#Oppression #WhiteTerror
Pro-democracy Independent Bookshop closes down due to Political Oppression
#Closure #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPublication
Source: inmediahk.net; #Oct15
https://bit.ly/3mYCqnW
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Pro-democracy Independent Bookshop closes down due to Political Oppression
#Closure #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPublication
Source: inmediahk.net; #Oct15
https://bit.ly/3mYCqnW
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Pro-democracy Independent Bookshop closes down due to Political Oppression
Located in San Po Kong, Hong Kong has an independent bookshop, Bleak House Books, which has closed down on October 15.
Many supporters and customers went there to bid farewell and take photographs. Some put down words of encouragement on wish cards for the owner, Albert, who decided to return to the US.
Although most of the bookshelves have been left empty, many customers lingered on in the shop till the very last moment.
Finally, Albert switched off the light and walked out of the shop. He closed the door and put up a placard on the door that writes “Hong Kong is my home”.
When talking about the current situation in Hong Kong, Albert felt “being suffocated” every day.
He said, “the politics in the US is a mess too. But they are barely possible to arrest all democrats. At least there are some spaces left … I am not sure how risky it has become, but I felt being muffled and could hardly breathe every day.”
#Closure #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPublication
Source: inmediahk.net; #Oct15
https://bit.ly/3mYCqnW
Pro-democracy Independent Bookshop closes down due to Political Oppression
Located in San Po Kong, Hong Kong has an independent bookshop, Bleak House Books, which has closed down on October 15.
Many supporters and customers went there to bid farewell and take photographs. Some put down words of encouragement on wish cards for the owner, Albert, who decided to return to the US.
Although most of the bookshelves have been left empty, many customers lingered on in the shop till the very last moment.
Finally, Albert switched off the light and walked out of the shop. He closed the door and put up a placard on the door that writes “Hong Kong is my home”.
When talking about the current situation in Hong Kong, Albert felt “being suffocated” every day.
He said, “the politics in the US is a mess too. But they are barely possible to arrest all democrats. At least there are some spaces left … I am not sure how risky it has become, but I felt being muffled and could hardly breathe every day.”
#Closure #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPublication
Source: inmediahk.net; #Oct15
https://bit.ly/3mYCqnW
獨立媒體
清明堂書店結業 店主離港返美：政治壓力使我絕望且沒有選擇 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導）位於新蒲崗的獨立英文書店清明堂（Bleak House Books）今日（10月15日）結業。不少人特意趁最後一日前來道別，互相擁抱問候、拍照留影，亦有顧客手寫心意卡送給店主Albert。書架逐一清空，個別剩下稀疏零散的書本，仍有不少顧客留戀不捨至最後一刻。 關燈後，Albert徐徐走出店外，把門上鎖，並把「香港是我家」的小巴牌貼在門前。
#Censorship
#Facebook Deletes Pro-democracy Content Posted by #Bookshop Without Explanation
On November 16, 2021, the Moom Bookshop revealed that their page has been completely removed by Facebook for no apparent reasons. The bookshop, a popular online store based in Taiwan, specializes in photography and photobooks.
The bookshop has 130,000 supporters and they could no longer browse the Facebook page of bookshop. The store also failed to log on to their account.
The owner of the bookshop, Chang Hok-tun, wrote on his Facebook that its hard to understand the rationale for Facebook to remove the bookshop from its platform.
In his statement, Chang recalled the items being warned and deleted by Facebook in the past. These included the photo albums of Hong Kong's Anti-ELAB movement in 2019. The stated reason for removal was images involving blood and violence.
#Meta #Moom #FreedomOfPublication #AntiELAB
Source: Stand News; #Nov16
https://thestandnews.page.link/gNYQZGRvRLY1XQvP6
#Facebook Deletes Pro-democracy Content Posted by #Bookshop Without Explanation
On November 16, 2021, the Moom Bookshop revealed that their page has been completely removed by Facebook for no apparent reasons. The bookshop, a popular online store based in Taiwan, specializes in photography and photobooks.
The bookshop has 130,000 supporters and they could no longer browse the Facebook page of bookshop. The store also failed to log on to their account.
The owner of the bookshop, Chang Hok-tun, wrote on his Facebook that its hard to understand the rationale for Facebook to remove the bookshop from its platform.
In his statement, Chang recalled the items being warned and deleted by Facebook in the past. These included the photo albums of Hong Kong's Anti-ELAB movement in 2019. The stated reason for removal was images involving blood and violence.
#Meta #Moom #FreedomOfPublication #AntiELAB
Source: Stand News; #Nov16
https://thestandnews.page.link/gNYQZGRvRLY1XQvP6
#WhiteTerror #Crackdown
At least 6 more pro-democracy online media closed down in Hong Kong
Ten days after Hong Kong authorities' crackdown on pro-democracy media outlet, Stand News, on December 29, 2021, at least six online media have announced closesure in the new year.
As of January 6, 2022, news outlets that announced closure or ceased news reporting include:
- Independent Media News (香港獨媒新聞);
- IBHK Internet media (IBHK網絡媒體);
- Citizen News (衆新聞);
- Mad Dog News (癲狗日報);
- Dare Media Hong Kong (够薑媒體); and
- Polymer (聚言時報)
#FreedomOfPublication #PoliticalProsecution #PressFreedom #Media #PoliceState #Regime #Censorship
Source: Inmediahk; #Jan6
https://bit.ly/3f0tE4Y
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31819
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31751
At least 6 more pro-democracy online media closed down in Hong Kong
Ten days after Hong Kong authorities' crackdown on pro-democracy media outlet, Stand News, on December 29, 2021, at least six online media have announced closesure in the new year.
As of January 6, 2022, news outlets that announced closure or ceased news reporting include:
- Independent Media News (香港獨媒新聞);
- IBHK Internet media (IBHK網絡媒體);
- Citizen News (衆新聞);
- Mad Dog News (癲狗日報);
- Dare Media Hong Kong (够薑媒體); and
- Polymer (聚言時報)
#FreedomOfPublication #PoliticalProsecution #PressFreedom #Media #PoliceState #Regime #Censorship
Source: Inmediahk; #Jan6
https://bit.ly/3f0tE4Y
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Prosecution of #StandNews by HK Authorities Causes #CitizenNews to Close; Chief Editors: Do Not Give Up
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31819
Hong Kong National Security raid pro-democracy newspaper, arrested 6 senior staff
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31751
#FreedomOfSpeech #PoliceState
#PoliticalOppression
#Free #JimmyLai" – Campaign for world attention on Hong Kong #HumanRights and Press Freedom
#ProtestArt #RobinBell #MarkClifford #AppleDaily #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPublication
Source: RFA; #Jan31
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#Free #JimmyLai" – Campaign for world attention on Hong Kong #HumanRights and Press Freedom
#ProtestArt #RobinBell #MarkClifford #AppleDaily #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPublication
Source: RFA; #Jan31
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#Free #JimmyLai" – Campaign for world attention on Hong Kong #HumanRights and Press Freedom
On Chinese New Year’s eve (Jan 31), a series of transatlantic illuminations aiming to draw international attention on China's #authoritarian rule over Hong Kong were seen on the walls of Tower Bridge in London and Chinese Embassy in Washington DC.
Bright white lights reading "Free Jimmy Lai and the Apple 7" of three storey tall were projected onto the walls.
In addition, the illuminations also showed the "Olympics rings in thorns", a portrait of Jimmy Lai and a yellow umbrella, the symbol of the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong.
The US-based designer, Robin Bell said his intention was to grab people's attention on Human Rights around the world.
Mark L. Clifford, president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, shared photographs of the illuminations on his Twitter page, calling the upcoming #WinterOlympics in #Beijing " the most shameful Olympics since the 1936 Nazi Olympics in Berlin”.
#ProtestArt #RobinBell #MarkClifford #AppleDaily #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPublication
Source: RFA; #Jan31
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uk-jimmy-02012022155410.html
#PoliticalOppression
#Free #JimmyLai" – Campaign for world attention on Hong Kong #HumanRights and Press Freedom
On Chinese New Year’s eve (Jan 31), a series of transatlantic illuminations aiming to draw international attention on China's #authoritarian rule over Hong Kong were seen on the walls of Tower Bridge in London and Chinese Embassy in Washington DC.
Bright white lights reading "Free Jimmy Lai and the Apple 7" of three storey tall were projected onto the walls.
In addition, the illuminations also showed the "Olympics rings in thorns", a portrait of Jimmy Lai and a yellow umbrella, the symbol of the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong.
The US-based designer, Robin Bell said his intention was to grab people's attention on Human Rights around the world.
Mark L. Clifford, president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, shared photographs of the illuminations on his Twitter page, calling the upcoming #WinterOlympics in #Beijing " the most shameful Olympics since the 1936 Nazi Olympics in Berlin”.
#ProtestArt #RobinBell #MarkClifford #AppleDaily #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPublication
Source: RFA; #Jan31
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uk-jimmy-02012022155410.html
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倫敦「塔橋」及中國駐美大使館牆身在周一晚被打上「釋放黎智英及蘋果七人」及諷刺北京冬奧的投影。藝術家貝爾表示，創作該作品望喚起世人對香港人權的關注，又指只是北京冬奧前其中一個抗議活動。
#Censorship #FreedomOfPublication
HK authorities refuse to disclose book titles banned in public libraries, citing National Security as concerns
Source: InMediaHK; #Apr6
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HK authorities refuse to disclose book titles banned in public libraries, citing National Security as concerns
Source: InMediaHK; #Apr6
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HK authorities refuse to disclose book titles banned in public libraries, citing National Security as concerns
Following China's imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong in July 2020, many book titles have subsequently been banned and taken off-the-shelf in public libraries.
These books are usually related to the June 4th Massacre in Beijing, the Umbrella Movement and the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong. Even those written by pro-democracy authors were censored and restricted.
In response to a lawmaker's request for the list of book titles being removed off-the-shelf, the Hong Kong Leisure Cultural Services Department (#LCSD) refused to provide the list, saying that the list could be "maliciously used to criticise library collection." LCSD added that this is not beneficial to national security.
Based on media reports, at least 106 book titles have been taken off the shelf in the year after the National Security Law was imposed.
Among these book titles, 13 publications by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China have been banned and "delisted" from the website of public libraries.
A staff member of a public library told reporters that these book titles are no longer available because they "could have violated the National Security Law."
Source: InMediaHK; #Apr6
https://bit.ly/3v29u2t
HK authorities refuse to disclose book titles banned in public libraries, citing National Security as concerns
Following China's imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong in July 2020, many book titles have subsequently been banned and taken off-the-shelf in public libraries.
These books are usually related to the June 4th Massacre in Beijing, the Umbrella Movement and the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong. Even those written by pro-democracy authors were censored and restricted.
In response to a lawmaker's request for the list of book titles being removed off-the-shelf, the Hong Kong Leisure Cultural Services Department (#LCSD) refused to provide the list, saying that the list could be "maliciously used to criticise library collection." LCSD added that this is not beneficial to national security.
Based on media reports, at least 106 book titles have been taken off the shelf in the year after the National Security Law was imposed.
Among these book titles, 13 publications by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China have been banned and "delisted" from the website of public libraries.
A staff member of a public library told reporters that these book titles are no longer available because they "could have violated the National Security Law."
Source: InMediaHK; #Apr6
https://bit.ly/3v29u2t