#Court #PoliceState
Police Press Charge on Former Student Union President and 4 Other People for Illegal Assembly in a March Half a Year Ago
In the "Kowloon March" initiated by the Civil Human Rights Front on 20 October, 2019, protesters tried to march on despite the police's refusal to approve the protest.
Half a year later, 4 more civilians were charged and the case would be merged with another case involving a former Student Union president, 4th-year university student from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The 5 people are facing 8 charges including illegal assembly, police assault, obstruction of justice and thd possession of weapons.
Source: InMedia #Apr8 https://bit.ly/3bZDq40
#IllegalAssembly #Oct20 #AssembleRights #CivilDisobedience
Police Press Charge on Former Student Union President and 4 Other People for Illegal Assembly in a March Half a Year Ago
In the "Kowloon March" initiated by the Civil Human Rights Front on 20 October, 2019, protesters tried to march on despite the police's refusal to approve the protest.
Half a year later, 4 more civilians were charged and the case would be merged with another case involving a former Student Union president, 4th-year university student from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The 5 people are facing 8 charges including illegal assembly, police assault, obstruction of justice and thd possession of weapons.
Source: InMedia #Apr8 https://bit.ly/3bZDq40
#IllegalAssembly #Oct20 #AssembleRights #CivilDisobedience
#HumanitarianCrisis #PressFreedom
Police Charge Reporters with 'Illegal Assembly'
0017 | Mongkok
View from above shows the group of reporters sureounded by police outside G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College. There were 51 police in total. Reporters were charged with unlawful assembly.
There is likely over 100 people being arrested tonight including those arested earlier from elsewhere in Mongkok.
Source: NOW News #May11
Image: Emilia Wong
#MothersDay #PoliceState #IllegalAssembly
Police Charge Reporters with 'Illegal Assembly'
0017 | Mongkok
View from above shows the group of reporters sureounded by police outside G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College. There were 51 police in total. Reporters were charged with unlawful assembly.
There is likely over 100 people being arrested tonight including those arested earlier from elsewhere in Mongkok.
Source: NOW News #May11
Image: Emilia Wong
#MothersDay #PoliceState #IllegalAssembly
Singaporean activist charged with illegal assembly after inviting Joshua Wong to video conference
Jolovan Wham, a Singaporean Activist, invited Joshua Wong [formerly] from Demosisto to give a video speech in 2016 event through Skype. Wham posted on Twitter yesterday (20 August) that the court has rejected his conviction appeal. He refused to pay the fine, as a result, he will be jailed for ten days from today.
Jolovan Wham, aged 40, is a social worker who advocates for sexual minorities, freedom of assembly and free speech. He hosted a forum on civil disobedience and social movement in November 2016 and invited his 7,600 followers on Facebook to join. On the day, there were a few overseas activists who gave speeches, Joshua Wong also spoke in the meeting via Skype.
According to The Straits Times from Singapore in October last year, Wham’s lawyer pointed out in the trial that this event was not defined as an “assembly” under the law, but an academic discussion only, it did not have immediate threat to public order and safety. Yet, the High Court in Singapore rejected Wham’s appeal. The judgement stated that Wham promoted social reform through civil disobedience at the meeting; and that he invited Joshua Wong to the meeting, who was undoubtedly expected to promote civil disobedience. The court believed that Wham was telling the audience about how civil disobedience was practised in Hong Kong, and invited them to peruse civil disobedience in Singapore, which was enough to determine there was promotion of civil disobedience.
In the end, Wham was convicted of organising an unlawful public assembly and refusing to sign a police statement. He was sentenced to fines of $2,000 and $1,200 Singapore dollars respectively for the two convictions (approximately equivalent to $11,300 and $6,800 Hong Kong dollars). Wham made statement on Twitter that he refused to pay the charge of $2,000 resulting ten days imprisonment starting from today (21 August). He also expressed his appreciation of the support from everyone on Twitter.
#JolovanWham #Singapore #JoshuaWong #CivilDisobedience #IllegalAssembly #HighCourt
Sources: Stand News, The Straits Times
https://bit.ly/3cHbaVj (#Aug21)
https://bit.ly/36bS20y (#Oct25)
Jolovan Wham, a Singaporean Activist, invited Joshua Wong [formerly] from Demosisto to give a video speech in 2016 event through Skype. Wham posted on Twitter yesterday (20 August) that the court has rejected his conviction appeal. He refused to pay the fine, as a result, he will be jailed for ten days from today.
Jolovan Wham, aged 40, is a social worker who advocates for sexual minorities, freedom of assembly and free speech. He hosted a forum on civil disobedience and social movement in November 2016 and invited his 7,600 followers on Facebook to join. On the day, there were a few overseas activists who gave speeches, Joshua Wong also spoke in the meeting via Skype.
According to The Straits Times from Singapore in October last year, Wham’s lawyer pointed out in the trial that this event was not defined as an “assembly” under the law, but an academic discussion only, it did not have immediate threat to public order and safety. Yet, the High Court in Singapore rejected Wham’s appeal. The judgement stated that Wham promoted social reform through civil disobedience at the meeting; and that he invited Joshua Wong to the meeting, who was undoubtedly expected to promote civil disobedience. The court believed that Wham was telling the audience about how civil disobedience was practised in Hong Kong, and invited them to peruse civil disobedience in Singapore, which was enough to determine there was promotion of civil disobedience.
In the end, Wham was convicted of organising an unlawful public assembly and refusing to sign a police statement. He was sentenced to fines of $2,000 and $1,200 Singapore dollars respectively for the two convictions (approximately equivalent to $11,300 and $6,800 Hong Kong dollars). Wham made statement on Twitter that he refused to pay the charge of $2,000 resulting ten days imprisonment starting from today (21 August). He also expressed his appreciation of the support from everyone on Twitter.
#JolovanWham #Singapore #JoshuaWong #CivilDisobedience #IllegalAssembly #HighCourt
Sources: Stand News, The Straits Times
https://bit.ly/3cHbaVj (#Aug21)
https://bit.ly/36bS20y (#Oct25)