#FirstHand #Jun21
Two courageous young men call for HongKongers to fight for truth and democracy amidst "National Security threat"
It has been the 23th month since the #YuenLong721Attack took place on July 21, 2019, when Hong Kong Police turned a blind eye to hundreds of pro-democracy protesters being brutally assaulted by white-clad mobsters on their way home in Yuen Long MTR station.
This day, only two brave young men were seen at the station, calling on HongKongers to hold on to the truth of the attack. They also urged public attention for those pro-democracy legislators and councilors being arrested under the National Security Law, including #NgWaiKin, a district councilor in Yuen Long.
In front of these two peaceful young men was a disproportionally large team of police officers, watching closely on their every action.
#PoliceState #HongKongProtests #721YuenLong
Two courageous young men call for HongKongers to fight for truth and democracy amidst "National Security threat"
It has been the 23th month since the #YuenLong721Attack took place on July 21, 2019, when Hong Kong Police turned a blind eye to hundreds of pro-democracy protesters being brutally assaulted by white-clad mobsters on their way home in Yuen Long MTR station.
This day, only two brave young men were seen at the station, calling on HongKongers to hold on to the truth of the attack. They also urged public attention for those pro-democracy legislators and councilors being arrested under the National Security Law, including #NgWaiKin, a district councilor in Yuen Long.
In front of these two peaceful young men was a disproportionally large team of police officers, watching closely on their every action.
#PoliceState #HongKongProtests #721YuenLong
#FirstHand #Jun21
HK Police Arrests Man for Hanging Pro-democracy Banner on Clothes-Drying Rack
A pro-democracy protest banner that read āLiberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Timesā was seen hanging outside a residential building on Fife Street in Mong Kok, Hong Kong on June 21, 2021.
The police arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of publishing sedition texts.
At around 17:30 in the afternoon, approximately 20 police officers went up to the flat and took the banner away. Four officers stationed at the entrance of the building while others escorted residents to go up to their home.
Plain clothed officers were also seen at the scene taking videos.
Photo: First Hand
Text: Stand News, #Jun21
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%97%BA%E8%A7%92%E5%94%90%E6%A8%93%E5%A4%96%E6%8E%9B-%E5%85%89%E6%99%82-%E6%97%97-40-%E6%AD%B2%E7%94%B7%E8%A2%AB%E6%8C%87%E7%99%BC%E8%A1%A8%E7%85%BD%E5%8B%95%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97%E8%A2%AB%E6%8D%95/
#PoliceState #ProtestBanner #Arrest #Sedition
HK Police Arrests Man for Hanging Pro-democracy Banner on Clothes-Drying Rack
A pro-democracy protest banner that read āLiberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Timesā was seen hanging outside a residential building on Fife Street in Mong Kok, Hong Kong on June 21, 2021.
The police arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of publishing sedition texts.
At around 17:30 in the afternoon, approximately 20 police officers went up to the flat and took the banner away. Four officers stationed at the entrance of the building while others escorted residents to go up to their home.
Plain clothed officers were also seen at the scene taking videos.
Photo: First Hand
Text: Stand News, #Jun21
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%97%BA%E8%A7%92%E5%94%90%E6%A8%93%E5%A4%96%E6%8E%9B-%E5%85%89%E6%99%82-%E6%97%97-40-%E6%AD%B2%E7%94%B7%E8%A2%AB%E6%8C%87%E7%99%BC%E8%A1%A8%E7%85%BD%E5%8B%95%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97%E8%A2%AB%E6%8D%95/
#PoliceState #ProtestBanner #Arrest #Sedition
How China broke the Asian model
āWhat do you think is unique about the China model?ā That was the question posed to me by a television reporter, last time I was in Beijing. My answer was that I donāt think there was a specific Chinese economic model.
There is an east Asian development model of rapid, export-driven industrialisation that was pioneered by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. What China did was to pursue the same model ā at scale. I added that Chinaās one real innovation was that the country had not liberalised politically as it had grown richer. This sets China apart from the South Koreans and Taiwanese.
Source: Financial Times #Jun21
https://t.co/sgsneOT8vc
#China #Asian #SouthKorea #Taiwan
āWhat do you think is unique about the China model?ā That was the question posed to me by a television reporter, last time I was in Beijing. My answer was that I donāt think there was a specific Chinese economic model.
There is an east Asian development model of rapid, export-driven industrialisation that was pioneered by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. What China did was to pursue the same model ā at scale. I added that Chinaās one real innovation was that the country had not liberalised politically as it had grown richer. This sets China apart from the South Koreans and Taiwanese.
Source: Financial Times #Jun21
https://t.co/sgsneOT8vc
#China #Asian #SouthKorea #Taiwan
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Authorities' Suppression of #AppleDaily Fuels #PublicAnger Online, #Analysis Shows
Source: Hong Kong Citizens News #Jun21
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Source: Hong Kong Citizens News #Jun21
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Authorities' Suppression of #AppleDaily Fuels #PublicAnger Online, #Analysis Shows
According to ASI #BigData Analysis by Hong Kong Citizens News, in the week following the police raid of Apple Daily, there were over 56,000 posts relating to the now-shut-down pro-democracy newspaper on Facebook.
Statements containing foul language peaked on Thursday, June 17, 2021, constituting 75% of the posts. It indicates that the public were very concerned about Apple Daily, and showed huge discontent towards the government's treatment of the pro-democracy newspaper.
June 17, 2021 was the day the Hong Kong police raided the Apple Daily office and arrested 3 editors and 2 executives, accusing them of #NationalSecurity breaches.
On forums used mainly by young non-pro-Establishment Hongkongers, around 36,000 posts have been made in the past 7 days. The use of foul language peaked on the afternoon of Friday, June 18, 2021, constituting 30% of the comments.
June 18 marks the day when the Hong Kong police presses charges at the newspaper's editor-in-chief #RyanLaw and #NextDigital CEO #CheungKimHung with the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Source: Hong Kong Citizens News #Jun21
https://bit.ly/3gNbUuI
https://www.facebook.com/hkcnews/posts/1476391809370890
Authorities' Suppression of #AppleDaily Fuels #PublicAnger Online, #Analysis Shows
According to ASI #BigData Analysis by Hong Kong Citizens News, in the week following the police raid of Apple Daily, there were over 56,000 posts relating to the now-shut-down pro-democracy newspaper on Facebook.
Statements containing foul language peaked on Thursday, June 17, 2021, constituting 75% of the posts. It indicates that the public were very concerned about Apple Daily, and showed huge discontent towards the government's treatment of the pro-democracy newspaper.
June 17, 2021 was the day the Hong Kong police raided the Apple Daily office and arrested 3 editors and 2 executives, accusing them of #NationalSecurity breaches.
On forums used mainly by young non-pro-Establishment Hongkongers, around 36,000 posts have been made in the past 7 days. The use of foul language peaked on the afternoon of Friday, June 18, 2021, constituting 30% of the comments.
June 18 marks the day when the Hong Kong police presses charges at the newspaper's editor-in-chief #RyanLaw and #NextDigital CEO #CheungKimHung with the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Source: Hong Kong Citizens News #Jun21
https://bit.ly/3gNbUuI
https://www.facebook.com/hkcnews/posts/1476391809370890
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FRONTLINE Wins Peabody Award for āChina Undercoverā
China Undercover, FRONTLINEās documentary investigating what has been described as the largest mass incarceration of an ethnic group since the Holocaust, was named a 2021 George Foster Peabody Award winner in the News category on Monday. The April 2020 documentary went inside Chinaās tightly controlled Xinjiang region to explore the Chinese Communist regimeās mass imprisonment of an estimated 2 million Uyghur and other Muslim minorities ā and its use and testing of sophisticated surveillance technology on Muslim communities.
Source: FrontLine #Jun21
https://t.co/ddjMVRTzrM
#FRONTLINE #PeabodyAward #China #Ethnic
China Undercover, FRONTLINEās documentary investigating what has been described as the largest mass incarceration of an ethnic group since the Holocaust, was named a 2021 George Foster Peabody Award winner in the News category on Monday. The April 2020 documentary went inside Chinaās tightly controlled Xinjiang region to explore the Chinese Communist regimeās mass imprisonment of an estimated 2 million Uyghur and other Muslim minorities ā and its use and testing of sophisticated surveillance technology on Muslim communities.
Source: FrontLine #Jun21
https://t.co/ddjMVRTzrM
#FRONTLINE #PeabodyAward #China #Ethnic
Honoring Jimmy Lai
The Committee to Protect Journalists was founded 40 years ago to fight for journalists who are āattacked, imprisoned or killed.ā In this spirit, the CPJ on Monday announced it is honoring Hong Kongās Jimmy Lai with its 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. Mr. Lai, the founder, owner and contributor to the Apple Daily newspaper, wonāt be able to accept the award in person because he sits in prison in Hong Kong.
The CPJ honor comes after another police raid on the newsroom last week. Five Apple Daily execs were arrested, and twoāeditor-in-chief Ryan Law and chief executive officer Cheung Kim-hungāwere charged under the new national security law and thus denied bail. The CPJ notes that Mr. Lai āfights for the right of his Apple News organization to publish freely, even as China and its backers in Hong Kong use every tool to quash them.ā
Source: WSJ #Jun21
https://www.wsj.com/articles/honoring-jimmy-lai-11624248153
#JimmyLai #Journalist #Freedom #Award
The Committee to Protect Journalists was founded 40 years ago to fight for journalists who are āattacked, imprisoned or killed.ā In this spirit, the CPJ on Monday announced it is honoring Hong Kongās Jimmy Lai with its 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. Mr. Lai, the founder, owner and contributor to the Apple Daily newspaper, wonāt be able to accept the award in person because he sits in prison in Hong Kong.
The CPJ honor comes after another police raid on the newsroom last week. Five Apple Daily execs were arrested, and twoāeditor-in-chief Ryan Law and chief executive officer Cheung Kim-hungāwere charged under the new national security law and thus denied bail. The CPJ notes that Mr. Lai āfights for the right of his Apple News organization to publish freely, even as China and its backers in Hong Kong use every tool to quash them.ā
Source: WSJ #Jun21
https://www.wsj.com/articles/honoring-jimmy-lai-11624248153
#JimmyLai #Journalist #Freedom #Award
Bachelet seeks Xinjiang trip amid reports of Uighur persecution
UN human rights chief Michele Bachelet has said she hopes to agree terms for a visit this year to China, including its Xinjiang region, to look into reports of serious violations against the Uighur minority.
āI continue to discuss with China modalities for a visit, including meaningful access, to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,ā Bachelet said on Monday, addressing the opening of a Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
Source: Aljazerra #Jun21
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/21/bachelet-seeks-2021-xinjiang-visit-amid-alleged-rights-abuses
#China #Bachelet #Xinjiang #Uighur
UN human rights chief Michele Bachelet has said she hopes to agree terms for a visit this year to China, including its Xinjiang region, to look into reports of serious violations against the Uighur minority.
āI continue to discuss with China modalities for a visit, including meaningful access, to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,ā Bachelet said on Monday, addressing the opening of a Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
Source: Aljazerra #Jun21
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/21/bachelet-seeks-2021-xinjiang-visit-amid-alleged-rights-abuses
#China #Bachelet #Xinjiang #Uighur
#Racism
Chinese man held over #racist videos and claims his aims to spread Chinese culture
A Chinese filmmaker wanted by Malawi as part of an investigation into allegations of racism and child exploitation has been arrested.
#LuKe was a #Malawi resident when he was exposed by #BBC #AfricaEye, which reported he had used local children to film personalised greetings videos, some of which included racist content.
These videos can be bought for up to $70 (Ā£55) on Chinese social media and internet platforms.
Lu Ke denied making derogatory videos.
He said he made his videos in order to spread Chinese culture to the local community.
In one of the videos seen by the BBC, a group of young children is made to chant - in Chinese - "I'm a black monster. My IQ is low", clearly unaware of what they are saying.//
Read the full article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61862619
Source: BBC #Jun21
#ChineseInternet #SocialMedia #Weibo #Weixin #Africa #ChineseinAfrica
Chinese man held over #racist videos and claims his aims to spread Chinese culture
A Chinese filmmaker wanted by Malawi as part of an investigation into allegations of racism and child exploitation has been arrested.
#LuKe was a #Malawi resident when he was exposed by #BBC #AfricaEye, which reported he had used local children to film personalised greetings videos, some of which included racist content.
These videos can be bought for up to $70 (Ā£55) on Chinese social media and internet platforms.
Lu Ke denied making derogatory videos.
He said he made his videos in order to spread Chinese culture to the local community.
In one of the videos seen by the BBC, a group of young children is made to chant - in Chinese - "I'm a black monster. My IQ is low", clearly unaware of what they are saying.//
Read the full article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61862619
Source: BBC #Jun21
#ChineseInternet #SocialMedia #Weibo #Weixin #Africa #ChineseinAfrica
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BBC Africa Eye expose: Chinese man held over racist videos
He was filmed using Malawian children to make videos, some of which included racist content.
Hong Kong: Tech Firms Should Oppose Protest Song Ban
Tech companies should oppose the Hong Kong governmentās application for an injunction to ban broadcasting and distribution of the 2019 protest song, āGlory to Hong Kong,ā Human Rights Watch said today.
In a June 20, 2023 letter, more than 24 human rights and digital rights groups urged companies including Apple, Google, Meta, Twitter, and Spotify to oppose a potential injunction by the High Court of Hong Kong to protect the right to freedom of expression and access to information in Hong Kong and around the world. The injunction, if ordered by the court, would require that companies remove the song from their respective platforms, effectively banning it online.
#Injunction #Protest #Song #HongKong #GlorytoHongKong
Source: Human Right Watch #Jun21
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/20/hong-kong-tech-firms-should-oppose-protest-song-ban
Tech companies should oppose the Hong Kong governmentās application for an injunction to ban broadcasting and distribution of the 2019 protest song, āGlory to Hong Kong,ā Human Rights Watch said today.
In a June 20, 2023 letter, more than 24 human rights and digital rights groups urged companies including Apple, Google, Meta, Twitter, and Spotify to oppose a potential injunction by the High Court of Hong Kong to protect the right to freedom of expression and access to information in Hong Kong and around the world. The injunction, if ordered by the court, would require that companies remove the song from their respective platforms, effectively banning it online.
#Injunction #Protest #Song #HongKong #GlorytoHongKong
Source: Human Right Watch #Jun21
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/20/hong-kong-tech-firms-should-oppose-protest-song-ban