#NationalSecurityLaw #WhiteTerror #TedHui
National Security Team Suspected of Stalking Hong Kong Pro-democracy Lawmaker
1950 | Kennedy Town
According to the facebook page of Ted Hui, the pro-democracy lawmaker has been stalked by rental car for days.
On August 14, Hui went up to the two men who had been following him and demanded an explanation. The car touched Hui as it tried to flee the scene.
The police officers who arrived at the scene asked the two men to show their identification document. However, according to sources, onlookers witnessed that one of the men showed the police a memo note and the police put it in his pocket.
According to Sai Ying Pun district councillor Napo Wong Weng-chi, the suspicious car received its license only 10 days ago and has a small plate with the logo of the government's Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) printed on it.
Source: Ted Hui's Facebook; District councillor Napo Wong;
西環變幻時; Real Time News Broadcast #Aug14
#CEDD
National Security Team Suspected of Stalking Hong Kong Pro-democracy Lawmaker
1950 | Kennedy Town
According to the facebook page of Ted Hui, the pro-democracy lawmaker has been stalked by rental car for days.
On August 14, Hui went up to the two men who had been following him and demanded an explanation. The car touched Hui as it tried to flee the scene.
The police officers who arrived at the scene asked the two men to show their identification document. However, according to sources, onlookers witnessed that one of the men showed the police a memo note and the police put it in his pocket.
According to Sai Ying Pun district councillor Napo Wong Weng-chi, the suspicious car received its license only 10 days ago and has a small plate with the logo of the government's Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) printed on it.
Source: Ted Hui's Facebook; District councillor Napo Wong;
西環變幻時; Real Time News Broadcast #Aug14
#CEDD
#PoliceState #WhiteTerror #TedHui #NationalSecurityLaw
Police knocked down Pro-Democracy legislator while letting suspicious car go away
2054 | Forbes Street, Kennedy Town
Uniform police on the scene suddenly charged forward and knocked down pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui, causing an oppressively intense atmosphere.
At the same time, officers made way for a car stalking Hui for days to leave the scene while riot police started to disperse onlooking civilians.
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Ted Hui was injured on his arm. Watching the police let the suspicious car leave, Hui raised his disapproval and asked the police to make arrest. However, police officers claimed that the driver and the passenger in the car were "reporters" and refused to disclose further information.
Source: The Eggs' Club #Aug14
National Security Team Suspected of Stalking Hong Kong Pro-democracy Lawmaker
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24228
Police knocked down Pro-Democracy legislator while letting suspicious car go away
2054 | Forbes Street, Kennedy Town
Uniform police on the scene suddenly charged forward and knocked down pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui, causing an oppressively intense atmosphere.
At the same time, officers made way for a car stalking Hui for days to leave the scene while riot police started to disperse onlooking civilians.
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Ted Hui was injured on his arm. Watching the police let the suspicious car leave, Hui raised his disapproval and asked the police to make arrest. However, police officers claimed that the driver and the passenger in the car were "reporters" and refused to disclose further information.
Source: The Eggs' Club #Aug14
National Security Team Suspected of Stalking Hong Kong Pro-democracy Lawmaker
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24228
#HKUSU #Statement
Students' Union of University of Hong Kong: "Hongkongers, We Shall Give Our Lives to Freedom"
The University of Hong Kong Students' Union released a frontpage statement on #AppleDaily on #Aug14. Conveying Hongkongers' determination to pursue freedom, the open letter quoted #WinstonChurchil 's speech in the #WWI and #HannahArendt 's works as well as the struggles for democracy in #Taiwan and #SouthKorea. The letter goes:
“Students were arrested, a newspaper office was raided, election was turned into ‘mere figurehead’, and a professor was dismissed. All of these are merely the prologue to a long gloomy night. It seems that the future of this city can only get ever duller. We might be weak confronting the totalitarian party-state, but we are not alone.
We have the free world walking with us."
The message is clear: "Hongkongers, We Shall Give Our Lives to Freedom"; and
“Through blood, toil, tears and sweat, we will strive on."
Read the full version here: HKUSU #Aug14
Students' Union of University of Hong Kong: "Hongkongers, We Shall Give Our Lives to Freedom"
The University of Hong Kong Students' Union released a frontpage statement on #AppleDaily on #Aug14. Conveying Hongkongers' determination to pursue freedom, the open letter quoted #WinstonChurchil 's speech in the #WWI and #HannahArendt 's works as well as the struggles for democracy in #Taiwan and #SouthKorea. The letter goes:
“Students were arrested, a newspaper office was raided, election was turned into ‘mere figurehead’, and a professor was dismissed. All of these are merely the prologue to a long gloomy night. It seems that the future of this city can only get ever duller. We might be weak confronting the totalitarian party-state, but we are not alone.
We have the free world walking with us."
The message is clear: "Hongkongers, We Shall Give Our Lives to Freedom"; and
“Through blood, toil, tears and sweat, we will strive on."
Read the full version here: HKUSU #Aug14
#ArTo #Comics
Hong Kong Artist Ar To: "Share, Like and Subscribe, Not just for a day. Support all media that are willing to speak up"
Artist Ar To released a new comic depicting how the buying of apples has caused a law enforcement figure to hoist a purple warning flag. In Hong Kong, the police carry a flag as such to warn civilians of their potential violation of the national security law.
Meanwhile, the fruit diversity in the market portrayed by Ar To is extinguishing. Toward the end of the comic, there are only apples and some unknown canned containers with the Communist Party's logo on it.
Ar To wrote in his post:
"Share, Like and Subscribe, Not just for a day. Support all media that are willing to speak up. This is a war of getting back our voice."
Source: Ar To #Aug14
#PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #AppleDaily
Hong Kong Artist Ar To: "Share, Like and Subscribe, Not just for a day. Support all media that are willing to speak up"
Artist Ar To released a new comic depicting how the buying of apples has caused a law enforcement figure to hoist a purple warning flag. In Hong Kong, the police carry a flag as such to warn civilians of their potential violation of the national security law.
Meanwhile, the fruit diversity in the market portrayed by Ar To is extinguishing. Toward the end of the comic, there are only apples and some unknown canned containers with the Communist Party's logo on it.
Ar To wrote in his post:
"Share, Like and Subscribe, Not just for a day. Support all media that are willing to speak up. This is a war of getting back our voice."
Source: Ar To #Aug14
#PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #AppleDaily
#PoliceState
Police Trepass Yellow Store without Warrant
“La Tessa", a pro-democracy restaurant in Sham Shui Po, wrote on Facebook that on the early morning of 14 August, 5 uniform police trepassed the restaurant from the backdoor and look into their documents and cashier without any warrant while the chef went out to dump the trash.
The surveillance TV captures the incident at 4:30am on 14 August, before the operating hours of the restaurant. After entering from the backdoor, the police had stayed for 45 minutes to scrutinize the restaurant.
The police asked, “as a 'yellow' shop, don't you have good business?” However, the police did not explain why they entered. The restaurant questioned that police might have violated the gathering ban.
Later, the police released 2 Facebook posts claiming that they found the backdoor of the restaurant not closed. They then carried out their "crime prevention" duty. The police condemned the allegations as "unreasonable and fraudulent".
Source: Stand News #Aug14
Police Trepass Yellow Store without Warrant
“La Tessa", a pro-democracy restaurant in Sham Shui Po, wrote on Facebook that on the early morning of 14 August, 5 uniform police trepassed the restaurant from the backdoor and look into their documents and cashier without any warrant while the chef went out to dump the trash.
The surveillance TV captures the incident at 4:30am on 14 August, before the operating hours of the restaurant. After entering from the backdoor, the police had stayed for 45 minutes to scrutinize the restaurant.
The police asked, “as a 'yellow' shop, don't you have good business?” However, the police did not explain why they entered. The restaurant questioned that police might have violated the gathering ban.
Later, the police released 2 Facebook posts claiming that they found the backdoor of the restaurant not closed. They then carried out their "crime prevention" duty. The police condemned the allegations as "unreasonable and fraudulent".
Source: Stand News #Aug14
#FailedState #RuleofLaw
Hong Kong Government Refuses Legal aid to Pro-democracy Student Shot by Police, Citing the Use of Police Force as “Reasonable”
Source: Joshua Wong's Facebook #Aug14
#LegalAid #HongKongStudent #Youth #PoliticalOppression #PoliceBrutality
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Hong Kong Government Refuses Legal aid to Pro-democracy Student Shot by Police, Citing the Use of Police Force as “Reasonable”
Source: Joshua Wong's Facebook #Aug14
#LegalAid #HongKongStudent #Youth #PoliticalOppression #PoliceBrutality
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#FailedState #RuleofLaw
Hong Kong Government Refuses Legal aid to Pro-democracy Student Shot by Police, Citing the Use of Police Force as “Reasonable”
On October 1, 2019, Tsang Chi-kin, a secondary school student of Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College, was shot by the police with a live round on his left chest at close range during a pro-democracy demonstration.
Tsang was critically injured as the fragments of the bullet were dispersed in his ribs, lungs and chest cavity, only 3cm away from his heart.
Tsang filed a personal injury claim against the police, which was rejected by the government's Legal Aid Department. The reply letter Tsang Chi-kin received was published by pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong on his Facebook page. The government's department rejected Tsang's case and said the use of force by the police at the time was "reasonable."
Wong elaborated that the Legal Aid Department has been recklessly tightening approval criteria in recent months, which is a clear sign of political oppression, creating unnecessary difficulty to many pro-democracy citizens.
The main argument for filing a legal claim was to seek clarity on whether the police force used was reasonable. Wong said on his Facebook, “Now the Legal Aid Department is acting as a judge, pronouncing a ruling without trial, court, or cross-examination that the police force used was reasonable."
It was said that Tsang will appeal, although the exact schedule remained unclear at the moment. Joshua Wong also commented that the government’s infiltration and oppression targeting pro-democracy civilians will inevitably lead to another round of distrust in the international community on Hong Kong’s judicial system.
Source: Joshua Wong's Facebook #Aug14
#LegalAid #HongKongStudent #Youth #PoliticalOppression #PoliceBrutality
Hong Kong Government Refuses Legal aid to Pro-democracy Student Shot by Police, Citing the Use of Police Force as “Reasonable”
On October 1, 2019, Tsang Chi-kin, a secondary school student of Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College, was shot by the police with a live round on his left chest at close range during a pro-democracy demonstration.
Tsang was critically injured as the fragments of the bullet were dispersed in his ribs, lungs and chest cavity, only 3cm away from his heart.
Tsang filed a personal injury claim against the police, which was rejected by the government's Legal Aid Department. The reply letter Tsang Chi-kin received was published by pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong on his Facebook page. The government's department rejected Tsang's case and said the use of force by the police at the time was "reasonable."
Wong elaborated that the Legal Aid Department has been recklessly tightening approval criteria in recent months, which is a clear sign of political oppression, creating unnecessary difficulty to many pro-democracy citizens.
The main argument for filing a legal claim was to seek clarity on whether the police force used was reasonable. Wong said on his Facebook, “Now the Legal Aid Department is acting as a judge, pronouncing a ruling without trial, court, or cross-examination that the police force used was reasonable."
It was said that Tsang will appeal, although the exact schedule remained unclear at the moment. Joshua Wong also commented that the government’s infiltration and oppression targeting pro-democracy civilians will inevitably lead to another round of distrust in the international community on Hong Kong’s judicial system.
Source: Joshua Wong's Facebook #Aug14
#LegalAid #HongKongStudent #Youth #PoliticalOppression #PoliceBrutality
#HealthCode #SocialCreditSystem #MassSurveillance
Health experts slam Health Code in public places unnecessary
In Hong Kong, Beijing loyalists have been urging the government to launch a Health Code system to monitor entrance of eateries and shopping malls, several experts rebuked, calling it a fallacy of concept.
In a radio interview on August 14, Professor David Hui Shu-Cheong, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics in Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK), expressed that although the #COVID19 coronavirus continued to spread in Hong Kong with tens of cases confirmed every day, and some sources of these cases remained unknown, launching a Health Code in public places at this moment is unnecessary.
He blatantly called such recommendation a distortion of concept. Hui pointed out that Health Code is only a short-term measure to screen out carriers of coronavirus at the border, so that border control can be relaxed once when the outbreak is put under control.
It is neither an effective means to boost consumption nor a tool to save local economy. Hui clarified that the expert team on epidemic prevention, in which he is a member, has never discussed this issue in their meetings with the government.
Hui also expressed that testing period for Health Code has been continually shortened from every 14 days to 7 day, 3 days and most recently to every day for cross-border drivers in China, showing that usage of Health Code is not for local population, but a temporary arrangement for cross-border communication.
Dr Joseph Tseng Kay Yan, a specialist in Infectious Disease said in another radio program that Health Code might give citizens a wrong impression that having a clean Health Code pass, they are free to “go everywhere” .
Source: RTHK; Apple Daily #Aug14 #WuhanPneumonia #FailedState #TotalitarianRegime #BigData #PersonalPrivacy #DavidHui
Health experts slam Health Code in public places unnecessary
In Hong Kong, Beijing loyalists have been urging the government to launch a Health Code system to monitor entrance of eateries and shopping malls, several experts rebuked, calling it a fallacy of concept.
In a radio interview on August 14, Professor David Hui Shu-Cheong, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics in Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK), expressed that although the #COVID19 coronavirus continued to spread in Hong Kong with tens of cases confirmed every day, and some sources of these cases remained unknown, launching a Health Code in public places at this moment is unnecessary.
He blatantly called such recommendation a distortion of concept. Hui pointed out that Health Code is only a short-term measure to screen out carriers of coronavirus at the border, so that border control can be relaxed once when the outbreak is put under control.
It is neither an effective means to boost consumption nor a tool to save local economy. Hui clarified that the expert team on epidemic prevention, in which he is a member, has never discussed this issue in their meetings with the government.
Hui also expressed that testing period for Health Code has been continually shortened from every 14 days to 7 day, 3 days and most recently to every day for cross-border drivers in China, showing that usage of Health Code is not for local population, but a temporary arrangement for cross-border communication.
Dr Joseph Tseng Kay Yan, a specialist in Infectious Disease said in another radio program that Health Code might give citizens a wrong impression that having a clean Health Code pass, they are free to “go everywhere” .
Source: RTHK; Apple Daily #Aug14 #WuhanPneumonia #FailedState #TotalitarianRegime #BigData #PersonalPrivacy #DavidHui
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許樹昌指使用健康碼到食肆消費概念不正確
對於有建議推出香港版健康碼，讓巿民憑這個健康碼可出入食肆商場等消費，政府專家顧問、中大呼吸系統科講座教授許樹昌認為，建議不太適用。 許樹昌於一個電台節目時表示，本港新型肺炎確診數字每日仍然有雙位數，很大比例是來源不明，於疫情仍然嚴重時，使用健康碼到食肆消費，概念不正確，因為健康碼是在疫情穩定時，想通關的臨時措施，以證明無確診下過境時用，並非用作消費，現時不宜用這模式試圖挽救經濟，專家小組會議亦無討論有關問題。 許樹昌說，內地健康碼的期限已逐步縮短，最初中港司機14天一次檢測，之後變成7日其後3日，近期變…
#NationalSecurityLaw #Secession #GospelDeclaration
2 Pastors Left Hong Kong after the Gospel Declaration was Reprimanded by China-funded Media for “Intention to Instigate Secession”
Source: Stand News #Aug14
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2 Pastors Left Hong Kong after the Gospel Declaration was Reprimanded by China-funded Media for “Intention to Instigate Secession”
Source: Stand News #Aug14
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24344
#NationalSecurityLaw #Secession #GospelDeclaration
2 Pastors Left Hong Kong after the Gospel Declaration was Reprimanded by China-funded Media for “Intention to Instigate Secession”
Hong Kong Pastors Network, composing of a group of pastors and preachers, published the "Hong Kong 2020 Gospel Declaration" and stated,
“In the face of a totalitarian regime that distorts facts, controls the media, and buries the Truth, the Church courageously rejects all falsehood, and points out what the regime has done wrong”.
The declaration was criticized by Chinese Communist Party- funded newspapers Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po as "infiltrating and brainwashing groups of followers to intentionally incite secession after the implementation of Hong Kong National Security Law".
Reverend Chan Yan-Ming, one of the initiators, confirmed that two members of the network, Reverend Wong Siu-yung and Reverend William Yeung, had left Hong Kong after being reprimanded by the two Beijing-controlled newspapers for violating the national security law.
Christian Times published on Aug 14 that after the forceful imposition of the Hong Kong National Security Law on June 30, the Hong Kong Pastors Network had been disbanded. Reverend Wong and Yeung, the two primary initiators of Hong Kong 2020 Gospel Declaration, have fled Hong Kong due to family concerns and pressure after being criticised.
Source: Stand News #Aug14
#FreedomOfReligion #HongKongPastorsNetwork
#PoliticalOppression
2 Pastors Left Hong Kong after the Gospel Declaration was Reprimanded by China-funded Media for “Intention to Instigate Secession”
Hong Kong Pastors Network, composing of a group of pastors and preachers, published the "Hong Kong 2020 Gospel Declaration" and stated,
“In the face of a totalitarian regime that distorts facts, controls the media, and buries the Truth, the Church courageously rejects all falsehood, and points out what the regime has done wrong”.
The declaration was criticized by Chinese Communist Party- funded newspapers Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po as "infiltrating and brainwashing groups of followers to intentionally incite secession after the implementation of Hong Kong National Security Law".
Reverend Chan Yan-Ming, one of the initiators, confirmed that two members of the network, Reverend Wong Siu-yung and Reverend William Yeung, had left Hong Kong after being reprimanded by the two Beijing-controlled newspapers for violating the national security law.
Christian Times published on Aug 14 that after the forceful imposition of the Hong Kong National Security Law on June 30, the Hong Kong Pastors Network had been disbanded. Reverend Wong and Yeung, the two primary initiators of Hong Kong 2020 Gospel Declaration, have fled Hong Kong due to family concerns and pressure after being criticised.
Source: Stand News #Aug14
#FreedomOfReligion #HongKongPastorsNetwork
#PoliticalOppression
#Coronavirus #FailedState
(Mainland) Chinese to be Allowed to Transfer via Hong Kong
//The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) announced in a press release on Friday, stating that they would resume transfers from (Mainland) China starting from Saturday, which means (Mainland) Chinese would be allowed to transfer to other countries via Hong Kong .
Due to the lack of transparency in (Mainland) China, the number of invisible patients (those without symptoms) remains unknown. The AAHK's decision to open its transfer services to (Mainland) Chinese, which was rumored to be for Chinese students to study abroad, is an absurd decision.
Source: Roy Tam Hoi Pong's Facebook Page #Aug14
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(Mainland) Chinese to be Allowed to Transfer via Hong Kong
//The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) announced in a press release on Friday, stating that they would resume transfers from (Mainland) China starting from Saturday, which means (Mainland) Chinese would be allowed to transfer to other countries via Hong Kong .
Due to the lack of transparency in (Mainland) China, the number of invisible patients (those without symptoms) remains unknown. The AAHK's decision to open its transfer services to (Mainland) Chinese, which was rumored to be for Chinese students to study abroad, is an absurd decision.
Source: Roy Tam Hoi Pong's Facebook Page #Aug14
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#Coronavirus #FailedState
Hong Kong employees and international travelers work and pass through the airport restricted area. By allowing (Mainland) Chinese into the Hong Kong International Airport and allowing them contact with employees and travelers, the risks for another community spread of the Pneumonia and the Pneumonia spreading through Hong Kong would skyrocket
The third wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong resulted from quarantine exemptions. Would these international transfers result in a fourth wave? We sincerely hope that the AAHK think twice before enacting this change. Now that the epidemic in Hong Kong is getting better, we sincerely hope the AAHK not waste Hongkongers' efforts of keeping the virus at bay.
Allow me to repeat this ad nauseum: Hongkongers, save yourselves!//
Source: Roy Tam Hoi Pong's Facebook Page #Aug14
https://www.facebook.com/Roy.Tam.Hoi.Pong/posts/3139053842815811
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#Coronavirus #FailedState
Hong Kong employees and international travelers work and pass through the airport restricted area. By allowing (Mainland) Chinese into the Hong Kong International Airport and allowing them contact with employees and travelers, the risks for another community spread of the Pneumonia and the Pneumonia spreading through Hong Kong would skyrocket
The third wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong resulted from quarantine exemptions. Would these international transfers result in a fourth wave? We sincerely hope that the AAHK think twice before enacting this change. Now that the epidemic in Hong Kong is getting better, we sincerely hope the AAHK not waste Hongkongers' efforts of keeping the virus at bay.
Allow me to repeat this ad nauseum: Hongkongers, save yourselves!//
Source: Roy Tam Hoi Pong's Facebook Page #Aug14
https://www.facebook.com/Roy.Tam.Hoi.Pong/posts/3139053842815811
#Apology
Belarusian Police Tortured and Threatened Protesters with Rape,
Officials Apologize for police Violence and Release All Protesters
Source: Stand News #Aug14
#Belarus #BelarusProtest #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence
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Belarusian Police Tortured and Threatened Protesters with Rape,
Officials Apologize for police Violence and Release All Protesters
Source: Stand News #Aug14
#Belarus #BelarusProtest #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence
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#Apology
Belarusian Police Tortured and Threatened Protesters with Rape,
Officials Apologize for police Violence and Release All Protesters
More than 6,700 protesters were arrested in the anti-government demonstrations triggered by the Belarusian presidential election on August 9. The detention centers were overcrowded as a result. Many media sources showed that the detained protesters were physically abused by the police. Amnesty International pointed out that the protesters were tortured extensively. Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Barsukov said that all protesters would be released by 6 a.m. Friday morning (Aug 14). So far more than 2,000 protesters have been released.
Inhumane custodial conditions
Protesters beaten without getting treatments
Some released protesters posted photos on Nexta, which showed that they have suffered a lot of injuries, including large purple bruises and swelling on their backs or buttocks. They said the injuries were caused by the police. Amnesty International stated that some arrestees were stripped naked, beaten and threatened with rape.
Many journalists and pedestrians were arrested as well. One of the released Russian journalists, Nikita Telizhenko, disclosed her three-day detention life. She mentioned that many detainees were forced to sleep on the ground which had blood and faeces. They were not allowed to use the toilet or even change their lying positions for many hours. Ms. Telizhenko has already returned to Russia.
Source: Stand News #Aug14
#Belarus #BelarusProtest #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence
Belarusian Police Tortured and Threatened Protesters with Rape,
Officials Apologize for police Violence and Release All Protesters
More than 6,700 protesters were arrested in the anti-government demonstrations triggered by the Belarusian presidential election on August 9. The detention centers were overcrowded as a result. Many media sources showed that the detained protesters were physically abused by the police. Amnesty International pointed out that the protesters were tortured extensively. Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Barsukov said that all protesters would be released by 6 a.m. Friday morning (Aug 14). So far more than 2,000 protesters have been released.
Inhumane custodial conditions
Protesters beaten without getting treatments
Some released protesters posted photos on Nexta, which showed that they have suffered a lot of injuries, including large purple bruises and swelling on their backs or buttocks. They said the injuries were caused by the police. Amnesty International stated that some arrestees were stripped naked, beaten and threatened with rape.
Many journalists and pedestrians were arrested as well. One of the released Russian journalists, Nikita Telizhenko, disclosed her three-day detention life. She mentioned that many detainees were forced to sleep on the ground which had blood and faeces. They were not allowed to use the toilet or even change their lying positions for many hours. Ms. Telizhenko has already returned to Russia.
Source: Stand News #Aug14
#Belarus #BelarusProtest #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence
Pompeo signs 5G Clean Network Security joint declaration with Slovenia
Source: Apple Daily #Aug14
#Pompeo #5G #Huawei #US #CleanNet #Slovenia #CentralEurope
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Source: Apple Daily #Aug14
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Pompeo signs 5G Clean Network Security joint declaration with Slovenia
The U.S. and Slovenia have signed a joint declaration on "5G Clean Network Security" that aims to keep untrusted telecommunications vendors out of Slovenia, meaning the country's 5G network will bar Chinese companies like Huawei. The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is on a visit to Central Europe, said in a press conference "Free nations must work together to confront authoritarian threats”.
Pompeo met with Slovenian officials in the mountain lake town of Bled, Slovenia, known as the "most beautiful castle" in the country. He said, "The tide is turning against the Chinese Communist Party and its efforts to control information". Over the past year, the U.S. has signed similar agreements with Poland, Estonia and the Czech Republic, pledging that 5G suppliers would not be subject to control by a foreign government without independent judicial review, which effectively excludes Chinese telecommunication equipment makers such as Huawei from their 5G network.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug14
#Pompeo #5G #Huawei #US #CleanNet #Slovenia #CentralEurope
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200814/BVUIGKWJL5CY7CELAXNIG3ILD4/
The U.S. and Slovenia have signed a joint declaration on "5G Clean Network Security" that aims to keep untrusted telecommunications vendors out of Slovenia, meaning the country's 5G network will bar Chinese companies like Huawei. The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is on a visit to Central Europe, said in a press conference "Free nations must work together to confront authoritarian threats”.
Pompeo met with Slovenian officials in the mountain lake town of Bled, Slovenia, known as the "most beautiful castle" in the country. He said, "The tide is turning against the Chinese Communist Party and its efforts to control information". Over the past year, the U.S. has signed similar agreements with Poland, Estonia and the Czech Republic, pledging that 5G suppliers would not be subject to control by a foreign government without independent judicial review, which effectively excludes Chinese telecommunication equipment makers such as Huawei from their 5G network.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug14
#Pompeo #5G #Huawei #US #CleanNet #Slovenia #CentralEurope
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200814/BVUIGKWJL5CY7CELAXNIG3ILD4/
#Huawei #PapuaNewGuinea #CyberSecurity
Huawei-built data centre a 'failed investment', Papua New Guinea says
A Huawei-built data centre in Papua New Guinea has been coined a “failed investment,” after a technical review found serious security vulnerabilities in an important piece of the country’s digital infrastructure.
There have been concerns all around the world about the security of technology made by a companies headquartered in China, where the law compels organizations and citizens to “support, assist and co-operate” with the country’s intelligence apparatus.
Cracks are starting to show in countries that have relied on China to build its digital infrastructures. They are effectively dealing with two major problems: a problem with security, and a problem with reliability.
Source: The Globe And Mail #Aug14
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huawei-built-data-centre-a-failed-investment-papua-new-guinea-says/
#FailedInvestment
Huawei-built data centre a 'failed investment', Papua New Guinea says
A Huawei-built data centre in Papua New Guinea has been coined a “failed investment,” after a technical review found serious security vulnerabilities in an important piece of the country’s digital infrastructure.
There have been concerns all around the world about the security of technology made by a companies headquartered in China, where the law compels organizations and citizens to “support, assist and co-operate” with the country’s intelligence apparatus.
Cracks are starting to show in countries that have relied on China to build its digital infrastructures. They are effectively dealing with two major problems: a problem with security, and a problem with reliability.
Source: The Globe And Mail #Aug14
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huawei-built-data-centre-a-failed-investment-papua-new-guinea-says/
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Republic of China Debts Recalled as US Senator Introduces Resolution Demanding China to Repay USD$1.6 Trillion Debt
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Republic of China Debts Recalled as US Senator Introduces Resolution Demanding China to Repay USD$1.6 Trillion Debt
US Republican Senator Martha McSally put forward a resolution on Thursday demanding China to repay its sovereign debt of more than USD$1.6 trillion (around HKD$12.5 trillion), interests included, to US bondholders.
McSally said, “China has repeatedly failed to honor its obligations to America, taking American families’ money and jobs… We are holding China accountable for its debt and for unleashing the coronavirus on the world. We demand China pay back the $1.6 trillion it owes to American families.”
The bonds were issued in 1912 by the Republic of China, which subsequently migrated to Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China established its sovereignty in 1949 and insists that Taiwan is part of China. According to international law, a successor state is responsible for the debts of its predecessor.
#PRC #MarthaMcSally #McSally #coronavirus #debt #sovereigndebt #ROC #Taiwan
Source: Apple Daily #Aug14
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200814/NUXWIHXV7NFZPI5J77CJ7IRGUM/
US Republican Senator Martha McSally put forward a resolution on Thursday demanding China to repay its sovereign debt of more than USD$1.6 trillion (around HKD$12.5 trillion), interests included, to US bondholders.
McSally said, “China has repeatedly failed to honor its obligations to America, taking American families’ money and jobs… We are holding China accountable for its debt and for unleashing the coronavirus on the world. We demand China pay back the $1.6 trillion it owes to American families.”
The bonds were issued in 1912 by the Republic of China, which subsequently migrated to Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China established its sovereignty in 1949 and insists that Taiwan is part of China. According to international law, a successor state is responsible for the debts of its predecessor.
#PRC #MarthaMcSally #McSally #coronavirus #debt #sovereigndebt #ROC #Taiwan
Source: Apple Daily #Aug14
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200814/NUXWIHXV7NFZPI5J77CJ7IRGUM/
600 UK churches sign up to welcome Christian arrivals from Hong Kong
The Church of England must not repeat its lack of welcome to the Windrush generation when thousands of Hong Kong Chinese people move to the UK in what could be the largest planned migration for decades, say clergy of Chinese heritage.
Many of those who arrived in the UK from the Caribbean in the 1950s and 60s were discouraged from attending or even turned away from Anglican churches. Last year, Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, spoke of his shame at the C of E’s record of racism.
“We don’t want the church to repeat its mistakes by neglecting the needs and desires of people coming here from Hong Kong,” said Reverend Mark Nam, a Bristol-based curate of Chinese heritage. “I’ve read many harrowing testimonies [of the Windrush generation]. We want the C of E to be ready and welcoming to everyone this time. We need to learn from history.”
Source: The Guardian #Aug14
https://bit.ly/37TBg5L
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The Church of England must not repeat its lack of welcome to the Windrush generation when thousands of Hong Kong Chinese people move to the UK in what could be the largest planned migration for decades, say clergy of Chinese heritage.
Many of those who arrived in the UK from the Caribbean in the 1950s and 60s were discouraged from attending or even turned away from Anglican churches. Last year, Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, spoke of his shame at the C of E’s record of racism.
“We don’t want the church to repeat its mistakes by neglecting the needs and desires of people coming here from Hong Kong,” said Reverend Mark Nam, a Bristol-based curate of Chinese heritage. “I’ve read many harrowing testimonies [of the Windrush generation]. We want the C of E to be ready and welcoming to everyone this time. We need to learn from history.”
Source: The Guardian #Aug14
https://bit.ly/37TBg5L
#UK #Churches #Christian #HongKong