#UNHCR #PoliticalOppression #StandwithBelarus
UN Refugee Agency in Hong Kong Refuses to Accept Petition Letter from Local Church in Support of Belarus
After the Belarusian presidential election on August 9, Lukashenko, the five-term president, was 'elected' again, which immediately triggered demonstrations against his rigged election win and police violence. The protests in Belarus found resonance in Hong Kong.
Reverend Roy Chan of Hong Kong's Good Neighbour Northern District Church petitioned to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office, handing in 800 signatures calling for the UN's attention to the political oppression in Belarus.
The petition letter requested the Belarusian government to release all protesters, withdraw prosecutions, and immediately run a fair presidential election. The petition also asked the EU and the UN to step up their intervention to ensure the re-election of the president.
Reverend Chan expressed grave dissatisfaction and regret that the UN refugee agency did not accept his petition letter. Chan pointed out that what is happening in Belarusian are not new to Hong Kong people. He called on the public to keep a close eye to the issue and to continue resisting against violence and oppression.
Source: Stand News #Aug26
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UN Refugee Agency in Hong Kong Refuses to Accept Petition Letter from Local Church in Support of Belarus
After the Belarusian presidential election on August 9, Lukashenko, the five-term president, was 'elected' again, which immediately triggered demonstrations against his rigged election win and police violence. The protests in Belarus found resonance in Hong Kong.
Reverend Roy Chan of Hong Kong's Good Neighbour Northern District Church petitioned to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office, handing in 800 signatures calling for the UN's attention to the political oppression in Belarus.
The petition letter requested the Belarusian government to release all protesters, withdraw prosecutions, and immediately run a fair presidential election. The petition also asked the EU and the UN to step up their intervention to ensure the re-election of the president.
Reverend Chan expressed grave dissatisfaction and regret that the UN refugee agency did not accept his petition letter. Chan pointed out that what is happening in Belarusian are not new to Hong Kong people. He called on the public to keep a close eye to the issue and to continue resisting against violence and oppression.
Source: Stand News #Aug26
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#RoyChan #GoodNeighbourNorthernDistrictChurch #UN #EU #Lukashenko #Belarus
#StandWithBelarus #PressFreedom
Hong Kong Photojournalist Arrested in Belarus
At around midnight (HK Time) on Sept 7, 2020, a Hong Kong photojournalist was arrested by the police in Belarus, when reporting on the anti-government protest there. The police took away the backpack and the camera of the journalist and the reason of the arrest remained unknown.
At around 01:50 (HK Time), according to DB channel, the journalist was released and only the memory card of his camera was confiscated. The journalist was reportedly punched by the Belurusan police during arrest.
Source: DB Channel #Sept7
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Hong Kong Photojournalist Arrested in Belarus
At around midnight (HK Time) on Sept 7, 2020, a Hong Kong photojournalist was arrested by the police in Belarus, when reporting on the anti-government protest there. The police took away the backpack and the camera of the journalist and the reason of the arrest remained unknown.
At around 01:50 (HK Time), according to DB channel, the journalist was released and only the memory card of his camera was confiscated. The journalist was reportedly punched by the Belurusan police during arrest.
Source: DB Channel #Sept7
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#Solidarity #GlobalSupport
Belarus protesters Wave “Liberate Hong Kong” Flag and Chant “Free Hong Kong” Slogan
In Belarus, protesters waved the Hong Kong protest flag which reads “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” and chanted slogans like “Free Hong Kong”.
One of the protesters said she took part in one of the pro-democracy rallies in Hong Kong during the Anti-Extraditional Law Movement in 2019. It was when she kept the flag.
She brought the flag to the rally in Belarus in a hope to find resonance among these two places, both suffering from #authoritarian oppression.
Source: DB Channel #Oct19
https://www.dbchannel.hk/2020/10/19/【唔係泰國】白羅斯示威第11週-遊行隊伍出現「光/
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Belarus protesters Wave “Liberate Hong Kong” Flag and Chant “Free Hong Kong” Slogan
In Belarus, protesters waved the Hong Kong protest flag which reads “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” and chanted slogans like “Free Hong Kong”.
One of the protesters said she took part in one of the pro-democracy rallies in Hong Kong during the Anti-Extraditional Law Movement in 2019. It was when she kept the flag.
She brought the flag to the rally in Belarus in a hope to find resonance among these two places, both suffering from #authoritarian oppression.
Source: DB Channel #Oct19
https://www.dbchannel.hk/2020/10/19/【唔係泰國】白羅斯示威第11週-遊行隊伍出現「光/
#StandwithBelarus