BREAKING:
National Security branch of the #HongKong police arrested 5 executives of @appledaily_hk at 6:00am HKT again.
They are also storming Apple Daily's HQ at the moment, preparing to seize anything they want.
Photo:
Live streaming at the Apple Daily's HQ
1/2: We are concerned that the vagueness of the HK national security law means that the power of "searching and seizure of journalistic materials" can be abused to eliminate all pro-democracy journalism; yet another blow to HK's crumbling freedom of press.
https://t.co/6ihUU3lhJM
This is just the beginning. If we don’t confront the #ChineseCommunistParty today, they’ll be brainwashing children far beyond Hong Kong tomorrow.
https://t.co/YJ1DkhkS6S
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been jailed for 12 months along with four other veteran democracy activists for helping to lead one of the city's biggest-ever protests https://t.co/34YxAQPudl
A Hong Kong judge sentenced newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai to a year in jail after he was convicted on charges related to a peaceful protest in 2019 https://t.co/9LepynXA15
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to a total of 14 months in prison for attending two unauthorized protests
https://t.co/RQFvlxAEH9
This is yet another move by the Chinese government to silence critics and limit dissent.
It’s time for the UK to impose sanctions against those undermining Hong Kong’s democracy and to end the participation of British judges in a compromised system
https://t.co/ZaipHPETYa
Today, authorities in Hong Kong have sentenced nine prominent pro-democracy activists, including the the ‘father of Hong Kong’s democracy’ Martin Lee, ‘the owner of Apple Daily Jimmy Lai, and international barrister Margaret Ng. https://t.co/eY3L1Zm8bs
International parliamentarians condemn today’s sentencing and imprisonment of the ‘most moderate and distinguished’ pro-democracy activists in #HongKong @hk_watch https://t.co/QYZ9dIBCsd