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Hong Kong Authorities Allegedly Threaten International Media on Election Reportage
On November 29, 2021, the Wall Street Journal (#WSJ) published an editorial titled "Hong Kong Says Voteāor Else."
It refers to the Legislative Council (#LegCo) Election which has been postponed by the Hong Kong government for a year. With the majority of the pro-democracy camp jailed and detained, the election will now take place in December. The newspaper described the situation as how "China fears a boycott of the sham vote it will hold next month."
The newpaper wrote:
"We bring you this message from Hong Kong because Chinaās Communist Party wants the world to forget how it crushed the autonomy it promised to the territory. On Monday authorities issued arrest warrants for two pro-democracy exiles who used social media to recommend that Hong Kongers boycott sham legislative elections scheduled for December."
4 days after the release of the editorial, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, #TsangKwokWai, of the Hong Kong government sent a letter to the newspaper, denying all the claims.
On December 5, 2021, Wall Street Journal published the letter as a reader's opinion article, with the caption "Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ: We reserve the right to take necessary action,ā writes the regime, flagging an editorial for āincitement'."
While the Election is scheduled on December 19, 2021, Tsang's letter issued in December said the election will take place "next month".
#ErickTsang #FailedState #LegCoElection
Source: Stand News; Wall Street Journal #Dec5
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-china-wsj-threat-election-legco-democracy-freedom-protest-ccp-11638575014
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E8%8F%AF%E7%88%BE%E8%A1%97%E6%97%A5%E5%A0%B1%E7%A4%BE%E8%AB%96%E6%8F%90%E6%9D%AF%E8%91%9B%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89-%E6%9B%BE%E5%9C%8B%E8%A1%9E%E5%8E%BB%E4%BF%A1%E8%AD%A6%E5%91%8A%E7%85%BD%E5%8B%95%E4%B8%8D%E6%8A%95%E7%A5%A8%E9%81%95%E6%B3%95-%E4%BF%9D%E7%95%99%E6%8E%A1%E5%8F%96%E5%BF%85%E8%A6%81%E8%A1%8C%E5%8B%95%E6%AC%8A%E5%88%A9
Hong Kong Authorities Allegedly Threaten International Media on Election Reportage
On November 29, 2021, the Wall Street Journal (#WSJ) published an editorial titled "Hong Kong Says Voteāor Else."
It refers to the Legislative Council (#LegCo) Election which has been postponed by the Hong Kong government for a year. With the majority of the pro-democracy camp jailed and detained, the election will now take place in December. The newspaper described the situation as how "China fears a boycott of the sham vote it will hold next month."
The newpaper wrote:
"We bring you this message from Hong Kong because Chinaās Communist Party wants the world to forget how it crushed the autonomy it promised to the territory. On Monday authorities issued arrest warrants for two pro-democracy exiles who used social media to recommend that Hong Kongers boycott sham legislative elections scheduled for December."
4 days after the release of the editorial, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, #TsangKwokWai, of the Hong Kong government sent a letter to the newspaper, denying all the claims.
On December 5, 2021, Wall Street Journal published the letter as a reader's opinion article, with the caption "Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ: We reserve the right to take necessary action,ā writes the regime, flagging an editorial for āincitement'."
While the Election is scheduled on December 19, 2021, Tsang's letter issued in December said the election will take place "next month".
#ErickTsang #FailedState #LegCoElection
Source: Stand News; Wall Street Journal #Dec5
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-china-wsj-threat-election-legco-democracy-freedom-protest-ccp-11638575014
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E8%8F%AF%E7%88%BE%E8%A1%97%E6%97%A5%E5%A0%B1%E7%A4%BE%E8%AB%96%E6%8F%90%E6%9D%AF%E8%91%9B%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89-%E6%9B%BE%E5%9C%8B%E8%A1%9E%E5%8E%BB%E4%BF%A1%E8%AD%A6%E5%91%8A%E7%85%BD%E5%8B%95%E4%B8%8D%E6%8A%95%E7%A5%A8%E9%81%95%E6%B3%95-%E4%BF%9D%E7%95%99%E6%8E%A1%E5%8F%96%E5%BF%85%E8%A6%81%E8%A1%8C%E5%8B%95%E6%AC%8A%E5%88%A9
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Opinion | Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ
āWe reserve the right to take necessary action,ā writes the regime, flagging an editorial for āincitement.ā
#UN rights committee seeks assurances hearing participants from Hong Kong wonāt be targeted under security law
//The #UnitedNations #HumanRightsCommittee on Thursday began reviewing Hong Kongās rights record for the first time since Beijing imposed its #nationalsecuritylaw, amid questions about whether groups making submissions to the meeting could fall foul of the legislation.
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs #ErickTsang and several other top officials attended the meeting in Geneva via video link. In his opening speech, which lasted just under 20 minutes, Tsang said the government had done much to protect #humanrights in Hong Kong.
He also cited Chinese leader #XiJinping as saying the One Country, Two Systems policy has been working well, adding it was recognised by 1.4 billion Chinese people and the international community...
The UN Committee members, however, were not convinced the security law offered sufficient protections for peopleās rights and freedoms.
āI note, honourable secretary, your comment about the events that precipitated this law, but I must observe that it was done overnight, without consultation, and bypassing the local legislature,ā the committeeās vice chair Christopher Arif Bulkan said.
Another vice chair, Shuichi Furuya from Japan, expressed concern at the overarching nature and broad scope of the legislation. He said the committee had received reports about organisations overseas being requested by Hong Kong authorities to remove content that may be in violation of it....
The meeting of the committee of 18 international experts will continue on Friday and next Tuesday, while a closing session will take place on July 22, 2022.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/07/un-committee-starts-first-review-of-hong-kong-human-rights-since-security-law/
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Jul7
#NSL #FailedState #UnitedNations
//The #UnitedNations #HumanRightsCommittee on Thursday began reviewing Hong Kongās rights record for the first time since Beijing imposed its #nationalsecuritylaw, amid questions about whether groups making submissions to the meeting could fall foul of the legislation.
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs #ErickTsang and several other top officials attended the meeting in Geneva via video link. In his opening speech, which lasted just under 20 minutes, Tsang said the government had done much to protect #humanrights in Hong Kong.
He also cited Chinese leader #XiJinping as saying the One Country, Two Systems policy has been working well, adding it was recognised by 1.4 billion Chinese people and the international community...
The UN Committee members, however, were not convinced the security law offered sufficient protections for peopleās rights and freedoms.
āI note, honourable secretary, your comment about the events that precipitated this law, but I must observe that it was done overnight, without consultation, and bypassing the local legislature,ā the committeeās vice chair Christopher Arif Bulkan said.
Another vice chair, Shuichi Furuya from Japan, expressed concern at the overarching nature and broad scope of the legislation. He said the committee had received reports about organisations overseas being requested by Hong Kong authorities to remove content that may be in violation of it....
The meeting of the committee of 18 international experts will continue on Friday and next Tuesday, while a closing session will take place on July 22, 2022.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/07/un-committee-starts-first-review-of-hong-kong-human-rights-since-security-law/
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Jul7
#NSL #FailedState #UnitedNations
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UN rights committee seeks assurances hearing participants from Hong Kong wonāt be targeted under security law
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Thursday began reviewing Hong Kongās rights record for the first time since Beijing imposed its national security law, amid questions about whether groups making submissions to the meeting could fall foul of theā¦