Overseas Hong Kong Activists get harassed by pro-CCP groups, just like in HK
For Hong Kongers living in Canada, it might be 'far from home'. Unfortunately, they are not far from danger. Some people received rape and death threats on social media from CCP supporters. Others received threatening phonecalls to their personal hotel rooms.
Pro-democracy activists in Canada have experienced the impotence of the Canadian police in the face of doxxing and death threats.
Activists around the world face risks and pressure which are manifested in the same form as how they are in Hong Kong or even mainland China.
Source: CBC #Sep10
https://bit.ly/3htcxHQ
#10Sep #Canada #HongKong #Overseas #Doxxing #Harrassment
For Hong Kongers living in Canada, it might be 'far from home'. Unfortunately, they are not far from danger. Some people received rape and death threats on social media from CCP supporters. Others received threatening phonecalls to their personal hotel rooms.
Pro-democracy activists in Canada have experienced the impotence of the Canadian police in the face of doxxing and death threats.
Activists around the world face risks and pressure which are manifested in the same form as how they are in Hong Kong or even mainland China.
Source: CBC #Sep10
https://bit.ly/3htcxHQ
#10Sep #Canada #HongKong #Overseas #Doxxing #Harrassment
#Petition to Urge British Government for the Option of “Hong Kong people” under “Ethnic Groups” in the Latest British #Census
UK’s decennial census will be held this year and a Facebook page named “HK_Brits” (英國新家鄉) has launched an online petition calling on the UK government to add "British Hong Konger" and "Hong Konger" as "Ethnic Group" options.
Petitioners said that these options describe “how we see our identity and race in the UK”.
It is stated that other Asians living in the UK have options available to them, such as "British Indian," "British Pakistani" and "British Bangladeshi," so they believe that British Hong Kongers should also have options available to them. As for Hong Kong SAR passport holders, the Joint Committee said that there should be a "Hong Konger" option.
In Britain, many Hong Kong people have made similar calls and demands in the past month or so. An organization “ Power to Hongkongers” also launched a campaign to call for Hong Kong people to fill in "Hong Konger" in the "National Identity" and "Ethnic Group" to differentiate from the "Chinese" used in the past. It is also to help the British government to grasp the demographic data of Hong Kong people so as to better formulate relevant policies.
Source: Stand News #Mar25
Photo from the film Happy Together (1997)
#BritishHongKonger #HKBrits #Hongkonger #Ethnicity #Overseas #UK
#HappyTogether
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E5%B1%85%E8%8B%B1%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E7%99%BC%E8%B5%B7%E8%81%AF%E7%BD%B2-%E4%BF%83%E8%8B%B1%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%99%AE%E6%9F%A5-%E7%A8%AE%E6%97%8F%E7%BE%A4%E9%AB%94-%E8%BF%BD%E5%8A%A0-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA-%E9%81%B8%E9%A0%85/
UK’s decennial census will be held this year and a Facebook page named “HK_Brits” (英國新家鄉) has launched an online petition calling on the UK government to add "British Hong Konger" and "Hong Konger" as "Ethnic Group" options.
Petitioners said that these options describe “how we see our identity and race in the UK”.
It is stated that other Asians living in the UK have options available to them, such as "British Indian," "British Pakistani" and "British Bangladeshi," so they believe that British Hong Kongers should also have options available to them. As for Hong Kong SAR passport holders, the Joint Committee said that there should be a "Hong Konger" option.
In Britain, many Hong Kong people have made similar calls and demands in the past month or so. An organization “ Power to Hongkongers” also launched a campaign to call for Hong Kong people to fill in "Hong Konger" in the "National Identity" and "Ethnic Group" to differentiate from the "Chinese" used in the past. It is also to help the British government to grasp the demographic data of Hong Kong people so as to better formulate relevant policies.
Source: Stand News #Mar25
Photo from the film Happy Together (1997)
#BritishHongKonger #HKBrits #Hongkonger #Ethnicity #Overseas #UK
#HappyTogether
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E5%B1%85%E8%8B%B1%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E7%99%BC%E8%B5%B7%E8%81%AF%E7%BD%B2-%E4%BF%83%E8%8B%B1%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%99%AE%E6%9F%A5-%E7%A8%AE%E6%97%8F%E7%BE%A4%E9%AB%94-%E8%BF%BD%E5%8A%A0-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA-%E9%81%B8%E9%A0%85/
2 Years After PolyUsiege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"
On November 17, 2019, a fierce police-civilian collision broke out at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU). The campus were surrounded by armed police. It is the most tragic fight in the #AntiELAB movement in 2019, carving an indelible wound in countless Hongkongers' hearts.
Two years have passed, a large number of pro-democracy #protesters were subjected to reprisal one after another. As a result, some of them were #exiled #overseas without a returning date, including the 19-year-old Ivan
After escaping from the #PolyUSiege, Ivan, like many young protesters, has been facing the "guilt of survivors" and the unknown future.
"I have been thinking for a long time and finally decided to speak out as I would like to overcomd the fear with everyone," Ivan said.
After s year of exile in the #UK, Ivan chooses to "come out of the closet politically", which is different from when he first arrived.
In the past, he participated in the UK rallies anoymously by donning black. Today, he would not cover his face, rather, he would speak in front of a camera in order to let the world hear their voice.
Ivan said, "I would like to tell the world what we are thinking and what we are doing in a new perspective, as well as the reasons behind, including Why I need to taje it to the street, instead of being a "#HongKongPig" [the one who does not care about politics]?"
So "Hong Kong Pig" went on the street.
Before the movement, Ivan was a "Hong Kong pig", who did not care about the happenings in societyn. But then he chose to protest on the street, entering PolyU campus during the siege, even when he was still a secondary school student.
Ten hours later, he tried to escape from the campus but was arrested.
Although he refused to enter into further bail and was released unconditionally, due to the further reprisal by the Hong Kong Police Force, Ivan had been living in fear before leaving HK.
He then left for the UK with his HKSAR Passport and a single flight ticket on November 5, 2020, going on an exile on his own. At the time of leaving, his parents were also kept in the dark.
He avoids mentioning his family and denies recalling the experiences in the protests, but emphasising "not to get the light spot".
Struggling at the edge of the political #asylum after the exile
Not long after Ivan's departure, the police went to his home to arrest him, accusing him of "perverting the course of public justice".
Just a line to the imprisonment, he becomes a #fugitive at the age of19, struggling to survive alone in a new country.
Source: RFA #Nov17
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-polyu-11172021060537.html
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On November 17, 2019, a fierce police-civilian collision broke out at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU). The campus were surrounded by armed police. It is the most tragic fight in the #AntiELAB movement in 2019, carving an indelible wound in countless Hongkongers' hearts.
Two years have passed, a large number of pro-democracy #protesters were subjected to reprisal one after another. As a result, some of them were #exiled #overseas without a returning date, including the 19-year-old Ivan
After escaping from the #PolyUSiege, Ivan, like many young protesters, has been facing the "guilt of survivors" and the unknown future.
"I have been thinking for a long time and finally decided to speak out as I would like to overcomd the fear with everyone," Ivan said.
After s year of exile in the #UK, Ivan chooses to "come out of the closet politically", which is different from when he first arrived.
In the past, he participated in the UK rallies anoymously by donning black. Today, he would not cover his face, rather, he would speak in front of a camera in order to let the world hear their voice.
Ivan said, "I would like to tell the world what we are thinking and what we are doing in a new perspective, as well as the reasons behind, including Why I need to taje it to the street, instead of being a "#HongKongPig" [the one who does not care about politics]?"
So "Hong Kong Pig" went on the street.
Before the movement, Ivan was a "Hong Kong pig", who did not care about the happenings in societyn. But then he chose to protest on the street, entering PolyU campus during the siege, even when he was still a secondary school student.
Ten hours later, he tried to escape from the campus but was arrested.
Although he refused to enter into further bail and was released unconditionally, due to the further reprisal by the Hong Kong Police Force, Ivan had been living in fear before leaving HK.
He then left for the UK with his HKSAR Passport and a single flight ticket on November 5, 2020, going on an exile on his own. At the time of leaving, his parents were also kept in the dark.
He avoids mentioning his family and denies recalling the experiences in the protests, but emphasising "not to get the light spot".
Struggling at the edge of the political #asylum after the exile
Not long after Ivan's departure, the police went to his home to arrest him, accusing him of "perverting the course of public justice".
Just a line to the imprisonment, he becomes a #fugitive at the age of19, struggling to survive alone in a new country.
Source: RFA #Nov17
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-polyu-11172021060537.html
Continue Part 2
Radio Free Asia
【離散港人】理大圍城兩年後 19歲流亡者：我真係好想返香港
2019年11月17日，香港理工大學爆發激烈衝突，大批示威者被「秋後算帳」，部分從此流亡海外，當中包括19歲的Ivan。然而逃離危城後，他們面對的卻是「倖存者的愧疚」及茫然未知的前路。
#FirstHand #Jun4
#Hongkongers, #Tibetans and #EastTurkestans Join Assembly Outside of ChineseEmbassy in #London
On June 4, 2022, more than 200 people gather outside the Chinese Embassy in London for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the victims of the #TiananmenMassacre back in 1989.
#IsaacCheng Ka-Long, the former Vice-Chairperson of #Demosisto, and #YauManChun, a former Shatin District Councillor, were the moderated the event. Speakers representing the #UK, #HongKong, #Tibet and #EastTurkestan took turn to speak. The pre-recorded speech of #ZhangXianLing, one of the "#TiananmenMothers", were played after a minute of silence was observed.
Zhang Xianling's son was massacred at Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4 1989. Her son was 19 years old when killed. Zhang sent blessing to Hongkongers. Despite the suppression of demonstration and commemorative events in Hong Kong, Zhang encouraged the people of Hong Kong not to give up.
#BenedictRoger, the founder of #HongKongWatch, brought a yellow umbrella to the event, saying the umbrella were only used in rainy weather but it also symbolised the sovereignty and the power of the people who suffer suppression. He hopes people would see the UK as a shelter.
#LeeWingTat, a former legislator from Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp, also gave a speech, urging people not to give up. Under the National Security Law (#NSL) and other regulations, he foresaw the arrival of more and more Hong Kong immigrants to the UK. He encouraged those who arrived early to help others to settle and hoped to spread the situation in Hong Kong to the world.
#TserinPassang, a British-born Tibetan talked about how his parents went in exiled due to the high-pressure suppression in Tibel such as re-education camps and forced labour. He said that over hundred Tibetans conducted self-immolation to express their discontent, but the suppression by Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) regime does not cease. He expressed his will to go to his homeland hopefully in a not so distant future.
After that, a representative from East Turkestan spoke on the genocid and the need to raise people's awareness on all humanitarian crises.
Although it is no longer possible to continue the tradition of holding an annual candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's #VictoriaPark, the commemorarive event is carried out overseas and is joined by not just Hongkongers.
The assembly in London ended with three songs: "The Flower of Freedom" (自由花), "The Internationale", and "Glory to Hong Kong". The participants chanted pro-democracy slogans to voice their demands outside the Chinese Embassy.
#Remembrance #Solidarity #Overseas #Resistance #Diaspora #Hongkongers
#Hongkongers, #Tibetans and #EastTurkestans Join Assembly Outside of ChineseEmbassy in #London
On June 4, 2022, more than 200 people gather outside the Chinese Embassy in London for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the victims of the #TiananmenMassacre back in 1989.
#IsaacCheng Ka-Long, the former Vice-Chairperson of #Demosisto, and #YauManChun, a former Shatin District Councillor, were the moderated the event. Speakers representing the #UK, #HongKong, #Tibet and #EastTurkestan took turn to speak. The pre-recorded speech of #ZhangXianLing, one of the "#TiananmenMothers", were played after a minute of silence was observed.
Zhang Xianling's son was massacred at Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4 1989. Her son was 19 years old when killed. Zhang sent blessing to Hongkongers. Despite the suppression of demonstration and commemorative events in Hong Kong, Zhang encouraged the people of Hong Kong not to give up.
#BenedictRoger, the founder of #HongKongWatch, brought a yellow umbrella to the event, saying the umbrella were only used in rainy weather but it also symbolised the sovereignty and the power of the people who suffer suppression. He hopes people would see the UK as a shelter.
#LeeWingTat, a former legislator from Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp, also gave a speech, urging people not to give up. Under the National Security Law (#NSL) and other regulations, he foresaw the arrival of more and more Hong Kong immigrants to the UK. He encouraged those who arrived early to help others to settle and hoped to spread the situation in Hong Kong to the world.
#TserinPassang, a British-born Tibetan talked about how his parents went in exiled due to the high-pressure suppression in Tibel such as re-education camps and forced labour. He said that over hundred Tibetans conducted self-immolation to express their discontent, but the suppression by Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) regime does not cease. He expressed his will to go to his homeland hopefully in a not so distant future.
After that, a representative from East Turkestan spoke on the genocid and the need to raise people's awareness on all humanitarian crises.
Although it is no longer possible to continue the tradition of holding an annual candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's #VictoriaPark, the commemorarive event is carried out overseas and is joined by not just Hongkongers.
The assembly in London ended with three songs: "The Flower of Freedom" (自由花), "The Internationale", and "Glory to Hong Kong". The participants chanted pro-democracy slogans to voice their demands outside the Chinese Embassy.
#Remembrance #Solidarity #Overseas #Resistance #Diaspora #Hongkongers
As Hong Kong clamps down, ‘burden of remembering’ #TiananmenMassacre shifts overseas
// In the decades since the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing on June 4, 1989, one of the most indelible images associated with the event, alongside “Tank Man” and the Goddess of Democracy statue, has been a sea of candles, lighting up the night.
Every year, tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to commemorate the dead and echo their calls for democracy in China.
No more. The 30th anniversary of the massacre in 2019 was the last time it was marked by a mass gathering in Hong Kong. Memorials since then have been banned on coronavirus grounds, as is the case this year, with public gatherings still limited to four people...
“With the last symbol of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in Hong Kong being taken away it is crucial for Hong Kongers and all persons of conscience around the world to pick up the torch and make sure that the flame of freedom and democracy remain burning,” said Mabel Tung, chair of the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement (#VSSDM), a group founded by Chinese Canadians in support of the 1989 protests.
...Amnesty International said it is arranging events in more than 20 cities this year, and will call on participants not only to remember those killed in Beijing, but also “stand in solidarity with those in Hong Kong whose peaceful acts of commemoration are now criminalized.”
In Asia, one of the largest memorials will be in Taipei, where organizers plan to unveil a replica of the “Pillar of Shame,” a statue commemorating the Tiananmen victims that was forcibly removed from Hong Kong last year...//
Source: Globe and Mail #June3
Read the full article:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-as-hong-kong-clamps-down-burden-of-remembering-tiananmen-massacre/
#Remembrance #Solidarity #Overseas #Resistance #Diaspora #Hongkongers
// In the decades since the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing on June 4, 1989, one of the most indelible images associated with the event, alongside “Tank Man” and the Goddess of Democracy statue, has been a sea of candles, lighting up the night.
Every year, tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to commemorate the dead and echo their calls for democracy in China.
No more. The 30th anniversary of the massacre in 2019 was the last time it was marked by a mass gathering in Hong Kong. Memorials since then have been banned on coronavirus grounds, as is the case this year, with public gatherings still limited to four people...
“With the last symbol of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in Hong Kong being taken away it is crucial for Hong Kongers and all persons of conscience around the world to pick up the torch and make sure that the flame of freedom and democracy remain burning,” said Mabel Tung, chair of the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement (#VSSDM), a group founded by Chinese Canadians in support of the 1989 protests.
...Amnesty International said it is arranging events in more than 20 cities this year, and will call on participants not only to remember those killed in Beijing, but also “stand in solidarity with those in Hong Kong whose peaceful acts of commemoration are now criminalized.”
In Asia, one of the largest memorials will be in Taipei, where organizers plan to unveil a replica of the “Pillar of Shame,” a statue commemorating the Tiananmen victims that was forcibly removed from Hong Kong last year...//
Source: Globe and Mail #June3
Read the full article:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-as-hong-kong-clamps-down-burden-of-remembering-tiananmen-massacre/
#Remembrance #Solidarity #Overseas #Resistance #Diaspora #Hongkongers
The Globe and Mail
As Hong Kong clamps down, ‘burden of remembering’ Tiananmen Massacre shifts overseas
The anniversary will be commemorated by smaller events around the world, as Chinese authorities threaten to prosecute those who attend public gatherings under their jurisdiction
China opens unofficial police stations in Britain to hunt down people for their return
China has opened unofficial police stations in London as part of a growing network of Communist Party-linked offices accused of hunting down and blackmailing Chinese citizens to force them to return home.
Chinese authorities have established 54 “overseas police service centres” around the world in the last few years, according to a new report, as Beijing seeks to expand Chinese powers abroad.
Source: The Telegraph #Sep14
#China #Overseas #Police
https://t.co/wW45Kkkeo6
China has opened unofficial police stations in London as part of a growing network of Communist Party-linked offices accused of hunting down and blackmailing Chinese citizens to force them to return home.
Chinese authorities have established 54 “overseas police service centres” around the world in the last few years, according to a new report, as Beijing seeks to expand Chinese powers abroad.
Source: The Telegraph #Sep14
#China #Overseas #Police
https://t.co/wW45Kkkeo6