way to avoid these sanctions for technology companies would be to refrain from investing and offering the services in Hong Kong,” said the previously unreported June 25 letter from the Singapore-based Asia Internet Coalition, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.//
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www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-twitter-google-warn-planned-hong-kong-tech-law-could-drive-them-out-11625483036
Source: Wall Street Journal #Jul5
Image: Stand News
https://thestandnews.page.link/URLxJrLrxBrhxtdD6
#MassSurveillance #InformationFlow #Communication #Doxing
#Facebook, #Twitter, #Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
//Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals’ information online.
A letter sent by an industry group that includes the internet firms said companies are concerned that the planned rules to address doxing could put their staff at risk of criminal investigations or prosecutions related to what the firms’ users post online. Doxing refers to the practice of putting people’s personal information online so they can be harassed by others.
Hong Kong’s Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau in May proposed amendments to the city’s data-protection laws that it said were needed to combat doxing, a practice that was prevalent during 2019 protests in the city. The proposals call for punishments of up to 1 million Hong Kong dollars, the equivalent of about $128,800, and up to five years’ imprisonment.
“The only way to avoid these sanctions for technology companies would be to refrain from investing and offering the services in Hong Kong,” said the previously unreported June 25 letter from the Singapore-based Asia Internet Coalition, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.//
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www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-twitter-google-warn-planned-hong-kong-tech-law-could-drive-them-out-11625483036
Source: Wall Street Journal #Jul5
Image: Stand News
https://thestandnews.page.link/URLxJrLrxBrhxtdD6
#MassSurveillance #InformationFlow #Communication #Doxing
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WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
A letter sent by an industry group that includes Facebook, Twitter and Google said the companies are concerned that planned rules to address doxing could put their staff at risk of criminal investigation or prosecution.
#Uyghurs
France probes fashion retailers for concealing 'crimes against humanity' in #Xinjiang
//French prosecutors have opened an investigation into four fashion retailers suspected of concealing "crimes against humanity" in China's Xinjiang region, a judicial source said on Thursday.
The procedure is linked to accusations against China over its treatment of minority Muslim Uyghurs in the region, including the use of forced labour, the source said.
The source told Reuters #Uniqlo France, a unit of Japan's Fast Retailing (9983.T), #Zara owner Inditex (ITX.MC), France's #SMCP (SMCP.PA) and #Skechers (SKX.N) were the subject of the investigation, confirming a report by French media website Mediapart.//
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https://www.reuters.com/world/china/france-investigate-fashion-retailers-concealing-crimes-against-humanity-xinjiang-2021-07-01/
Source: Reuters #Jul2
#XinjiangCotton #ConcentrationCamp #HumanitarianCrisis #Genocide
France probes fashion retailers for concealing 'crimes against humanity' in #Xinjiang
//French prosecutors have opened an investigation into four fashion retailers suspected of concealing "crimes against humanity" in China's Xinjiang region, a judicial source said on Thursday.
The procedure is linked to accusations against China over its treatment of minority Muslim Uyghurs in the region, including the use of forced labour, the source said.
The source told Reuters #Uniqlo France, a unit of Japan's Fast Retailing (9983.T), #Zara owner Inditex (ITX.MC), France's #SMCP (SMCP.PA) and #Skechers (SKX.N) were the subject of the investigation, confirming a report by French media website Mediapart.//
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https://www.reuters.com/world/china/france-investigate-fashion-retailers-concealing-crimes-against-humanity-xinjiang-2021-07-01/
Source: Reuters #Jul2
#XinjiangCotton #ConcentrationCamp #HumanitarianCrisis #Genocide
The UN Human Rights Council meeting will be held next Monday, 60 members of Congress around the world jointly signed the urge Xinjiang genocide
Source: Stand News #Jun19
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The UN Human Rights Council meeting will be held next Monday, 60 members of Congress around the world jointly signed the urge Xinjiang genocide
The 47th UN Human Rights Council meeting will be held next Monday, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance in China indicated on Friday, there are over 60 members of Congress from 17 countries or regions wrote to Nazhat Shameem Khan, the President of the UN Human Rights Council (18June). As well as Foreign Ministers of Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, they urged to the UN for establishing a commission of inquiry and investigating the allegations of Xinjiang China genocide and crimes against humanity.
The co-signed letter was coordinated by the “Traditional Parliamentary Union on China Policy”, the co-signers are included 60 congressmen from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Japan, and Europe. The letter stated, as members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, countries request foreign ministers to support the establishment of independent investigation committees and investigate Xinjiang’s violations of human rights of Uyghurs and other minorities, including allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity. Besides, the investigation commission also has the responsibility to identify the persons involved and hold them accountable. In addition, the committee should make recommendations to end the Chinese government’s violation of human rights in Xinjiang, and report to the UN Human Rights Council on a regular basis.
Source: Stand News #Jun19
https://bit.ly/2V2Ob2d
#UnitedNations #HumanRights #Genocide #Uyghurs #Xinjiang #China #Australia #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #Humanity
The 47th UN Human Rights Council meeting will be held next Monday, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance in China indicated on Friday, there are over 60 members of Congress from 17 countries or regions wrote to Nazhat Shameem Khan, the President of the UN Human Rights Council (18June). As well as Foreign Ministers of Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, they urged to the UN for establishing a commission of inquiry and investigating the allegations of Xinjiang China genocide and crimes against humanity.
The co-signed letter was coordinated by the “Traditional Parliamentary Union on China Policy”, the co-signers are included 60 congressmen from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Japan, and Europe. The letter stated, as members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, countries request foreign ministers to support the establishment of independent investigation committees and investigate Xinjiang’s violations of human rights of Uyghurs and other minorities, including allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity. Besides, the investigation commission also has the responsibility to identify the persons involved and hold them accountable. In addition, the committee should make recommendations to end the Chinese government’s violation of human rights in Xinjiang, and report to the UN Human Rights Council on a regular basis.
Source: Stand News #Jun19
https://bit.ly/2V2Ob2d
#UnitedNations #HumanRights #Genocide #Uyghurs #Xinjiang #China #Australia #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #Humanity
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France investigates retailers over China forced labour claims
Retailers have hit back after authorities in France opened a "crimes against humanity" probe into their activities in China's Xinjiang region.
French prosecutors are looking into accusations four fashion bands sourced goods made by forced labour from Uyghur Muslims in China.
Uniqlo, Zara-owner Inditex and French textile firm SMCP deny the claims, while Skechers declined to comment.
Source: BBC #Jul02
https://t.co/XiHydtB5JC
#France #China #Xinjiang #Muslims
Retailers have hit back after authorities in France opened a "crimes against humanity" probe into their activities in China's Xinjiang region.
French prosecutors are looking into accusations four fashion bands sourced goods made by forced labour from Uyghur Muslims in China.
Uniqlo, Zara-owner Inditex and French textile firm SMCP deny the claims, while Skechers declined to comment.
Source: BBC #Jul02
https://t.co/XiHydtB5JC
#France #China #Xinjiang #Muslims
Douglas Todd: Sam Cooper’s exposé of corruption in Canada tops bestseller list
It’s not every day a reporter who has worked for The Vancouver Sun and The Province writes a book that hits No. 1 in sales on Amazon.ca and continues to hover near the top.
But that is what dogged journalist Sam Cooper has achieved with his thrilling and deeply disturbing exposé of what he rightly calls the “mind-blowing” connections among organized crime, casinos, the Chinese Communist Party, real estate, money laundering, offshore billionaires and Canadian politicians.
Source: Vancouver Sun #Jun18
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-sam-coopers-expose-of-corruption-in-canada-tops-bestseller-list
#SamCooper #Canada #VancouverSun #CCP
It’s not every day a reporter who has worked for The Vancouver Sun and The Province writes a book that hits No. 1 in sales on Amazon.ca and continues to hover near the top.
But that is what dogged journalist Sam Cooper has achieved with his thrilling and deeply disturbing exposé of what he rightly calls the “mind-blowing” connections among organized crime, casinos, the Chinese Communist Party, real estate, money laundering, offshore billionaires and Canadian politicians.
Source: Vancouver Sun #Jun18
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-sam-coopers-expose-of-corruption-in-canada-tops-bestseller-list
#SamCooper #Canada #VancouverSun #CCP
#HumanitarianCrisis #OathofOffice
230 Directly Elected #DistrictCouncillors to be Disqualified by HK Gov't
According to Cable News and Now News in Hong Kong on July 7, 2021, about 230 directly elected district councillors would face "#disqualification" by authorities, for not having taken an oath of #allegiance to uphold the #BasicLaw.
The government will reportedly demand the district councillors to return their entire salary received during the term they have served. The estimated amount per person is HKD1million.
Since one day ago, a resignation wave took place across different districts. These include Chan Shu-ying (Tuen Mun), Cheung Kwan-kiu (Kwai Ching), Lee Wing-shing (Shatin), Lo Chun-yu (Tuen Mun), Lee Chun-hei (Shum Shui Po), Yau Man-chun (Shatin) and Chan Siu-yeung (Shatin).
Source: Stand News #Jul7
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E5%8D%80%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E5%AE%A3%E8%AA%93%E5%85%A8%E6%B8%AF%E5%A4%9A%E5%8D%80%E5%8D%80%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E7%B4%9B%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E8%BE%AD%E8%81%B7
230 Directly Elected #DistrictCouncillors to be Disqualified by HK Gov't
According to Cable News and Now News in Hong Kong on July 7, 2021, about 230 directly elected district councillors would face "#disqualification" by authorities, for not having taken an oath of #allegiance to uphold the #BasicLaw.
The government will reportedly demand the district councillors to return their entire salary received during the term they have served. The estimated amount per person is HKD1million.
Since one day ago, a resignation wave took place across different districts. These include Chan Shu-ying (Tuen Mun), Cheung Kwan-kiu (Kwai Ching), Lee Wing-shing (Shatin), Lo Chun-yu (Tuen Mun), Lee Chun-hei (Shum Shui Po), Yau Man-chun (Shatin) and Chan Siu-yeung (Shatin).
Source: Stand News #Jul7
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E5%8D%80%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E5%AE%A3%E8%AA%93%E5%85%A8%E6%B8%AF%E5%A4%9A%E5%8D%80%E5%8D%80%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E7%B4%9B%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E8%BE%AD%E8%81%B7
#GreatFireWall #WhiteTerror
HK Security Secretary Connects Sympathy to Participation; LIHKG to be probed
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Jul6
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HK Security Secretary Connects Sympathy to Participation; LIHKG to be probed
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Jul6
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HK Security Secretary Connects Sympathy to Participation; LIHKG to be probed
In a meeting in Hong Kong's Legislative Council that is dominated by pro-Beijing lawmakers on July 6, 2021, Secretary for Security #ChrisTang referred the 2019 pro-democracy movement to "color revolution" that aimed at subverting the regime. The former police commissioner also urged citizens to condemn and report.
Tang said, "We will make not only the terrorists, but also the supporters and those who attempt to tone it down, live like rats."
On July 1, 2021, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man called #LeungKinFai died after knifing a police officer and stabbing himself reportedly on the chest. In following days, many Hongkongers mourned the man and brought flowers to the site.
The authorities claimed that mourning as well as posting comments about the man's death could breach the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Law professor #JohannesChan at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) disagreed and pointed out that mourning the deceased out of sympathy is not a criminal act. Chan criticized that the "red line" drawn by the government is "way too unreasonable".
Secretary for Security Chris Tang, however, insisted that sympathy is a form of support and support is a form of participation.
Tang said, "depending on individual cases, we will see whether we have evidence to make arrests and take our prosecutions."
With reference to Prof Chan, Tang said, "I hope this legal scholar can sleep at night. because you might have painted Hong Kong in blood."
In addition, Tang said that the next target is the Internet Forum #LIHKG because it is "filled with illegal information". Tang claimed that authorities will make arrests and force the websites and the users to remove their messages.
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Jul6
https://thestandnews.page.link/WGcVhQPd8JEWUhrK6
#StateTerrorism #Article23 #Censorship #HongKongProtests #Mourning #Death #Martyr
HK Security Secretary Connects Sympathy to Participation; LIHKG to be probed
In a meeting in Hong Kong's Legislative Council that is dominated by pro-Beijing lawmakers on July 6, 2021, Secretary for Security #ChrisTang referred the 2019 pro-democracy movement to "color revolution" that aimed at subverting the regime. The former police commissioner also urged citizens to condemn and report.
Tang said, "We will make not only the terrorists, but also the supporters and those who attempt to tone it down, live like rats."
On July 1, 2021, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man called #LeungKinFai died after knifing a police officer and stabbing himself reportedly on the chest. In following days, many Hongkongers mourned the man and brought flowers to the site.
The authorities claimed that mourning as well as posting comments about the man's death could breach the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Law professor #JohannesChan at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) disagreed and pointed out that mourning the deceased out of sympathy is not a criminal act. Chan criticized that the "red line" drawn by the government is "way too unreasonable".
Secretary for Security Chris Tang, however, insisted that sympathy is a form of support and support is a form of participation.
Tang said, "depending on individual cases, we will see whether we have evidence to make arrests and take our prosecutions."
With reference to Prof Chan, Tang said, "I hope this legal scholar can sleep at night. because you might have painted Hong Kong in blood."
In addition, Tang said that the next target is the Internet Forum #LIHKG because it is "filled with illegal information". Tang claimed that authorities will make arrests and force the websites and the users to remove their messages.
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Jul6
https://thestandnews.page.link/WGcVhQPd8JEWUhrK6
#StateTerrorism #Article23 #Censorship #HongKongProtests #Mourning #Death #Martyr
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保安局局長鄧炳強今（6 日）出席立法會保安事務委員會會議，就加強防範和應對恐怖主義活動回應議員質詢。他在會上多...
"You have chosen the side of the tanks"
The following essay was written by #AuKaLun, a veteran journalist in Hong Kong:
"On a Causeway Bay street in the evening of 4 June, 2021, my attention was focused in particular on the faces of the policemen. Most of them had plodding eyes, dragging their feet and yelled occasionally to embolden themselves. Some were wearing glasses of scholarly looks, some have fair skin. And there was one who is stout and out of proportionally broad, seemingly unwell – take care.
Not surprisingly, these long arms (policemen) of the regime are just like any ordinary citizens like you and me. Some are tall, some short, some fat and some skinny. As in the Berlin Golden Bear best file “There Is No Evil”, there is really very little difference between them and us. If we take one step, we would have crossed over to their side."
Read our fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/You-have-chosen-the-side-of-the-tanks-07-03
Source: Stand News #Jun08
#Police #June4
The following essay was written by #AuKaLun, a veteran journalist in Hong Kong:
"On a Causeway Bay street in the evening of 4 June, 2021, my attention was focused in particular on the faces of the policemen. Most of them had plodding eyes, dragging their feet and yelled occasionally to embolden themselves. Some were wearing glasses of scholarly looks, some have fair skin. And there was one who is stout and out of proportionally broad, seemingly unwell – take care.
Not surprisingly, these long arms (policemen) of the regime are just like any ordinary citizens like you and me. Some are tall, some short, some fat and some skinny. As in the Berlin Golden Bear best file “There Is No Evil”, there is really very little difference between them and us. If we take one step, we would have crossed over to their side."
Read our fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/You-have-chosen-the-side-of-the-tanks-07-03
Source: Stand News #Jun08
#Police #June4
China Blocks Didi From App Stores Days After Mega U.S. IPO
China’s cyberspace regulator ordered app stores to remove Didi Chuxing, dealing a major blow to a ride-hailing giant that just days ago pulled off one of the largest U.S. initial public offerings of the past decade.
The Cyberspace Administration of China announced the ban Sunday, citing serious violations on Didi Global Inc.’s collection and usage of personal information, without elaborating. That unusually swift decision came two days after the regulator said it was starting a cybersecurity review of the company.
Source: Bloomberg #Jul04
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-04/china-regulator-orders-didi-to-be-removed-from-app-stores
#China #Didi #App #IPO
China’s cyberspace regulator ordered app stores to remove Didi Chuxing, dealing a major blow to a ride-hailing giant that just days ago pulled off one of the largest U.S. initial public offerings of the past decade.
The Cyberspace Administration of China announced the ban Sunday, citing serious violations on Didi Global Inc.’s collection and usage of personal information, without elaborating. That unusually swift decision came two days after the regulator said it was starting a cybersecurity review of the company.
Source: Bloomberg #Jul04
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-04/china-regulator-orders-didi-to-be-removed-from-app-stores
#China #Didi #App #IPO
The Observer view on China’s human rights abuses in Hong Kong
China did not wait long to demonstrate its contempt for last weekend’s criticism by G7 countries of human rights abuses in Hong Kong. By ordering the arrest of the editor-in-chief and four senior executives of the Apple Daily newspaper for allegedly conspiring with “foreign forces”, Xi Jinping and the Communist party sent a crude message of defiance to the west.
That China’s president and his Beijing apparatchiks were responsible for this provocatively timed injustice is not in serious doubt. Hong Kong’s 2019-20 pro-democracy protests, which Apple Daily supported, shook the CCP’s power monopoly and amour propre in ways not seen since Tiananmen Square. It has been punishing the ex-British colony ever since.
Source: The Guardian #Jun20
https://t.co/RTKErWXjLu
#China #HumanRights #HongKong #AppleDaily #Journalists
China did not wait long to demonstrate its contempt for last weekend’s criticism by G7 countries of human rights abuses in Hong Kong. By ordering the arrest of the editor-in-chief and four senior executives of the Apple Daily newspaper for allegedly conspiring with “foreign forces”, Xi Jinping and the Communist party sent a crude message of defiance to the west.
That China’s president and his Beijing apparatchiks were responsible for this provocatively timed injustice is not in serious doubt. Hong Kong’s 2019-20 pro-democracy protests, which Apple Daily supported, shook the CCP’s power monopoly and amour propre in ways not seen since Tiananmen Square. It has been punishing the ex-British colony ever since.
Source: The Guardian #Jun20
https://t.co/RTKErWXjLu
#China #HumanRights #HongKong #AppleDaily #Journalists
I'm afraid of losing
Yet I put on a brave face
Moving forward could be frightening
But moving backward is more frustrating
This persistence is not limited to San Marino
It exists within you and me
#BeWaterHK #DearJaneHeart
#SanMarinoHeart #GoHKgraphics
Yet I put on a brave face
Moving forward could be frightening
But moving backward is more frustrating
This persistence is not limited to San Marino
It exists within you and me
#BeWaterHK #DearJaneHeart
#SanMarinoHeart #GoHKgraphics
#WhiteTerror #Censorship
HK #University Management Reports Students' Union Council to National Security Police
On July 8, 2021, the #StudentUnion Council of the University of Hong Kong (#HKUSU) passed a motion to express condolences to #LeungKinFai, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man who died after knifing a policeman and stabbing himself on July 1.
The act of mourning by the Student Union has been condemned by the government and the University.
The Alibaba-owned South China Morning Post (#SCMP) cited the chairman of HKU Council #ArthurLi, a pro-Beijing figure, and reported that the university management 'welcomed' authorities to investigate whether their students has violated the #NationalSecurityLaw. The source claimed the students involved could be expelled by the University.
At 1am on July 9, the Student Union Council announced the resignation of its members and the withdrawal of the motion passed. Their Facebook page and the website were also removed.
Source: Stand News #Jul8
https://bit.ly/2UtVxeU
HK #University Management Reports Students' Union Council to National Security Police
On July 8, 2021, the #StudentUnion Council of the University of Hong Kong (#HKUSU) passed a motion to express condolences to #LeungKinFai, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man who died after knifing a policeman and stabbing himself on July 1.
The act of mourning by the Student Union has been condemned by the government and the University.
The Alibaba-owned South China Morning Post (#SCMP) cited the chairman of HKU Council #ArthurLi, a pro-Beijing figure, and reported that the university management 'welcomed' authorities to investigate whether their students has violated the #NationalSecurityLaw. The source claimed the students involved could be expelled by the University.
At 1am on July 9, the Student Union Council announced the resignation of its members and the withdrawal of the motion passed. Their Facebook page and the website were also removed.
Source: Stand News #Jul8
https://bit.ly/2UtVxeU
#Journalism #Professionalism
Stand News Roll Out New Strategies to Protect Journalists and Readers
Source: In-Media HK #June27
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Stand News Roll Out New Strategies to Protect Journalists and Readers
Source: In-Media HK #June27
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#Journalism #Professionalism
Stand News Roll Out New Strategies to Protect Journalists and Readers
On June 27, 2021, online news outlet #StandNews issued a statement stating that they will take down articles published before and during May 2021 and will stop receiving sponsorship.
The decision was announced following the shutdown of the city's pro-democracy newspaper #AppleDaily.
Six directors of the parent company, including Ka Fai Yee (余家輝) ,TC Chow (周達智), Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee (吳靄儀), Denise Ho Wan-see (何韻詩), Christine Fang Meng-sang (方敏生) and Joseph Lian (練乙錚), are resigning from the board.
The news outlet indicated that they will continue to operate. The remaining two chief editors, Tony Tsoi and Apple Daily’s former associate publisher Chan Pui-man's husband Chung Pui-kuen (鍾沛權) will remain in office.
In the statement, Stand News pointed out that in order to avoid wasting supporters' donations in the event of an incident, they would pause patronage and immediately suspend the monthly member sponsorship program. They will also stop accepting new members and new sponsorship.
Stand News wrote that because of the approaching literary persecution, the company decided to temporarily take down blog articles, re-posted articles and reader contributions published before May 2021; while continue to back up the content of the website.
According to the current financial reserve, it is sufficient to meet the expenses for the next 9 to 12 months.
The news outlet indicated that since May 2021, the employment contracts of employees who have been employed for more than six months were terminated. Their annual salary was settled at an amount higher than the compensation required by law, and their contracts were re-signed at terms no lower than the original ones.
Stand News called on supporters in their statement to redirect their current support to other independent media outlets, freelance journalists, commentators and journalism organizations that uphold freedom of speech and press in Hong Kong.
Source: In-Media HK #June27
https://bit.ly/3vYb2sz
#MediaLandscape #Journalism #HongKongMedia
Stand News Roll Out New Strategies to Protect Journalists and Readers
On June 27, 2021, online news outlet #StandNews issued a statement stating that they will take down articles published before and during May 2021 and will stop receiving sponsorship.
The decision was announced following the shutdown of the city's pro-democracy newspaper #AppleDaily.
Six directors of the parent company, including Ka Fai Yee (余家輝) ,TC Chow (周達智), Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee (吳靄儀), Denise Ho Wan-see (何韻詩), Christine Fang Meng-sang (方敏生) and Joseph Lian (練乙錚), are resigning from the board.
The news outlet indicated that they will continue to operate. The remaining two chief editors, Tony Tsoi and Apple Daily’s former associate publisher Chan Pui-man's husband Chung Pui-kuen (鍾沛權) will remain in office.
In the statement, Stand News pointed out that in order to avoid wasting supporters' donations in the event of an incident, they would pause patronage and immediately suspend the monthly member sponsorship program. They will also stop accepting new members and new sponsorship.
Stand News wrote that because of the approaching literary persecution, the company decided to temporarily take down blog articles, re-posted articles and reader contributions published before May 2021; while continue to back up the content of the website.
According to the current financial reserve, it is sufficient to meet the expenses for the next 9 to 12 months.
The news outlet indicated that since May 2021, the employment contracts of employees who have been employed for more than six months were terminated. Their annual salary was settled at an amount higher than the compensation required by law, and their contracts were re-signed at terms no lower than the original ones.
Stand News called on supporters in their statement to redirect their current support to other independent media outlets, freelance journalists, commentators and journalism organizations that uphold freedom of speech and press in Hong Kong.
Source: In-Media HK #June27
https://bit.ly/3vYb2sz
#MediaLandscape #Journalism #HongKongMedia
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Demonstrations form many countries call for boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics, Hong Kong Watch Rogers: people can boycott the Winter Olympics and sponsors
Source: Stand News #Jun24
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Demonstrations form many countries call for boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics, Hong Kong Watch Rogers: people can boycott the Winter Olympics and sponsors
Beijing Winter Olympics will be held on February 2022, many groups around the world say that China’s human rights problems are serious, urging the international community to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics. Yesterday (23June) the organisation NoBeijing hold a “Global Day of Action”, the organiser said there were total 53 cities within 24 countries had protests. In London, the founder of Hong Kong Watch Benedict Rogers spoke and stated, people can boycott the Winter Olympics and sponsors.
The meeting of England is located outside the Prime Minister’s Office, approximately 50 people participated, which included Hongkongers, Tibetans, and Uyghurs. People hold posters such as “China fail human rights” and “Boycott Beijing 2022”, and they also shouted the slogans like “Down Down CCP”, “Free Hong Kong” and “Free Tibet”.
Source: Stand News #Jun24
https://bit.ly/3hpxk2y
#Beijing #WinterOlympics #HongKongWatch #Boycott #NoBeijing #HumanRights #Democracy #London #China #InternationalCommunity
Beijing Winter Olympics will be held on February 2022, many groups around the world say that China’s human rights problems are serious, urging the international community to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics. Yesterday (23June) the organisation NoBeijing hold a “Global Day of Action”, the organiser said there were total 53 cities within 24 countries had protests. In London, the founder of Hong Kong Watch Benedict Rogers spoke and stated, people can boycott the Winter Olympics and sponsors.
The meeting of England is located outside the Prime Minister’s Office, approximately 50 people participated, which included Hongkongers, Tibetans, and Uyghurs. People hold posters such as “China fail human rights” and “Boycott Beijing 2022”, and they also shouted the slogans like “Down Down CCP”, “Free Hong Kong” and “Free Tibet”.
Source: Stand News #Jun24
https://bit.ly/3hpxk2y
#Beijing #WinterOlympics #HongKongWatch #Boycott #NoBeijing #HumanRights #Democracy #London #China #InternationalCommunity
WeChat deletes Chinese university LGBT accounts in fresh crackdown
Chinese tech giant Tencent's WeChat social media platform has deleted dozens of LGBT accounts run by university students, saying some had broken rules on information on the internet, sparking fear of a crackdown on gay content online.
Members of several LGBT groups told Reuters that access to their accounts was blocked late on Tuesday and they later discovered that all of their content had been deleted.
"Many of us suffered at the same time," said the account manager of one group who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.
Source: Reuters #Jul07
http://reut.rs/3yrGOQr
#WeChat #LGBT #Crackdown
Chinese tech giant Tencent's WeChat social media platform has deleted dozens of LGBT accounts run by university students, saying some had broken rules on information on the internet, sparking fear of a crackdown on gay content online.
Members of several LGBT groups told Reuters that access to their accounts was blocked late on Tuesday and they later discovered that all of their content had been deleted.
"Many of us suffered at the same time," said the account manager of one group who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.
Source: Reuters #Jul07
http://reut.rs/3yrGOQr
#WeChat #LGBT #Crackdown
In a Muffled Hong Kong, Bookstores Offer Freedom of Thought
When Hong Kong public libraries pulled books about dissent from circulation last month, Pong Yat Ming made an offer to his customers: They could read some of the same books, free, at his store.
Mr. Pong, 47, founded the shop, Book Punch, in 2020, after Beijing imposed a national security law in response to the antigovernment protests that rocked Hong Kong in 2019. The law broadly defined acts of subversion and secession against China, making much political speech potentially illegal, and it threatened severe punishment, including life imprisonment, for offenders.
Source: NY Times #Jun29
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/world/asia/hong-kong-bookstores-nsl.amp.html#click=https://t.co/hqZaQ5zmT2
#HongKong #Bookstore #Freedom
When Hong Kong public libraries pulled books about dissent from circulation last month, Pong Yat Ming made an offer to his customers: They could read some of the same books, free, at his store.
Mr. Pong, 47, founded the shop, Book Punch, in 2020, after Beijing imposed a national security law in response to the antigovernment protests that rocked Hong Kong in 2019. The law broadly defined acts of subversion and secession against China, making much political speech potentially illegal, and it threatened severe punishment, including life imprisonment, for offenders.
Source: NY Times #Jun29
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/world/asia/hong-kong-bookstores-nsl.amp.html#click=https://t.co/hqZaQ5zmT2
#HongKong #Bookstore #Freedom