I am delighted to see that after a long campaign, @WolfsonCam is considering revoking Carrie Lam’s honorary doctorate. Finally.
https://t.co/9zXDEquRSN
What is happening in China to Uyghur Muslims and other groups is a stain on humanity. It's time for the UK to step up and lead the international community in condemnation of this barbarity.
“The law is devastating in that it appears to have no bounds,” said Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch. “Hong Kong activists, accustomed to operating in mostly rights-respecting environment, now face a frightening void.” https://t.co/RtZgX2Mtul
@bueti Basically, everyone in the free world, including you and me, has violated this absurd #NationalSecurityLaw.
It's cultural revolution 2.0 in #HongKong now.
https://t.co/cwOgp1J3dA
#HongKong: Freedom of speech gone. What a citizen can be arrested for: Owning a leaflet with protest slogans could land a person in jail for life.
https://t.co/8XBbdNJ5TV
@HSBC Happy??
Life sentence for promoting democracy?
Will you now oppose the subjugation you also wilfully supported?
BBC News - Hong Kong security law: Life sentences for breaking China-imposed law
https://t.co/VSizX9wnnS
#StandWithHongKong
#BREAKING Hong Kong police use water cannon to disperse small groups of protesters who gathered in a popular shopping district in defiance of a ban on rallies, a day after Beijing imposes a sweeping security law on the city
Today the CCP approved a law spelling the end of promised freedoms for the people of #HongKong that were guaranteed by international treaty. Let this be a warning for the world: the CCP will crush democracy and freedom everywhere it is allowed to.
https://t.co/lHm22BiXeb
Canada, alongside 26 countries, expressed ongoing concerns at the @UN’s Human Rights Council regarding the human rights situation in #Xinjiang & China's national security law on Hong Kong.
Read the full statement here: https://t.co/dMVToAwCQ7
China has proved it can't be trusted to uphold commitments. They agreed to 50 years of autonomy for #HongKong. Beijing’s new security law impedes Hong Kong’s ability to remain autonomous & is a clear approach by communist China to increase power & take control of the territory.
@SenatorHousakos W/ the law, the #CCP#HongKong regime doesn't even bother to conceal the fact it's all Orwellian now.
Even righteous like speaking out against #hkpolicebrutality is going to put one in jail.
This is flagrant violation of #HumanRights we must respond w/ strong concrete actions.
#HKPolice has a new purple warning banner prepared just for the #NationalSecurityLaw on 7/1.
"The flags or banners you display, or the slogans you chant, or other activities have intentions of 'splitting the country' or 'subverting the regime', in violation of the NatSec law. ->
This law is ridiculous.
Art. 38 (non-HK citizens) (who are not even in HK) (who have done what is prohibited in this law) (will also be considered to have violated this Law) [v rough translation]
Guess that’s me then.
8 years ago today, 1989 Tiananmen Movement activist Mr Li Wangyang ALLEGEDLY committed suicide a few days after giving an interview to #HongKong Cable News. Those responsible for his death and its cover-up remain at large.
RIP Mr Li, and may justice be done.
The time has come for democratic countries to unite in a common defence of our shared values. Delighted to be co-chairing the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China @ipacglobal#IPAC
Thirty-one years ago, pro-democracy protests drew hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens to Tiananmen Square. These protesters risked their lives in the pursuit of freedom. Today, we honor their bravery and remember the lives lost.
As we mark 31 years since Tiananmen Square massacre, we do so with the painful recognition that little has changed. China remains unfree, its people unable to express themselves without fear of reprisal, its leaders embracing brute force to stifle hope. https://t.co/FZhSZ8xcgG
31 years ago, the Chinese Communist Party revealed its monstrous character to the world. America will never forget the patriots who died fighting to give their country a better, more accountable, and more hopeful future. One day their dream will be reality.https://t.co/72S05hjASH