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HK Government Bans Pro-democracy Group's Flower Stall in Lunar New Year Market
Founded in Hong Kong in 1989, The Alliance in Support of Democratic Patriotic Movements in China organizes the annual June Fourth candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park, in commemoration of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.
The Alliance has been running a flower stall at the annual Lunar New Year Market in Hong Kong since 1990 for more than 30 years.
However, after midnight on Feb 6, 2021, the Hong Kong government suddenly terminated the contract for their stall, claiming that they have displayed "irrelevant banners".
In the evening before, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (#FEHD) had ordered the Alliance to remove "banners with political messages" within 2 hours, but without naming them.
The Alliance told Apple Daily that they had no idea which banner carries "political message" in the eye of the government. In the end, they covered the word "donation" and the slogans "Vindicate June Fourth" and "For Freedom, Fight Together".
Despite their willingness to co-operate, the authorities decided to ban the stall completely before they could open. At around 8:30am on Feb 6, the government sent staff to cordon off the area with plastic tape, leaving no ground for discussion.
The chairman of the Alliance Lee Cheuk-yan said that in the past 32 years, the Alliance was able to display similar messages.
Source: Apple Daily; RTHK #Feb6
https://bit.ly/2Ln5K8J
#CNYMarket #VictoriaPark #PoliceState #JuneFourth #FlowerStall #LeeCheukYan
#PoliticalOppression #Censorship
HK Government Bans Pro-democracy Group's Flower Stall in Lunar New Year Market
Founded in Hong Kong in 1989, The Alliance in Support of Democratic Patriotic Movements in China organizes the annual June Fourth candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park, in commemoration of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.
The Alliance has been running a flower stall at the annual Lunar New Year Market in Hong Kong since 1990 for more than 30 years.
However, after midnight on Feb 6, 2021, the Hong Kong government suddenly terminated the contract for their stall, claiming that they have displayed "irrelevant banners".
In the evening before, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (#FEHD) had ordered the Alliance to remove "banners with political messages" within 2 hours, but without naming them.
The Alliance told Apple Daily that they had no idea which banner carries "political message" in the eye of the government. In the end, they covered the word "donation" and the slogans "Vindicate June Fourth" and "For Freedom, Fight Together".
Despite their willingness to co-operate, the authorities decided to ban the stall completely before they could open. At around 8:30am on Feb 6, the government sent staff to cordon off the area with plastic tape, leaving no ground for discussion.
The chairman of the Alliance Lee Cheuk-yan said that in the past 32 years, the Alliance was able to display similar messages.
Source: Apple Daily; RTHK #Feb6
https://bit.ly/2Ln5K8J
#CNYMarket #VictoriaPark #PoliceState #JuneFourth #FlowerStall #LeeCheukYan
#FirstHand #Feb6
Pro-democracy Group's Flower Stall Runs for 20 Minutes Before Government's Forced Closure
On the early morning Feb 6, 2021, the flower stall which had been annually run by "The Alliance in Support of Democratic Patriotic Movements in China" at Victoria Park's Lunar New Year Market in Hong Kong for 32 years, was forced down by the Hong Kong government.
The authorities claimed that the Alliance had displayed "irrelevant banners" and terminate the contract of the stall rented by the Alliance with immediate effect.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28469
With everything already set, the Alliance tried their best to open the stall but for 20 minutes before the authorities sealed it off.
Founded in Hong Kong in 1989, The Alliance organizes the annual June Fourth candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's #VictoriaPark, in commemoration of the victims of the 1989 #June4th Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.
#PoliceState #CNYMarket #PoliticalOppression #Alliance
Pro-democracy Group's Flower Stall Runs for 20 Minutes Before Government's Forced Closure
On the early morning Feb 6, 2021, the flower stall which had been annually run by "The Alliance in Support of Democratic Patriotic Movements in China" at Victoria Park's Lunar New Year Market in Hong Kong for 32 years, was forced down by the Hong Kong government.
The authorities claimed that the Alliance had displayed "irrelevant banners" and terminate the contract of the stall rented by the Alliance with immediate effect.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28469
With everything already set, the Alliance tried their best to open the stall but for 20 minutes before the authorities sealed it off.
Founded in Hong Kong in 1989, The Alliance organizes the annual June Fourth candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's #VictoriaPark, in commemoration of the victims of the 1989 #June4th Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.
#PoliceState #CNYMarket #PoliticalOppression #Alliance