Flowerhanako

Loves to learn languages and talk to people. I am also a gamer and plant lover🌱❤️ #StandwithHK

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

Think tank @JamestownTweets publishes entire report about the 🇨🇳 mega embassy, speculating that it will become a hybrid warfare hub and amplify transnational repression.

https://t.co/cussdpGNz5

[Flowerhanako @Flowerhanako1]

@lukedepulford @chungchingkwong My thoughts are with the ppl in Hong Kong

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

Proud of my team, fighting back tears to speak up for their friends in prison in Hong Kong. Just sorry that they have to do it.

@chungchingkwong is right: these activists were merely defending promises WE made to their city. And we abandoned them.

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

Key things about Joshua’s case:

1. He is being prosecuted retroactively for “offences” committed before the National Security Law came into force.

2. There’s a real prospect of him serving time twice for the same “offence”.

HK judiciary is a tool of the executive.

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

Thousands have turned out to protest the proposed Chinese mega-embassy in London, incl prominent politicians like Kemi Badenoch & Iain Duncan Smith. While they’re Tories, opposition to the embassy plan stretches across the political spectrum incl Labour & Liberal Democrat MPs.

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

The protest against the proposed Chinese mega-embassy is getting started today in London as the UK govt’s self-imposed deadline for a decision looms. Thousands have repeatedly protested against the plan since last Feb amid repeated decision postponements. Will the UK govt listen?

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

‼️ Good news! Hong Kong BN(O) holders no longer require an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to travel to the UK!

Thank you, Seema Malhotra, and all who were pushing for this change.

[#FreeJimmyLai @SupportJimmyLai]

Thank you @lukedepulford @ipacglobal for your support, & all you are doing to ensure #JimmyLai - a British father & grandfather, & a prisoner of conscience - is freed and comes home to London before it’s too late.

#FreeJimmyLai

#JournalismIsNotACrime

[Samuel Bickett @SamuelBickett]

For the past 6 months, I’ve been working with CFHK to track Hong Kong companies helping Russia, Iran, and North Korea evade global sanctions with the tacit blessing of the Hong Kong government. Our report, released today, uncovers the stunning breadth of Hong Kong’s role in global illicit trade with these authoritarian regimes and highlights the surprising ease with which the city’s mechanisms have been exploited to evade international sanctions.

Some of our most significant findings:
🔹 Hong Kong’s exports of advanced tech to Russia surged after the invasion of Ukraine, with $750 million of shipments in Dec 2023--nearly 40% of the total--consisting of items on a US/EU list of the most essential components for Russia’s military systems.
🔹 Hong Kong companies have long supported North Korea’s illicit shipping operations, facilitating ship-to-ship transfers and the creation of fraudulent ship identities to evade international sanctions.
🔹 Hong Kong companies have facilitated the transfer of advanced drone and missile technology to Iran, which has been used to support military efforts in the Middle East and beyond, and facilitated the illicit sale of Iranian oil via ship-to-ship transfers at sea.

In the report, we call out by name companies and individuals who appear to be participating in these activities, using information found via Russian customs records collected by global security nonprofit C4ADS, Hong Kong corporate records, vessel tracking data, leaked Iranian emails, and other materials. Some of the notable cases:
🔹 Piraclinos Limited: Shipped millions of dollars’ worth of integrated circuits to the sanctioned Russian company VMK, masking its true beneficial owners through frequent changes in directors and owners from.
🔹 Arttronix International: After being sanctioned for reshipping drone parts to Iran, the owner swiftly moved to dissolve the company. Once the dissolution was complete, he established a new company under a new name, ETS International, with little scrutiny.
🔹 HK Shipping Cooperation Limited and HK Petroleum Enterprises Cooperation: Sought to facilitate significant oil deals with Iranian oil company Sahara Thunder, including arranging vessels for ship-to-ship transfers and the sale of oil originating from Oman. Both companies share the same two shareholders (including an EU citizen), director, and secretary.

Our key recommendations include empowering agencies like OFAC and BIS with increased resources and political support, using secondary sanctions against banks and logistics firms, and designating Hong Kong as a Primary Money Laundering Concern (PMLC). We’ll be working hard over the coming months to brief policymakers and seek to ensure Hong Kong’s sanctions evaders are brought to heel to effectively disrupt these illicit networks.

Read the full report at https://t.co/TmDpqPre4S.

[Lord (David) Alton @DavidAltonHL]

My questions today in @UKParliament about Hong Kong BNO visas; human rights & FORB in Belarus, Azerbaijan and the Philippines. @tariqahmadbt @UK_FoRBEnvoy @hk_watch @Stand_with_HK

[Lord (David) Alton @DavidAltonHL]

Chaired meeting in @UKParliament -urged @David_Cameron to join EU Parliament,UN Special Rapporteur & @SecBlinken to call for immediate & unconditional release of British citizen Jimmy Lai. With Sebastien Lai on the panel: @caoilfhionnanna @MarkSabah @benedictrogers #FreeJimmyLai

[Lord (David) Alton @DavidAltonHL]

Hong Kong’s refusal to legitimise sham elections sends a powerful message to the CCP. The “trial”of Jimmy Lai beginning next week will be an equally illegitimate charade. ⁦@Stand_with_HK⁩ ⁦@hk_watch⁩ ⁦⁦@thecfhk⁩ ⁦@David_Cameron⁩ https://t.co/uBLuVXP1ml

[Lord (David) Alton @DavidAltonHL]

The US House select committee on the CCP has released a landmark report declaring China's economic system "incompatible with the WTO” It proposes nearly 150 recommendations to restore US competitiveness.Time the U.K. did the same ⁦@David_Cameron⁩ https://t.co/i8X5XxLl2L

[Reinhard Bütikofer @bueti]

MEPs demonstrate solidarity with Jimmy Lai. #FreeJimmyLai

[Solomon Yue @SolomonYue]

Wow #hongkong Vichy Gestapo wants to arrest Joey Siu (邵嵐) who is a U.S. citizen in America??? The price will be we unpeg HK dollar!!!

[Sarah Champion @SarahChampionMP]

More than 300,000 people homeless in England for Christmas, @shelter claims

- This is an increase of 14% on last Christmas.

@FullFact fact have found that there has been a 74% increase in Homelessness since 2010.

https://t.co/NEQcFNCnLK

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

A very welcome move by 🇨🇦 Parliament

Canadian House of Commons calls for Jimmy Lai’s immediate release

https://t.co/OLvVvoznwY

[Frances Hui 許穎婷 @frances_hui]

Woke up with a new arrest warrant & a HKD1m bounty. Grateful for those who reached out & offered support to me & fellow #Hongkongers who are wanted by the govt.

As I process this, let me reiterate that my advocacy for democracy & freedom has not and will not stop. #FreeHK ✊🏼

[Engin Eroglu @EnginEroglu_FW]

Former Apple Daily owner #JimmyLai is a political prisoner, imprisoned on trumped-up charges under the #HongKong NSL. His trial, that will possibly result in a life sentence, starts on 18 Dec 2023. I call for Lai' immediate and unconditional release!

#FreeJimmyLai @hk_watch @Stand_with_HK @FreiHk @ipacglobal @RenewEurope @PDE_EDP