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A young Chinese Christian woman was tortured to death and the miserable sight of the body teared her family
#ChinaThreat #Xinjiang #Prosecution

The Christian in China, especially the members of church Eastern Lightning, has currently been suppressed hardly.

A foreign media disclosed that one of the members in Xinjiang had been arrested with no reason in last year and “killed” after 12 days of imprisonment. Her family rushed to mortuary and what they had seen was an obvious tortured body with numerous scars.

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Pope Francis Mentions the Prosecution of Xinjiang Uyghurs

The Chinese government sets up “Re-education Camps” in Xinjiang in recent years with masses detention of Uyghurs, drawing global attention to humanitarian issues. After years of demands from human rights defenders, Pope Francis firstly said the Xinjiang Uyghurs as “persecuted” people in his new book – Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future.

He mentioned Xinjiang Uyghurs in a chapter on the persecution of Christians in Islamic countries, “I occasionally think of the persecuted: Rohingya, poor Uyghurs and Yazidi.” Francis did mention about Rohingya fleeing Myanmar and Yazidi who is being killed in Islamic countries. This is his first time mentioned Uyghurs.

The United States Secretary of State Pompeo earlier criticized China on suppressing the Uyghurs in Xinjiang at the Vatican meeting. Yet, the Vatican has never spoken out on related issues. Some commentators think that the Vatican did not speak out for Uyghurs earlier to avoid affecting Sino-Vatican contract renewal negotiation.

Source from: The Stand News #Nov24

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#Vatican #Pope #Francis #China #Pompeo #Uyghurs #Xinjiang #humanrights #prosecution #IslamicCountry
#Save47 #Court
Attending Citizens Cheer at
#47Democrats under Trial and Jeer Disorganized Prosecution

In Hong Kong on November 29, 2021, the case of the 47 democrats, who were charged by the #NationalSecurityLaw for participating in a primary election in 2020, was trialed in court.

Although the trial was scheduled at 2 pm, the authorities did not bring the defendants currently detained to the court on time. Their families and friends, as well as the citizens attending the trial became agitated after more than an hour of waiting.

"Can the judiciary explain the cause of the one hour delay?" citizens in the court complained, "They [the authorities] do not have respect for the attendees at all!"

The court secretary claimed that there was a problem with the communication system.

In the extended court, the speaker was not turned on until 2:46 pm. After that, the court kept repeating the court regulations.

The defendants were sent to the court after the magistrate #LawTakChuenPeter arrived at the courtroom at 3:30pm.

When entering the court room, some defendants raised their hands to thank the citizens who sent a round of encouraging words.

An hour later, the trial did not have much progress. The chief prosecutor #LawTinWah suggested to split the defendants for separate trial. He proposed one of the groups to be on trial again on Feb 8, 2022. At this time, a male voice was heard saying, "get lost", followed by a round of laughter.

The magistrate did not accept the chief prosecutor's suggestion.

One of the barristers representing the defence sternly criticised the prosecution for procrastination, causing the lack of time for lawyers to give legal advice to the defendants. The comment was received with a round of applause. Nevertheless, the prosecution denied.

At around 5pm, another barrister in the defence reiterated that the legal team "eagerly" wished to receive the required documents from the prosecution in the past 8 months, but it did not happen. Another round of applause followed.

Finally, the magistrate called an end to the day's trial after 7 pm. Citizens in court encouraged the defendants and each other, "Keep it up, Hongkongers!" Some sent Birthday wishes to the detained pro-democracy figures.

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Source: You are not alone Telegram Channel #Nov29

Image: Stand News

#FailedState #Regime #Prosecution #Detention
#Save47 #Court
Defendants Apply to Lift Restrictions on Reporting Court Proceedings

#FailedState #Regime #Prosecution #Detention #HKPrimaries

Source: Stand News, You are not alone Telegram Channel; #Nov29

Image: Epoch Times

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Defendants Apply to Lift Restrictions on Reporting Court Proceedings

Towards the end of the court hearing for the #47Democrats on Nov 29, one defending lawyer attempted to seek clarification from Magistrate #LawTakChunPeter over three legal stand points, including asking the court to lift the reporting restrictions set out in the Magistrates Ordinance.

Section 87A of the Magistrates Ordinance prohibits reporting the majority of details of committal proceedings, but defendants have the right to request that the restrictions be removed. Accordingly, several defendants' lawyers asked the court to remove the limitations.

Magistrate Law, in fact, sought assistance from one of the defending lawyers to coordinate the matter. The courtroom broke into laughter as the judge struggled with the overwhelming workload of a case with 47 defendants.

The magistrate decided to adjourn hearing the substantive arguments on the application to January 17, 2022 at 9:30am.

He ordered some defendants to return to the court on February 8, while another court appearance is scheduled for March 4.

#FailedState #Regime #Prosecution #Detention #HKPrimaries

Source: Stand News, You are not alone Telegram Channel #Nov29

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After One Year of Detention, Prosecution Documents Are Still Not Ready
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Attending Citizens Cheer at #47Democrats under Trial and Jeer Disorganized Prosecution
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31547