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Pro-democracy #Hongkongers Make 2-Person March to GovHQ, Hoping to Fulfill "Under the Pot" Promise One Day
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Pro-democracy #Hongkongers Make 2-Person March to GovHQ, Hoping to Fulfill "Under the Pot" Promise One Day
The HK Police has issued an notice against a march request from LSD and three other civic groups. As such, Ms. Hong and Ms. Wong started by themselves today at 2pm to march from Victoria Park, following the route from previous years. At around 5pm, they had arrived outside of Government HQ.
Ms. Hong pointed out that she had participated in the July 1st march for many years. "If they don't let us walk, then I'll walk myself. I think this is not a issue." Ms. Wong said, a note of resentment in her voice. "There's a lot I want to hold on to, so I'll do what I can ".
Out of the many times she's been to GHQ, Ms. Hong said, the most profound time was on June 12 two years ago, when she had tasted tear gas for the first time in her life here. Seeing that all these places from the past are now behind giant barriers, Ms. Hong can only sigh. Comparing today's two-person march to the million marching in the streets in the past, Ms. Wong lamented, "I would be lying to you if I don't feel down, but I'm trying to keep myself from collapsing." Ms. Hong also pointed out that Hongkongers need rest, but hoped that we understand that "resting is preparing for a longer road ahead."
Ms. Hong said that if there is an opportunity to march, her short term demands would be unfreezing Apple Daily's assets, and releasing all political prisoners. Long term demands would be for authentic, fair elections. She also had a message for Hongkongers: to "see hope in the far off future" and for officials to "not serve the authority, but Hongkongers."
Although the "under the pot" area in LegCo has now been cordoned off, the two of them went as close as possible and took photos with their stuffed animal companions, laughing bitterly, "Hopefully one day, we can all fulfill our promise to meet 'under the pot'."
#July1Protest #HongkongProtest #Faith
Source: In-Media HK #July1
https://bit.ly/2UkP9qs
Pro-democracy #Hongkongers Make 2-Person March to GovHQ, Hoping to Fulfill "Under the Pot" Promise One Day
The HK Police has issued an notice against a march request from LSD and three other civic groups. As such, Ms. Hong and Ms. Wong started by themselves today at 2pm to march from Victoria Park, following the route from previous years. At around 5pm, they had arrived outside of Government HQ.
Ms. Hong pointed out that she had participated in the July 1st march for many years. "If they don't let us walk, then I'll walk myself. I think this is not a issue." Ms. Wong said, a note of resentment in her voice. "There's a lot I want to hold on to, so I'll do what I can ".
Out of the many times she's been to GHQ, Ms. Hong said, the most profound time was on June 12 two years ago, when she had tasted tear gas for the first time in her life here. Seeing that all these places from the past are now behind giant barriers, Ms. Hong can only sigh. Comparing today's two-person march to the million marching in the streets in the past, Ms. Wong lamented, "I would be lying to you if I don't feel down, but I'm trying to keep myself from collapsing." Ms. Hong also pointed out that Hongkongers need rest, but hoped that we understand that "resting is preparing for a longer road ahead."
Ms. Hong said that if there is an opportunity to march, her short term demands would be unfreezing Apple Daily's assets, and releasing all political prisoners. Long term demands would be for authentic, fair elections. She also had a message for Hongkongers: to "see hope in the far off future" and for officials to "not serve the authority, but Hongkongers."
Although the "under the pot" area in LegCo has now been cordoned off, the two of them went as close as possible and took photos with their stuffed animal companions, laughing bitterly, "Hopefully one day, we can all fulfill our promise to meet 'under the pot'."
#July1Protest #HongkongProtest #Faith
Source: In-Media HK #July1
https://bit.ly/2UkP9qs
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二人自發從維園遊行至政總 望有一天完成「煲底之約」 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導）社民連等3團體申請的七一遊行，遭警方批出反對通知。熊小姐及黃小姐二人自發在今午2時，從維園起步，沿往年的遊行路線而行，於5時許到達金鐘政府總部門外。熊小姐指過往多年參與七一遊行，略帶不忿道「你唔畀行，我咪自己行，我認為呢件事無問題」。黃小姐則指「好多嘢都想堅持，所以做到就做」。 熊小姐慨嘆自己許久不曾來到政總，其中最深刻的一次，乃前年6
[Special] Inside the court room of ‘8.18’ case: a group of defendants with grey hair, a startlingly severe sentence
It was 16 April 2021 afternoon in Court number one of West Kowloon Magistracy. Judge Amanda WOODCOCK pronounced that the nine defendants’ acts to lead the procession on ‘8.18’ (18 August 2019) were an obvious challenge to police power, law and discipline. Imprisonment was the only appropriate choice. She sentenced Jimmy LAI Chee Ying, Martin LEE Chu Ming, Margaret NG Oi Yee, LEUNG Kwok Hung, LEE Cheuk Yan, Cyd HO Sau Lan, Albert HO Chun Yan, AU Nok Hin and LEUNG Yiu Chung to be imprisoned for periods varying from 8 to 18 months. Among the group only 4 were granted suspensions while the other 5 had to be sent to jail immediately.
Source: Stand News #Apr16
#MargaretNg #MartinLee #JimmyLai #AlbertHo #Assembly #Courtnews #AmandaWoodcock
https://telegra.ph/Special-Inside-the-court-room-of-818-case-a-group-of-defendants-with-grey-hair-a-startlingly-severe-sentence-06-21
It was 16 April 2021 afternoon in Court number one of West Kowloon Magistracy. Judge Amanda WOODCOCK pronounced that the nine defendants’ acts to lead the procession on ‘8.18’ (18 August 2019) were an obvious challenge to police power, law and discipline. Imprisonment was the only appropriate choice. She sentenced Jimmy LAI Chee Ying, Martin LEE Chu Ming, Margaret NG Oi Yee, LEUNG Kwok Hung, LEE Cheuk Yan, Cyd HO Sau Lan, Albert HO Chun Yan, AU Nok Hin and LEUNG Yiu Chung to be imprisoned for periods varying from 8 to 18 months. Among the group only 4 were granted suspensions while the other 5 had to be sent to jail immediately.
Source: Stand News #Apr16
#MargaretNg #MartinLee #JimmyLai #AlbertHo #Assembly #Courtnews #AmandaWoodcock
https://telegra.ph/Special-Inside-the-court-room-of-818-case-a-group-of-defendants-with-grey-hair-a-startlingly-severe-sentence-06-21
FRONTLINE Wins Peabody Award for ‘China Undercover’
China Undercover, FRONTLINE’s 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 China’s tightly controlled Xinjiang region to explore the Chinese Communist regime’s mass imprisonment of an estimated 2 million Uyghur and other Muslim minorities — 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, FRONTLINE’s 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 China’s tightly controlled Xinjiang region to explore the Chinese Communist regime’s mass imprisonment of an estimated 2 million Uyghur and other Muslim minorities — and its use and testing of sophisticated surveillance technology on Muslim communities.
Source: FrontLine #Jun21
https://t.co/ddjMVRTzrM
#FRONTLINE #PeabodyAward #China #Ethnic
NATO Got It Wrong: China Is a Bigger Threat Than Russia
NATO finally addressed China in a half-serious way. The U.S.-led alliance system described the country as a “challenge” in a communiqué. But NATO continues to plod along, way behind the curve. While NATO rightly recognizes Russia as an aggressive threat (the country did invade Ukraine in 2014, and is still there), history’s most powerful democratic alliance system continues to downplay history’s biggest totalitarian threat: China.
Source: The Epoch Times #Jun17
https://t.co/djHAqF8M7A
#NATO #China #Russia
NATO finally addressed China in a half-serious way. The U.S.-led alliance system described the country as a “challenge” in a communiqué. But NATO continues to plod along, way behind the curve. While NATO rightly recognizes Russia as an aggressive threat (the country did invade Ukraine in 2014, and is still there), history’s most powerful democratic alliance system continues to downplay history’s biggest totalitarian threat: China.
Source: The Epoch Times #Jun17
https://t.co/djHAqF8M7A
#NATO #China #Russia
#WhiteTerror
37-year-old male arrested for showing stickers and Fai Chun with "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" slogan
On Jun 26, police received a report that stickers and Fai Chun with slogen “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” were found on the metal gate outside an apartment unit in Sau Kei Wan, and were suspected to be violating the #NationalSecurityLaw. Upon investigation, a 37-year-old male was arrested for “committing acts with seditious intention”. He was granted bail but had to report to the police again in September.
At least two persons were arrested for exhibiting items with words “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” in the past week. On Jun 21, a 40-year-old man was arrested for "publishing seditious texts" because of a flag with the slogen being hung outside a building in Mongkok. Both cases are handed over to the National Security Department.
Source: Stand News #Jun29
#PoliticalOppression #NSL
37-year-old male arrested for showing stickers and Fai Chun with "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" slogan
On Jun 26, police received a report that stickers and Fai Chun with slogen “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” were found on the metal gate outside an apartment unit in Sau Kei Wan, and were suspected to be violating the #NationalSecurityLaw. Upon investigation, a 37-year-old male was arrested for “committing acts with seditious intention”. He was granted bail but had to report to the police again in September.
At least two persons were arrested for exhibiting items with words “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” in the past week. On Jun 21, a 40-year-old man was arrested for "publishing seditious texts" because of a flag with the slogen being hung outside a building in Mongkok. Both cases are handed over to the National Security Department.
Source: Stand News #Jun29
#PoliticalOppression #NSL
#InternationalRelations #Regime
#China Pressures #Ukraine by blocking #COVID19 #vaccine shipment
//China pressured Ukraine into withdrawing its support for a call for more scrutiny of human rights in China’s western region of Xinjiang by threatening to withhold Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines destined for Ukraine unless it did so, diplomats told The Associated Press on Friday, June 15, 2021.
Ukraine briefly joined a statement by over 40 countries, presented by Canada at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, urging China to allow immediate access for independent observers to Xinjiang. Some human rights groups have alleged Chinese mistreatment of Muslim Uyghurs and others in the region.
On Thursday, Ukraine pulled its name off the list of supporting states after Chinese authorities warned Kyiv that they would block a planned shipment of at least 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine unless it did so, said diplomats from two Western countries. The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Ukraine has agreed to purchase 1.9 million doses of CoronaVac vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech. As of early May, Ukraine had received 1.2 million doses, according to Health Minister Maxim Stepanov.
In the past, China’s government has been no stranger to pressuring other countries in Geneva diplomatic circles or in national capitals either to line up behind its statements or avoid backing statements that criticize, question or seek scrutiny of human rights in the country...//
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https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-china-europe-ukraine-health-a0a5ae8f735b92e39c623e453529cbb9
Source: Associated Press #Jun25
#Uyghurs #CCP #WolfWarrior #Diplomacy #MadeinChina #Sinovac
Image: Stand News
https://bit.ly/3ykp09J
#China Pressures #Ukraine by blocking #COVID19 #vaccine shipment
//China pressured Ukraine into withdrawing its support for a call for more scrutiny of human rights in China’s western region of Xinjiang by threatening to withhold Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines destined for Ukraine unless it did so, diplomats told The Associated Press on Friday, June 15, 2021.
Ukraine briefly joined a statement by over 40 countries, presented by Canada at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, urging China to allow immediate access for independent observers to Xinjiang. Some human rights groups have alleged Chinese mistreatment of Muslim Uyghurs and others in the region.
On Thursday, Ukraine pulled its name off the list of supporting states after Chinese authorities warned Kyiv that they would block a planned shipment of at least 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine unless it did so, said diplomats from two Western countries. The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Ukraine has agreed to purchase 1.9 million doses of CoronaVac vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech. As of early May, Ukraine had received 1.2 million doses, according to Health Minister Maxim Stepanov.
In the past, China’s government has been no stranger to pressuring other countries in Geneva diplomatic circles or in national capitals either to line up behind its statements or avoid backing statements that criticize, question or seek scrutiny of human rights in the country...//
Read full article:
https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-china-europe-ukraine-health-a0a5ae8f735b92e39c623e453529cbb9
Source: Associated Press #Jun25
#Uyghurs #CCP #WolfWarrior #Diplomacy #MadeinChina #Sinovac
Image: Stand News
https://bit.ly/3ykp09J
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AP Exclusive: Diplomats say China puts squeeze on Ukraine
GENEVA (AP) — China pressured Ukraine into withdrawing its support for a call for more scrutiny of human rights in China's western region of Xinjiang by threatening to withhold Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines destined for Ukraine unless it did so, diplomats…
Joe Biden questions whether China is sincere for investigating the source of Wuhan Pneumonia, saying that he and Xi know each other but are not “old friends”
Source: Stand News #Jun17
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Joe Biden questions whether China is sincere for investigating the source of Wuhan Pneumonia, saying that he and Xi know each other but are not “old friends”
USA President Joe Biden questions whether China is sincere for investigating the source of Wuhan Pneumonia (COVID-19). He shows that although he and President Xi know each other but they are not “old friends”.
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia attended the press conference after the Summit. He was asked if he contacts Xi Jinping, the president of The People's Republic of China, demanding President Xi to allow WHO to send people to China to do the traceable investigations. Biden replies, “everyone should make clear that we know each other but we are not old friends, just for business”.
Biden shows his suspects for the sincerity of China to co-operate with WHO. “China works hard to shape that he is a responsible and very visionary country, and keeps on saying how they helps the world in anti-pandemic and vaccination. There’s something which doesn’t need to explain to the whole world, and the whole world will see what the result is naturally. The question is: Does China need to investigate till coming to the bottom?”
Source: Stand News #Jun17
https://bit.ly/3hzam7E
#Joebiden #COVID19 #Xijinping #VladimirPutin #investigations
USA President Joe Biden questions whether China is sincere for investigating the source of Wuhan Pneumonia (COVID-19). He shows that although he and President Xi know each other but they are not “old friends”.
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia attended the press conference after the Summit. He was asked if he contacts Xi Jinping, the president of The People's Republic of China, demanding President Xi to allow WHO to send people to China to do the traceable investigations. Biden replies, “everyone should make clear that we know each other but we are not old friends, just for business”.
Biden shows his suspects for the sincerity of China to co-operate with WHO. “China works hard to shape that he is a responsible and very visionary country, and keeps on saying how they helps the world in anti-pandemic and vaccination. There’s something which doesn’t need to explain to the whole world, and the whole world will see what the result is naturally. The question is: Does China need to investigate till coming to the bottom?”
Source: Stand News #Jun17
https://bit.ly/3hzam7E
#Joebiden #COVID19 #Xijinping #VladimirPutin #investigations
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美國總統拜登質疑中國是否真心想查出武漢肺炎 (COVID-19) 病毒源頭，又表明雖然與習近平彼此了解，但雙方...
DN Debatt. ”To the People’s Republic of China”
Four leading newspapers from the Nordic countries join in a protest against China’s violation of freedom of the press in Hong Kong. The protest follows the closure of the newspaper Apple Daily and is published on the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Chinese Communist Party.
It has been too much for a long time. Now, enough is enough. The world can no longer stand idly by as China gradually sucks the air out of freedom of the press in Hong Kong. Our hope that China would live up to its assurances and promises that basic democratic civil liberties would be defended and protected in Hong Kong has been dwindling lately, while our fear and disdain has been growing.
Source: DN SE #Jul01
https://www.dn.se/debatt/to-the-people-s-republic-of-china/
#PRC #Freedom #Press #Newspaper #AppleDaily
Four leading newspapers from the Nordic countries join in a protest against China’s violation of freedom of the press in Hong Kong. The protest follows the closure of the newspaper Apple Daily and is published on the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Chinese Communist Party.
It has been too much for a long time. Now, enough is enough. The world can no longer stand idly by as China gradually sucks the air out of freedom of the press in Hong Kong. Our hope that China would live up to its assurances and promises that basic democratic civil liberties would be defended and protected in Hong Kong has been dwindling lately, while our fear and disdain has been growing.
Source: DN SE #Jul01
https://www.dn.se/debatt/to-the-people-s-republic-of-china/
#PRC #Freedom #Press #Newspaper #AppleDaily
China’s Uyghurs living in a ‘dystopian hellscape’, says Amnesty report
Amnesty International has collected new evidence of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region of China, which it says has become a “dystopian hellscape” for hundreds of thousands of Muslims subjected to mass internment and torture.
The human rights organisation has collected more than 50 new accounts from Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities who claim to have been subjected to mass internment and torture in police stations and camps in the region.
Source: The Guardian#Jun10
https://t.co/7zp352CCrM
#China #Uyghur #Xinjiang #Kazakhs #Muslim #HumanRight
Amnesty International has collected new evidence of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region of China, which it says has become a “dystopian hellscape” for hundreds of thousands of Muslims subjected to mass internment and torture.
The human rights organisation has collected more than 50 new accounts from Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities who claim to have been subjected to mass internment and torture in police stations and camps in the region.
Source: The Guardian#Jun10
https://t.co/7zp352CCrM
#China #Uyghur #Xinjiang #Kazakhs #Muslim #HumanRight
#FirstHand #July3
Hong Kong police intercept a young man for carrying a flower bouquet for his girlfriend
In Hong Kong on July 3, 2021, a young man holding a bouquet of bright-colored sunflowers was stopped and searched by a team of Tactical Unit Police officers outside the Island Beverley Shopping Center in Causeway Bay.
The young man explained to the police that the flower is a gift for his girlfriend who had just stepped away for the washroom.
Citizens and reporters at the scene sneered and ridiculed at the police's overreaction, likening them to frightened birds.
The heavy police presence was in response to the July 1 incident on the streets nearby, where a man stabbed himself and died after knifing a police officer. On the following day, citizens all over Hong Kong came to the site with white flowers to pay tribute to the deceased man.
The bustling shopping district had been a popular location for Hongkongers to hang out.
#AsiasFinest #PoliceState #July1
Hong Kong police intercept a young man for carrying a flower bouquet for his girlfriend
In Hong Kong on July 3, 2021, a young man holding a bouquet of bright-colored sunflowers was stopped and searched by a team of Tactical Unit Police officers outside the Island Beverley Shopping Center in Causeway Bay.
The young man explained to the police that the flower is a gift for his girlfriend who had just stepped away for the washroom.
Citizens and reporters at the scene sneered and ridiculed at the police's overreaction, likening them to frightened birds.
The heavy police presence was in response to the July 1 incident on the streets nearby, where a man stabbed himself and died after knifing a police officer. On the following day, citizens all over Hong Kong came to the site with white flowers to pay tribute to the deceased man.
The bustling shopping district had been a popular location for Hongkongers to hang out.
#AsiasFinest #PoliceState #July1
#DoYouKnow
A Multiple Choice Question According to Police's Behaviour
The Epoch Times devised a mock multiple choice question for the Liberal Studies subject in Honh Kong regarding police's behaviour on July 1, 2021 in Hong Kong:
"On which occasion (see photo) is the Social Gathering Ban Cap. 599G being violated?
A) Two people going shopping
B) Dozens of people watching a Pro-Beijing Show
C) Several Hundreds of people working together
Tips: According to Cap. 599G Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation: except for the exempted group, the 14-day prohibition on group gathering remains at no more than four persons in the public area from June 23 to July 7.
Source: Epoch Times #July1
#GatheringBan #July1Protests
A Multiple Choice Question According to Police's Behaviour
The Epoch Times devised a mock multiple choice question for the Liberal Studies subject in Honh Kong regarding police's behaviour on July 1, 2021 in Hong Kong:
"On which occasion (see photo) is the Social Gathering Ban Cap. 599G being violated?
A) Two people going shopping
B) Dozens of people watching a Pro-Beijing Show
C) Several Hundreds of people working together
Tips: According to Cap. 599G Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation: except for the exempted group, the 14-day prohibition on group gathering remains at no more than four persons in the public area from June 23 to July 7.
Source: Epoch Times #July1
#GatheringBan #July1Protests
#ProtestArt #Creativity
The Second Anniversary of Hong Kong's Pro-democracy Movement: Memories don’t fade, Revisiting #LennonWalls from 2019
During the #AntiELAB movement in 2019, citizens in Hong Kong spontaneously built Lennon Walls all over the city to make their voices heard.
Harvey, a photographer, visited many areas of the city and took hundreds of shots to record every detail of the Lennon Walls.The photos were stitched together to become panoramic images of the Walls.
With Harvey’s permission, Stand News was able to share three of his works as an interactive webpage for readers to visit these virtually rebuilt Lennon Walls from 2019.
See here:
https://beta.thestandnews.com/interactive/回憶撕不走-重見-2019-連儂牆
Source: Stand News #Jun30
#Memory
The Second Anniversary of Hong Kong's Pro-democracy Movement: Memories don’t fade, Revisiting #LennonWalls from 2019
During the #AntiELAB movement in 2019, citizens in Hong Kong spontaneously built Lennon Walls all over the city to make their voices heard.
Harvey, a photographer, visited many areas of the city and took hundreds of shots to record every detail of the Lennon Walls.The photos were stitched together to become panoramic images of the Walls.
With Harvey’s permission, Stand News was able to share three of his works as an interactive webpage for readers to visit these virtually rebuilt Lennon Walls from 2019.
See here:
https://beta.thestandnews.com/interactive/回憶撕不走-重見-2019-連儂牆
Source: Stand News #Jun30
#Memory
#Myanmar
Doctors and university professors join the armed organisation, sighing that peaceful resistance is not fruitful and they can only use weapons to fight for victory
Since the Myanmar military launched a coup in February this year, there were over 860 people have been murdered and over 6,000 being arrested. Former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest. As the military violently suppress the demonstrations, many protesters decided to join armed organisation, getting weapons to fight against the military. There are doctors, university professors among the protest. But there are many people described, they tried to protest peacefully, however armed resistance is the only hope.
Young protester: I do not dare to kill animals before, now I learn to use shotguns against the military
Al Jazeera interviewed a few protesters. Among them, 27 years old Andrew, as one of the young protesters, he described himself for not daring to kill animals before the coup. He has been participated to peaceful protests, and witnessed the citizens being murdered by the military. He then decided to join the civil armed forces, learnt how to use wooden shotgun against military, “When I saw soldier killed citizens, I was very sad, I believed I need to fight against the military government for the citizens.”
Source: Stand News #Jun16
https://bit.ly/3AmiJfv
#StandWithMyanmar #Protest #Democracy #Coup #Suppression
Doctors and university professors join the armed organisation, sighing that peaceful resistance is not fruitful and they can only use weapons to fight for victory
Since the Myanmar military launched a coup in February this year, there were over 860 people have been murdered and over 6,000 being arrested. Former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest. As the military violently suppress the demonstrations, many protesters decided to join armed organisation, getting weapons to fight against the military. There are doctors, university professors among the protest. But there are many people described, they tried to protest peacefully, however armed resistance is the only hope.
Young protester: I do not dare to kill animals before, now I learn to use shotguns against the military
Al Jazeera interviewed a few protesters. Among them, 27 years old Andrew, as one of the young protesters, he described himself for not daring to kill animals before the coup. He has been participated to peaceful protests, and witnessed the citizens being murdered by the military. He then decided to join the civil armed forces, learnt how to use wooden shotgun against military, “When I saw soldier killed citizens, I was very sad, I believed I need to fight against the military government for the citizens.”
Source: Stand News #Jun16
https://bit.ly/3AmiJfv
#StandWithMyanmar #Protest #Democracy #Coup #Suppression
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【緬甸政變】醫生、大學教授加入武裝組織 嘆和平抗爭不果 只能執起武器爭勝 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞
緬甸軍方今年 2 月發動政變以來，至今已逾 860 平民被殺、超過 6,000 人被捕，前國務資政昂山素姬一直...