“Some friends invited me to Christmas parties. That is the last thing I want to do,” Said Eye-Injured Indonesian Journalist
“Some friends invited me to Christmas parties. But that is the last thing I want to do,” said Veby Mega Indah, an associate editor of the Hong Kong Bahasa Indonesia newspaper SUARA whose right eye was injured by a non-lethal round fired by a police officer on #29Sept.
Coming into her third month after the incident, she revealed on her interview with Ming Pao last Tuesday (#17Dec) that she suffered from PTSD, “Some of my friends are puzzled, as they don’t know I got PTSD. They would ask 'What’s the matter with you? Why don’t you want to go out for some normal social activities?'”
Source: MingPao
#22Dec #PTSD #Christmas #SUARA
“Some friends invited me to Christmas parties. But that is the last thing I want to do,” said Veby Mega Indah, an associate editor of the Hong Kong Bahasa Indonesia newspaper SUARA whose right eye was injured by a non-lethal round fired by a police officer on #29Sept.
Coming into her third month after the incident, she revealed on her interview with Ming Pao last Tuesday (#17Dec) that she suffered from PTSD, “Some of my friends are puzzled, as they don’t know I got PTSD. They would ask 'What’s the matter with you? Why don’t you want to go out for some normal social activities?'”
Source: MingPao
#22Dec #PTSD #Christmas #SUARA
#PolyU
4 Must-do’s as a University Student - Put on Gear, Get Arrested, See a Doctor, and Face the Court
“Ah Yin” was one of the arrested during the PolyU incident. After being released on bail for a week, he found himself easily irritated. He could not focus on his work and he could not control his emotions. Like many others, he suffers from PTSD.
He suggested that he will not plea guilty because he and others like him never wanted to disrupt social order.
Source: Inmedia
#May31 #PTSD #Court
4 Must-do’s as a University Student - Put on Gear, Get Arrested, See a Doctor, and Face the Court
“Ah Yin” was one of the arrested during the PolyU incident. After being released on bail for a week, he found himself easily irritated. He could not focus on his work and he could not control his emotions. Like many others, he suffers from PTSD.
He suggested that he will not plea guilty because he and others like him never wanted to disrupt social order.
Source: Inmedia
#May31 #PTSD #Court
[The Scars of Hong Kong]
Psychologist treating protesters free of charge
"I believe that every single Hongkonger has it (post-traumatic stress disorder). It's just a matter of how severe it is."
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#HongKongProtesters #PTSD #FreeTreatment
Psychologist treating protesters free of charge
"I believe that every single Hongkonger has it (post-traumatic stress disorder). It's just a matter of how severe it is."
Click below to read:
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https://telegra.ph/The-Scars-of-Hong-Kong-Psychologist-treating-protesters-free-of-charge-They-are-the-ones-of-noble-character-07-03
#HongKongProtesters #PTSD #FreeTreatment
Telegraph
[The Scars of Hong Kong] Psychologist treating protesters free of charge: They are the ones of noble character
"I believe that every single Hongkonger has it (post-traumatic stress disorder). It's just a matter of how severe it is." This statement made by one of the interviewees struck our reporters in this interview series most. Strictly speaking, a person has post…
#PTSD #Exile
2 Years Since #PolyUSiege: Pro-Democracy Protester who Fled Hong Kong Missed Relative's Funeral, Fears Retribution from #Regime
#PolyU #PoylUSiege #Trauma #HKPoliceState
Source: In-Media HK; #Nov20
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2 Years Since #PolyUSiege: Pro-Democracy Protester who Fled Hong Kong Missed Relative's Funeral, Fears Retribution from #Regime
#PolyU #PoylUSiege #Trauma #HKPoliceState
Source: In-Media HK; #Nov20
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2 Years Since #PolyUSiege: Pro-Democracy Protester who Fled Hong Kong Missed Relative's Funeral, Fears Retribution from #Regime
When "A" (pseudonym) heard that a close relative had passed away earlier this year, she immediately made plans to fly back to Hong Kong for the funeral. She quickly picked an airline and a date for the flight; but when it came to selecting her seat, a sense of dread and anxiety suddenly struck her: "I'm really scared of being arrested."
In the end, she did not take the flight.
"A" was working overseas when the the 2019 #ANTIELAB movement broke out. She was not a frequent participant, and had only taken up back-end support roles when she visited her family in Hong Kong.
In November 2019, she went to Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU) to support the pro-democracy protesters inside, and was trapped when police laid siege to the campus.
She attempted to escape on two occasions without success; in the end, police took her information, and she was taken away by ambulance.
Afterwards, she returned overseas to work. She had thought that she wasn't affected much by what she experienced.
She never imagined that her fears of retribution would only worsen, rather than fade away over time. "When the time came that I needed to return to Hong Kong, I found out that I was too afraid to do so."
"If a family funeral wasn't enough of a reason to come back, then what else is there in Hong Kong worth coming back for?" "A" had never considered emigration; but now, she knows she could not return to her hometown in the foreseeable future.
She considers herself half an exile, and she could only acquiesce with her predicament: "You can't take back what has happened."
In November 2019, pro-democracy protesters declared a city-wide strike in Hong Kong. Roadblocks were set up across the city, and protesters occupied the PolyU campus in order to blockade the nearby Cross-Harbour Tunnel in Hung Hom.
Police surrounded the camlus from November 17, 2019 on, trapping protesters and citizens alike, and blocking multiple escape attempts by protesters.
Large crowds of civilians answered calls online to "break the siege", advancing towards the university from nearby districts. Police made mass arrests in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hung Hom, and Jordan; over 200 citizens were arrested on rioting charges.
Though many were released without being charged after the maximum 48-hour detention period, some of them are arrested again from their homes by police two years after in 2021.
#PolyU #PoylUSiege #Trauma #HKPoliceState
Source: In-Media HK; #Nov20
Full article: https://bit.ly/3DzVEqO
2 Years Since #PolyUSiege: Pro-Democracy Protester who Fled Hong Kong Missed Relative's Funeral, Fears Retribution from #Regime
When "A" (pseudonym) heard that a close relative had passed away earlier this year, she immediately made plans to fly back to Hong Kong for the funeral. She quickly picked an airline and a date for the flight; but when it came to selecting her seat, a sense of dread and anxiety suddenly struck her: "I'm really scared of being arrested."
In the end, she did not take the flight.
"A" was working overseas when the the 2019 #ANTIELAB movement broke out. She was not a frequent participant, and had only taken up back-end support roles when she visited her family in Hong Kong.
In November 2019, she went to Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU) to support the pro-democracy protesters inside, and was trapped when police laid siege to the campus.
She attempted to escape on two occasions without success; in the end, police took her information, and she was taken away by ambulance.
Afterwards, she returned overseas to work. She had thought that she wasn't affected much by what she experienced.
She never imagined that her fears of retribution would only worsen, rather than fade away over time. "When the time came that I needed to return to Hong Kong, I found out that I was too afraid to do so."
"If a family funeral wasn't enough of a reason to come back, then what else is there in Hong Kong worth coming back for?" "A" had never considered emigration; but now, she knows she could not return to her hometown in the foreseeable future.
She considers herself half an exile, and she could only acquiesce with her predicament: "You can't take back what has happened."
In November 2019, pro-democracy protesters declared a city-wide strike in Hong Kong. Roadblocks were set up across the city, and protesters occupied the PolyU campus in order to blockade the nearby Cross-Harbour Tunnel in Hung Hom.
Police surrounded the camlus from November 17, 2019 on, trapping protesters and citizens alike, and blocking multiple escape attempts by protesters.
Large crowds of civilians answered calls online to "break the siege", advancing towards the university from nearby districts. Police made mass arrests in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hung Hom, and Jordan; over 200 citizens were arrested on rioting charges.
Though many were released without being charged after the maximum 48-hour detention period, some of them are arrested again from their homes by police two years after in 2021.
#PolyU #PoylUSiege #Trauma #HKPoliceState
Source: In-Media HK; #Nov20
Full article: https://bit.ly/3DzVEqO
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【圍城．兩年】入理大後離港 至親去世不敢奔喪：我好驚畀人拉 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導）今年年中，在外地讀書的 A 子（化名）得悉至親離世，立即安排買機票回港奔喪。選好航空公司、來回日期和艙位後，到了選座位一刻，她突然很焦慮、很驚恐：「我好驚畀人拉。」 最終，她沒有回來。 在運動中參與不算多、只是擔任後勤的 A 子，前年 11 月進入了理大，圍封後曾兩次突圍不果，最後被警方登記了資料，坐上救護車離開。事後，她去了外地讀書暫