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#ManchesterUnited Fan And Social Worker Arrested Among the 53 Pro-Democracy Activists
Source: Apple Daily #Jan6
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#ManchesterUnited Fan And Social Worker Arrested Among the 53 Pro-Democracy Activists
Source: Apple Daily #Jan6
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#ManchesterUnited Fan And Social Worker Arrested Among the 53 Pro-Democracy Activists
Jeffrey Andrews, a social worker of Indian descent, was one of the 53 pro-democracy activists who were arrested last week for violating the National Security Law and allegedly “inciting to subvert state power.”
Andrews is a long time Manchester United fan who grew up in Hong Kong. He was named one of the seven “United Heroes” by Manchester United in recognition of his contribution to the refugee welfare in Hong Kong.
He was arrested for robbery when he was young and was helped by a social worker, where he later decided that he also want to pursue the same career path in helping minority groups in Hong Kong.
Andrews has been working with ethnic minorities including refugees at the refugee centre at Chungking Mansions. He was also elected as one of Hong Kong’s Outstanding Persons in 2019.
Andrews decided to run in the Legislative Council primaries last year but received the lowest number of votes in the Kowloon West District.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan6
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#ManchesterUnited Fan And Social Worker Arrested Among the 53 Pro-Democracy Activists
Jeffrey Andrews, a social worker of Indian descent, was one of the 53 pro-democracy activists who were arrested last week for violating the National Security Law and allegedly “inciting to subvert state power.”
Andrews is a long time Manchester United fan who grew up in Hong Kong. He was named one of the seven “United Heroes” by Manchester United in recognition of his contribution to the refugee welfare in Hong Kong.
He was arrested for robbery when he was young and was helped by a social worker, where he later decided that he also want to pursue the same career path in helping minority groups in Hong Kong.
Andrews has been working with ethnic minorities including refugees at the refugee centre at Chungking Mansions. He was also elected as one of Hong Kong’s Outstanding Persons in 2019.
Andrews decided to run in the Legislative Council primaries last year but received the lowest number of votes in the Kowloon West District.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan6
#NationalSecurityLaw #SocialWorker #JeffreyAndrews #ChungKingMansions
#106Crackdown #PrimaryElection
#LesterShum: "hilarious" of the regime to accuse primaries candidates of "subversion of the state power”
Source: InMedia #Jan7
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#LesterShum: "hilarious" of the regime to accuse primaries candidates of "subversion of the state power”
Source: InMedia #Jan7
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#LesterShum: "hilarious" of the regime to accuse primaries candidates of "subversion of the state power”
On 6 Jan, 2022, the Hong Kong police arrested 53 people, including pro-democracy candidates of “+35 primary election” in 2019, with accusations of subversion of the state power under the National Security Law (#NSL).
Lester Shum, who won in the primary election in July 2019, was released on bail on the evening of 7 Jan, 2021. While leaving a police station, Shum gave a thumbs up gesture.
He criticised the police force for the mass arrest, which mobilised more than a thousand police officers, with the intention of accusing the pro-democracy candidates of subverting the state power.
"It’s ridiculous. Why am I being accused of subverting by participating in the primary election?”
Shum said that the police met him three times for making his statement, with all of them being recorded. He said that the 53 arrestees had the intention to participate in the elections that they deserved, and that the regime is blurring the lines between what is right and what is wrong daily.
“While making my statement, the officer told me that I violated the national security law and was facing the accusation of subverting of the state power because of my participation in the primary election."
Shum told the Inmedia HK that the police station had to wait for a bail and release document issued by National Security Department. Hence, his release was delayed.
“Police officers wanted me to leave as soon as possible,” he said.
Source: InMedia #Jan7
https://bit.ly/3hPVZf7
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Read what happened on Jan 6, 2021 in Hong Kong:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27822
#LesterShum: "hilarious" of the regime to accuse primaries candidates of "subversion of the state power”
On 6 Jan, 2022, the Hong Kong police arrested 53 people, including pro-democracy candidates of “+35 primary election” in 2019, with accusations of subversion of the state power under the National Security Law (#NSL).
Lester Shum, who won in the primary election in July 2019, was released on bail on the evening of 7 Jan, 2021. While leaving a police station, Shum gave a thumbs up gesture.
He criticised the police force for the mass arrest, which mobilised more than a thousand police officers, with the intention of accusing the pro-democracy candidates of subverting the state power.
"It’s ridiculous. Why am I being accused of subverting by participating in the primary election?”
Shum said that the police met him three times for making his statement, with all of them being recorded. He said that the 53 arrestees had the intention to participate in the elections that they deserved, and that the regime is blurring the lines between what is right and what is wrong daily.
“While making my statement, the officer told me that I violated the national security law and was facing the accusation of subverting of the state power because of my participation in the primary election."
Shum told the Inmedia HK that the police station had to wait for a bail and release document issued by National Security Department. Hence, his release was delayed.
“Police officers wanted me to leave as soon as possible,” he said.
Source: InMedia #Jan7
https://bit.ly/3hPVZf7
#NationalSecurityLaw #MassArrest
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Read what happened on Jan 6, 2021 in Hong Kong:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27822
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#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
Image: #HKChronicles
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#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
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#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
//The digital sweep showed how Hong Kong authorities are wielding their new powers under the national security law — introduced last summer — far more widely than the city’s leader promised.
Since the Jan. 6 raids, authorities have blocked at least one website, according to the site’s owner and local media reports, raising concerns that Hong Kong is headed for broader digital surveillance and censorship akin to that in mainland China.
...Shortly after the arrests and device seizures, colleagues and associates of those detained started noticing strange activity on their social media and email accounts.
Ray Chan, a former pro-democracy lawmaker arrested at his home, said he kept receiving confirmation codessent by Telegram to a replacement phone after police confiscated his devices. The codes are used to verify the authenticity of a user trying to log into an account.
Separately, Lam Cheuk-ting and Helena Wong, two former Democratic Party lawmakers, said their staffs received notifications from Google that state-sponsored hackers were trying to breach their work accounts, which are hosted on a Gmail server. The Google alerts arrived just after their arrests, once their devices were in the hands of police.
“It is a redo of the Great Firewall,” said Lokman Tsui, an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who specializes in privacy and online communications. “They are testing the waters for now, so the results are uneven — but it is a question of when and how, not if.”
Glacier Kwong, founder of Keyboard Frontline, which tracks digital rights in Hong Kong, said the government clearly intends to crack down on one of the last free spaces for dissent.
“The government has actually set a precedent,” Kwong said. “As long as it is not to the liking of the regime, a website can be blocked without any reason under the national security law, which is a clear blow to the freedom of the Internet, freedom of information and freedom of speech.”//
Read the full article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-national-security-law-internet/2021/01/12/01738064-53b6-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
#CyberSecurity #PoliceState #HKChronicles #Internet
#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
//The digital sweep showed how Hong Kong authorities are wielding their new powers under the national security law — introduced last summer — far more widely than the city’s leader promised.
Since the Jan. 6 raids, authorities have blocked at least one website, according to the site’s owner and local media reports, raising concerns that Hong Kong is headed for broader digital surveillance and censorship akin to that in mainland China.
...Shortly after the arrests and device seizures, colleagues and associates of those detained started noticing strange activity on their social media and email accounts.
Ray Chan, a former pro-democracy lawmaker arrested at his home, said he kept receiving confirmation codessent by Telegram to a replacement phone after police confiscated his devices. The codes are used to verify the authenticity of a user trying to log into an account.
Separately, Lam Cheuk-ting and Helena Wong, two former Democratic Party lawmakers, said their staffs received notifications from Google that state-sponsored hackers were trying to breach their work accounts, which are hosted on a Gmail server. The Google alerts arrived just after their arrests, once their devices were in the hands of police.
“It is a redo of the Great Firewall,” said Lokman Tsui, an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who specializes in privacy and online communications. “They are testing the waters for now, so the results are uneven — but it is a question of when and how, not if.”
Glacier Kwong, founder of Keyboard Frontline, which tracks digital rights in Hong Kong, said the government clearly intends to crack down on one of the last free spaces for dissent.
“The government has actually set a precedent,” Kwong said. “As long as it is not to the liking of the regime, a website can be blocked without any reason under the national security law, which is a clear blow to the freedom of the Internet, freedom of information and freedom of speech.”//
Read the full article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-national-security-law-internet/2021/01/12/01738064-53b6-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
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#US National Security Advisor calls the #MassArrest of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong another nail on the coffin of Hong Kong democracy
Source: Apple Daily #Jan11
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#US National Security Advisor calls the #MassArrest of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong another nail on the coffin of Hong Kong democracy
Source: Apple Daily #Jan11
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#US National Security Advisor calls the #MassArrest of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong another nail on the coffin of Hong Kong democracy
US National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien wrote in his statement on Monday, January 11, 2021, that as early as May 2020, the Trump Administration foresaw and declared the death of Hong Kong’s free and open society at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP).
He elaborated further saying that “Just as China ignored its international obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, it continues to do so with the International Health Regulations.”
Calling it a “politicized arrest”, O’Brien opined that the #MassArrest on January 6 of more than 50 people for exercising their political rights guaranteed under the Basic Law, is the latest of many successive nails that Beijing has driven into the coffin of Hong Kong democracy.
He called for the world to stop paying “heavy prices for its naiveté and complicity in Beijing’s irresponsible and harmful practices”.
O’Brien closed his statement by saying that the US is examining further options to respond.
Source: Apple Daily, #Jan11
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210111/XHGIWBGSUFGPHJFX2WEURNQD2Y/
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-national-security-advisor-robert-c-obrien-011121/
#US National Security Advisor calls the #MassArrest of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong another nail on the coffin of Hong Kong democracy
US National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien wrote in his statement on Monday, January 11, 2021, that as early as May 2020, the Trump Administration foresaw and declared the death of Hong Kong’s free and open society at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP).
He elaborated further saying that “Just as China ignored its international obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, it continues to do so with the International Health Regulations.”
Calling it a “politicized arrest”, O’Brien opined that the #MassArrest on January 6 of more than 50 people for exercising their political rights guaranteed under the Basic Law, is the latest of many successive nails that Beijing has driven into the coffin of Hong Kong democracy.
He called for the world to stop paying “heavy prices for its naiveté and complicity in Beijing’s irresponsible and harmful practices”.
O’Brien closed his statement by saying that the US is examining further options to respond.
Source: Apple Daily, #Jan11
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210111/XHGIWBGSUFGPHJFX2WEURNQD2Y/
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-national-security-advisor-robert-c-obrien-011121/
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#EU Parliament Condemns HK Government's Crackdown on the Democracy Camp and Targets 9 Officials on Pending Sanction List
Source: Stand News, #Jan22
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#EU Parliament Condemns HK Government's Crackdown on the Democracy Camp and Targets 9 Officials on Pending Sanction List
The European Parliament (EU) passed a resolution with an overwhelming vote on January 21, 2021, condemning the crackdown on Hong Kong activists by the central government of China.
It warned that the EU might risk losing credibility on human rights by sealing an investment deal with China. Furthermore, the parliament called for member states to initiate “targeted sanctions” against Chinese and Hong Kong officials held responsible for the police action under the EU Human Rights Global Sanction Regime.
The 9 names include Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng, Secretary for Security John Lee, Commissioner of Police Chris Tang and former police chief Stephen Lo.
Chinese officials handling Hong Kong affairs were also on the list, including Xia Baolong and Zhang Xiaoming, respectively the director and deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office under the State Council; Luo Huining, director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong; and Zheng Yanxiong, director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security in the city.
The resolution said that MEPs “regret” that the EU-China investment talks were not seized “as a leverage tool aimed at preserving Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy, as well as its basic rights and freedoms”.
Source: Stand News, #Jan22
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#EU Parliament Condemns HK Government's Crackdown on the Democracy Camp and Targets 9 Officials on Pending Sanction List
The European Parliament (EU) passed a resolution with an overwhelming vote on January 21, 2021, condemning the crackdown on Hong Kong activists by the central government of China.
It warned that the EU might risk losing credibility on human rights by sealing an investment deal with China. Furthermore, the parliament called for member states to initiate “targeted sanctions” against Chinese and Hong Kong officials held responsible for the police action under the EU Human Rights Global Sanction Regime.
The 9 names include Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng, Secretary for Security John Lee, Commissioner of Police Chris Tang and former police chief Stephen Lo.
Chinese officials handling Hong Kong affairs were also on the list, including Xia Baolong and Zhang Xiaoming, respectively the director and deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office under the State Council; Luo Huining, director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong; and Zheng Yanxiong, director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security in the city.
The resolution said that MEPs “regret” that the EU-China investment talks were not seized “as a leverage tool aimed at preserving Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy, as well as its basic rights and freedoms”.
Source: Stand News, #Jan22
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