#YellowEconomicCircle eateries face constant pressure from the authorities in the name of anti-epidemic measures. Shinko was barred from operating dinner service for 14 days from July 22 over an infraction out of their control. Police are raiding them again on a Friday evening.
Cardinal Joseph Zen was detained by police in Hong Kong on Wednesday and charged with “collusion with foreign forces”. The director of the Vatican Press Office says the Holy See is closely following developments in the situation.
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Russians began using MOBILE CREMATORIUMS in #Mariupol to burn bodies of slaughtered Ukrainians en masse. This is a catastrophe. And we will never learn the true scale of it
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Bucha, a town northwest of Kyiv, which became the site of Russia’s bloody massacre with hundreds of civilian victims, on April 4.
Photo: AFP, Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
I am sure I will die soon. It is a matter of a few days. In this city, everyone is constantly waiting for death. I just want it not to be too scary. – testimony of a woman in #Mariupol
Happy birthday dad. Another year is added to your age while suffering in China’s prison. I promise you we will keep fighting until you are free and we are reunited. The world knows that you are innocent, for your only “crime” is being an Uyghur scholar #FreeYalqunRozi#FreeUyghur
Olena Shabunina: I don't have a photo of "farewell" - I was not able to say goodbye to my husband. Like a lot of Ukrainian women, I had to take out my children and parents. Here is a terrible feeling of guilt inside that my friends are there in Kyiv and I am safe here.
⚡️ Russian forces have struck Independence Square in central Kharkiv with a powerful explosion.
According to a video of the event, the blast detonated right in front of the headquarters of the Kharkiv Oblast government.
Video: Ukraine NOW/Telegram
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Paul Harris, human rights lawyer & former chairman of #HongKong Bar Association, was requested to meet the HK Police today as he has been alleged for violating the National Security Law.
Source: Wenweipo (Beijing-owned newspaper)
Photo: Stand News (crushed to cease operation)
One year ago, #HongKong police charged 47 with “subversion” for participating in a primary intended to enhance coordination among pro-democracy candidates. The #NationalSecurityLaw promised protection for human rights but is being used primarily to dismantle democratic freedoms.
As atrocities unfold in Ukraine, we remind the world that just one year ago in #HongKong, 47 democracy activists were charged with “subversion” under the National Security Law 🇨🇳 for participating in a primary election.
Most of them are still held in custody, without bail. #HK47
We #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 by sending 27 tons of medical supplies. While #China sides with #Russia in an "unlimited alliance," #Taiwan is with freedom & democracy fighting the expansion of authoritarianism. I have faith: Democracy will prevail! JW
Sitting alone in a wartime city in the night, sipping iced whiskey, listening to the sound of air raid sirens roar, looking into the dark of the street.
I will never forgive them for what they did to the Kyiv we love.