Arrested Firefighter: “Between fighting fires and saving lives -- I choose to save Hong Kong”
Prior to the Support Rally for Firefighters and Paramedics on 14 November, the organizers collected voices of 105 frontline firefighters and paramedics. One of them, from arrested Firefighter F, encouraged Hongkongers to carry on.
F noted that he originally stationed in Kowloon. He went to the front line in the recent months and was arrested in one of the protests. He stated in his letter: “I have two kids, one is about to be born. Unfortunately, I have no chance to witness the childbirth. I feel sorry to my wife. My job is about fighting fires or saving lives, but in the end, I choose to save Hong Kong because I don’t want to look on with folded arms. My child will be born in 2019. I don’t know what Hong Kong would become as it inches towards 2047, when my child grows up as a youth. If we lost, history would only remember us as rioters. That’s why Hongkongers must carry on.”
The organizers also read the messages of F’s colleagues. Here are some of their voices:
-“You have done nothing wrong, bro. It is the tyrannical government who, using all Hongkongers as betting chips, is at fault.”
-“Not the Disciplinary Services Department will be the puppet of the merciless regime!”
-“You have done nothing wrong -- not even a nuclear blast can divide us.”
-“I support you, brother,” “With you arrested, Hong Kong has lost a firefighter with conscience.”
Source: Stand News #Nov14
#Firefighters #FightforFreedom #LiberateHongKong
Prior to the Support Rally for Firefighters and Paramedics on 14 November, the organizers collected voices of 105 frontline firefighters and paramedics. One of them, from arrested Firefighter F, encouraged Hongkongers to carry on.
F noted that he originally stationed in Kowloon. He went to the front line in the recent months and was arrested in one of the protests. He stated in his letter: “I have two kids, one is about to be born. Unfortunately, I have no chance to witness the childbirth. I feel sorry to my wife. My job is about fighting fires or saving lives, but in the end, I choose to save Hong Kong because I don’t want to look on with folded arms. My child will be born in 2019. I don’t know what Hong Kong would become as it inches towards 2047, when my child grows up as a youth. If we lost, history would only remember us as rioters. That’s why Hongkongers must carry on.”
The organizers also read the messages of F’s colleagues. Here are some of their voices:
-“You have done nothing wrong, bro. It is the tyrannical government who, using all Hongkongers as betting chips, is at fault.”
-“Not the Disciplinary Services Department will be the puppet of the merciless regime!”
-“You have done nothing wrong -- not even a nuclear blast can divide us.”
-“I support you, brother,” “With you arrested, Hong Kong has lost a firefighter with conscience.”
Source: Stand News #Nov14
#Firefighters #FightforFreedom #LiberateHongKong
當有路過既香港人，喺大風時除左自己件褸俾手足保暖；特登行去買兩罐暖咖啡俾手足暖手；將自己既絲巾俾手足戴；仲有每位特登黎探手足既香港人。
【你地每位都係令我地每日支持落去既原因】
「請保持憤怒
保持嘅🖤嘅熱度
一日未光復香港
革命還需繼續
2020抗爭到底」
煲底見 —
27/2/2020
#光復香港 #時代革命 #文宣馬拉松 #保持憤怒 #保持熱度 #抗爭到底 #兄弟爬山 #尖沙咀
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To Hongkongers: This Revolution Must Go On
Seeing fellow Hongkongers, in thin clothes, pleading with passersby not to be oblivious to the pro-democracy movement, people gave away winter coats, scarves and brought over warm coffee to show support, not to mention those who came all the way to root for them.
Each one of you keeps us going day after day.
Please keep your rage.
Please keep the flame burning in your heart.
Until the day Hong Kong is free,
This revolution must go on.
In 2020 let’s fight till the end.
See you under “the pot”
27/2/2020
#LiberateHongKong #RevolutionOfOurTimes
#FiveDemandsNotOneLess
【你地每位都係令我地每日支持落去既原因】
「請保持憤怒
保持嘅🖤嘅熱度
一日未光復香港
革命還需繼續
2020抗爭到底」
煲底見 —
27/2/2020
#光復香港 #時代革命 #文宣馬拉松 #保持憤怒 #保持熱度 #抗爭到底 #兄弟爬山 #尖沙咀
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To Hongkongers: This Revolution Must Go On
Seeing fellow Hongkongers, in thin clothes, pleading with passersby not to be oblivious to the pro-democracy movement, people gave away winter coats, scarves and brought over warm coffee to show support, not to mention those who came all the way to root for them.
Each one of you keeps us going day after day.
Please keep your rage.
Please keep the flame burning in your heart.
Until the day Hong Kong is free,
This revolution must go on.
In 2020 let’s fight till the end.
See you under “the pot”
27/2/2020
#LiberateHongKong #RevolutionOfOurTimes
#FiveDemandsNotOneLess
#OpinionArticle #FinanceFellow
Feeling Inspired on the night of 4 June, 2020 in Hong Kong
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22729
(4 Jun) Today, Fellow saw a bunch of posts condemning the hypocrisy of Hong Kong celebrities by showing their old photos, especially those in The Concert for Democracy in China, as well as when people like Leung Chun-ying (Third Chief Executive of Hong Kong) and Priscilla Leung Mei-fun (Hong Kong barrister and legislative conciliator) supported the Tiananmen Square protests in 4 June 1989 and condemning Chinese Communist Party.
Maybe we’ll consider them disgraceful and laughable, but when we think about it, on the path of a revolution, both you and me are bound to be tempted by the enemy at all times.
Recently, Fellow rewatched the Sci-fi movie, The Matrix, which was a favourite during my school days. The most classic scene in the movie is one where the protagonist Neo (Keanu Reeves) had to choose between the “Red Pill” or “Blue Pill”, aka “to awake” or “to indulge”.
1. Choosing the “Blue Pill”—to be comfortable with the status quo
Stay in the past, where truth and justice are not the purposes of life; As long as life is good and stable, everything else can be ignored, and it does not matter even if life is virtual.
2. Choosing the “Red Pill”—to pursue the truth
Leave the comfort zone to face the unacceptable truth, and live a life that others may not understand, and even have his own safety threatened.
In the movie, Neo chose the Red Pill. He woke up to see himself (and all of mankind) always being the slaves to the Matrix, where the past was just a virtual dream created to cultivate humanity as a source of energy. Afterwards, Neo embarked on a harrowing adventure to defy the Matrix while being hunted. Indeed, one year ago, many Hongkongers chose the Red Pill to protest, few million people once took to the street against the demonic Extradition Bill. But we can reverse our original choice at any time.
In the movie, there’s an antagonist called Cypher, who had the Red Pill before Neo and joined the Anti-Matrix revolutionary army. But as time went on, Cypher started to get tired of being in the real world, even more so of having to eat monotonous food that tasted bad every day. Thus, seduced by the Matrix, he decided to betray his comrades in arms and told Agent Smith (the lobbyist the Matrix sent to seduce him), “You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, it's the Matrix telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss. I don't want to remember nothing. NOTHING! You understand? (Give me the Blue Pill again) And I wanna be rich. You know, someone important, like an actor.” The Matrix answered his demands on the condition that he kills the other anti-Matrix revolutionaries.
Of course, in the end, Cypher's devious plan failed and he became one of the most hated characters in the movie.
In reality, 31 years ago there were 1.5 million Hongkongers who took to the street for democracy; But today, how many of them have become useless elderly and blue ribbon (pro-government people)? From going against the CCP to flattering it? Every one of them has taken the Blue Pill like Cypher.
After one year of protest, have you become numb and jaded (about the sadness and unfairness in our daily life)? Will you choose to go back to the false life and continue with the status quo? I hope today's portrait of the hypocrites will serve as a reminder for us in the future.
I also declares once again that as long as tyranny is not extinguished, we will continue to fight even if it is our last breath.
Never jaded, never forget.
#LiberateHongKong
#RevolutionOfOurTime
Source: Finance Fellow’s Facebook
#Matrix #Neo #TiananmenMassacre #4June1989 #HongKongProtest #AntiELAB #HongkongersFight #Tyranny
Feeling Inspired on the night of 4 June, 2020 in Hong Kong
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22729
(4 Jun) Today, Fellow saw a bunch of posts condemning the hypocrisy of Hong Kong celebrities by showing their old photos, especially those in The Concert for Democracy in China, as well as when people like Leung Chun-ying (Third Chief Executive of Hong Kong) and Priscilla Leung Mei-fun (Hong Kong barrister and legislative conciliator) supported the Tiananmen Square protests in 4 June 1989 and condemning Chinese Communist Party.
Maybe we’ll consider them disgraceful and laughable, but when we think about it, on the path of a revolution, both you and me are bound to be tempted by the enemy at all times.
Recently, Fellow rewatched the Sci-fi movie, The Matrix, which was a favourite during my school days. The most classic scene in the movie is one where the protagonist Neo (Keanu Reeves) had to choose between the “Red Pill” or “Blue Pill”, aka “to awake” or “to indulge”.
1. Choosing the “Blue Pill”—to be comfortable with the status quo
Stay in the past, where truth and justice are not the purposes of life; As long as life is good and stable, everything else can be ignored, and it does not matter even if life is virtual.
2. Choosing the “Red Pill”—to pursue the truth
Leave the comfort zone to face the unacceptable truth, and live a life that others may not understand, and even have his own safety threatened.
In the movie, Neo chose the Red Pill. He woke up to see himself (and all of mankind) always being the slaves to the Matrix, where the past was just a virtual dream created to cultivate humanity as a source of energy. Afterwards, Neo embarked on a harrowing adventure to defy the Matrix while being hunted. Indeed, one year ago, many Hongkongers chose the Red Pill to protest, few million people once took to the street against the demonic Extradition Bill. But we can reverse our original choice at any time.
In the movie, there’s an antagonist called Cypher, who had the Red Pill before Neo and joined the Anti-Matrix revolutionary army. But as time went on, Cypher started to get tired of being in the real world, even more so of having to eat monotonous food that tasted bad every day. Thus, seduced by the Matrix, he decided to betray his comrades in arms and told Agent Smith (the lobbyist the Matrix sent to seduce him), “You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, it's the Matrix telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss. I don't want to remember nothing. NOTHING! You understand? (Give me the Blue Pill again) And I wanna be rich. You know, someone important, like an actor.” The Matrix answered his demands on the condition that he kills the other anti-Matrix revolutionaries.
Of course, in the end, Cypher's devious plan failed and he became one of the most hated characters in the movie.
In reality, 31 years ago there were 1.5 million Hongkongers who took to the street for democracy; But today, how many of them have become useless elderly and blue ribbon (pro-government people)? From going against the CCP to flattering it? Every one of them has taken the Blue Pill like Cypher.
After one year of protest, have you become numb and jaded (about the sadness and unfairness in our daily life)? Will you choose to go back to the false life and continue with the status quo? I hope today's portrait of the hypocrites will serve as a reminder for us in the future.
I also declares once again that as long as tyranny is not extinguished, we will continue to fight even if it is our last breath.
Never jaded, never forget.
#LiberateHongKong
#RevolutionOfOurTime
Source: Finance Fellow’s Facebook
#Matrix #Neo #TiananmenMassacre #4June1989 #HongKongProtest #AntiELAB #HongkongersFight #Tyranny
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Feeling Inspired on the night of 4 June, 2020 in Hong Kong
Image: Telegraph UK
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Feeling Inspired on the night of 4 June, 2020 in Hong Kong
Image: Telegraph UK
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22730
It has been 2 years since the 1M march for the anti-ELAB movement. Hongkongers will never surrender! Never forget, Never forgive!
#June9 #LiberateHongKong #RevolutionofOurTimes #AntiELAB #GoHKgraphics
#June9 #LiberateHongKong #RevolutionofOurTimes #AntiELAB #GoHKgraphics
#Court
Free speech or secession? "Liberate Hong Kong" at heart of landmark case
Three Hong Kong judges will rule on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 whether the pro-democracy protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times" is a call for secession when they deliver a verdict on charges against a 24-year-old man called #TongYingKit arrested at a demonstration on July 1, 2020.
The landmark ruling could have long-term implications for how a #NationalSecurityLaw that China imposed on its freest city on June 30, 2020 against secession, terrorism, subversion and collusion with foreign forces reshapes its common law traditions, some legal scholars say.
Activists say a ruling to outlaw the slogan will tighten limits on free speech.
In his closing speech on July 27, 2021, the defense lawyer Grossman said protesters worldwide often held up signs without facing prosecution, and that Tong should be acquitted if the meaning of the slogan was open-ended.
Grossman said [prosecution witness] Lau had an "untenable, rigid, mechanical view of history" that paid no heed to rhetoric, and the meaning of the slogan could not be pinned down as Lau was trying to do.
[Judge] Pang said the court would consider whether the "natural and reasonable effect" of the slogan could indeed incite others to secession, as well as Tong's criminal intent, in making its ruling.
Source: Reuters #Jul27
Image: Stand News
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/free-speech-or-secession-liberate-hong-kong-heart-landmark-case-2021-07-25/
#LiberateHongKong #ProtestSlogan #PoliceState #July1
Free speech or secession? "Liberate Hong Kong" at heart of landmark case
Three Hong Kong judges will rule on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 whether the pro-democracy protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times" is a call for secession when they deliver a verdict on charges against a 24-year-old man called #TongYingKit arrested at a demonstration on July 1, 2020.
The landmark ruling could have long-term implications for how a #NationalSecurityLaw that China imposed on its freest city on June 30, 2020 against secession, terrorism, subversion and collusion with foreign forces reshapes its common law traditions, some legal scholars say.
Activists say a ruling to outlaw the slogan will tighten limits on free speech.
In his closing speech on July 27, 2021, the defense lawyer Grossman said protesters worldwide often held up signs without facing prosecution, and that Tong should be acquitted if the meaning of the slogan was open-ended.
Grossman said [prosecution witness] Lau had an "untenable, rigid, mechanical view of history" that paid no heed to rhetoric, and the meaning of the slogan could not be pinned down as Lau was trying to do.
[Judge] Pang said the court would consider whether the "natural and reasonable effect" of the slogan could indeed incite others to secession, as well as Tong's criminal intent, in making its ruling.
Source: Reuters #Jul27
Image: Stand News
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/free-speech-or-secession-liberate-hong-kong-heart-landmark-case-2021-07-25/
#LiberateHongKong #ProtestSlogan #PoliceState #July1
Reuters
Free speech or secession? "Liberate Hong Kong" at heart of landmark case
Three Hong Kong judges will rule on Tuesday whether the protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our Times" is a call for secession when they deliver a verdict on charges against a man arrested at a demonstration last year.
#Breaking #Court
Hong Kong’s High Court found Pro-democracy Activist guilty in the city’s first-ever trial under the Beijing-imposed #NationalSecurityLaw
In a landmark verdict on 27 July, 2021, 24-year-old #TongYingKit was convicted of committing incitement to secession and terrorist activities. He could face up to life imprisonment as the court adjourned the sentencing.
Tong, who had pleaded not guilty to the charges, is the first person to be found guilty of breaching the controversial security legislation, which also outlaws subversion and collusion with foreign powers. The ruling will likely set a precedent for upcoming national security cases.
In handing down the verdict, Madam Justice Toh – who was handpicked by Chief Executive Carrie Lam to handle national security cases – said that, in the particular circumstances where Tong displayed the “#LiberateHongKong” slogan, such a phrase was capable of "inciting others to commit secession".
Source: HKFP; #Jul27
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/07/27/breaking
Hong Kong’s High Court found Pro-democracy Activist guilty in the city’s first-ever trial under the Beijing-imposed #NationalSecurityLaw
In a landmark verdict on 27 July, 2021, 24-year-old #TongYingKit was convicted of committing incitement to secession and terrorist activities. He could face up to life imprisonment as the court adjourned the sentencing.
Tong, who had pleaded not guilty to the charges, is the first person to be found guilty of breaching the controversial security legislation, which also outlaws subversion and collusion with foreign powers. The ruling will likely set a precedent for upcoming national security cases.
In handing down the verdict, Madam Justice Toh – who was handpicked by Chief Executive Carrie Lam to handle national security cases – said that, in the particular circumstances where Tong displayed the “#LiberateHongKong” slogan, such a phrase was capable of "inciting others to commit secession".
Source: HKFP; #Jul27
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/07/27/breaking