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[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

[I was just disqualified from LegCo election, despite being the biggest winner in #Hkprimaries]

1. Few minutes ago, I was just disqualified from running in the upcoming LegCo election in #Hongkong, even though I got the highest vote share in the primary, w/ 30000+ votes obtained

[Joey Siu 邵嵐 @_joeysiu]

12 disqualified from #2020LegCo

HK Island: #TiffanyYuen, #FergusLeung, #TatCheng, #AlvinCheng
Kowloon East: #JoshuaWong
New Territories East: #GwynethHo, #VentusLau, #AlvinYeung
New Territories West: #KwokKakei
Functional Constituency: #LesterShum, #DennisKwok, #KennethLeung

[Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) @ipacglobal]

BREAKING: #IPAC statement on the obstruction of the democratic process in #HongKong

[Aaron Mc Nicholas @aaronMCN]

The reasons for DQing Kenneth Leung

It was determined that he visited the US in March to "bring pressure to bear on the HKSAR Government to address the political demands of the pan democrats, including but not limited to those relating to the “Five Demands” and “Police violence”

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

BREAKING: Mass disqualifications of democratic candidates in #HongKong happening right now.

Another hammer-blow to Hong King’s autonomy.

“Lifeboat” policies have clearly been inadequate to curb Beijing’s bullying. It’s time for coordinated sanctions.

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

So the disqualifications start even as #HongKong government considers postponing Legislative Council elections.

Total disenfranchisement. Totally outrageous.

@DominicRaab it is time to add #CarrieLam and #HK and #China officials to the #Magnitsky sanctions list.

[Jack Hazlewood @JackHHazlewood]

Breaking: Pro-democracy candidates just received notice en masse that they’ve been disqualified from Sep’s LegCo election. Said to incl. Ventus Lau, Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen, Fergus Leung, Cheng Kam-mun & Kenneth Leung. Election expected to be suspended for 1 year imminently.

[Jack Hazlewood @JackHHazlewood]

HK government press release says it supports returning officers’ decision to disqualify pro-democracy candidates en masse & appears to confirm ‘expressing an objection’ to the National Security Law constitutes grounds for disqualification.

This is the new normal in Hong Kong.

[Nathan Law 羅冠聰 @nathanlawkc]

The list is as follows. Some "mild" candidates are also barred. No just those who are being named as "national enemies"

Lester Shum
Dennis Kwok
Alvin Yeung
Kwok Ka-ki
Cheng Tat-hung
Alvin Cheung
Tiffany Yuen
Joshua Wong
Fergus Leung
Gwenyth Ho
Ventus Lau
Kenneth Leung

[Nathan Law 羅冠聰 @nathanlawkc]

12 pro-democracy legislative council candidates are disqualified TODAY. MORE to come tmr. Most of the candidates from the camp are expected to be barred. The govt is constructing a CCP assembly in Legco to eliminate most of the opposition voice. Outrageous.
#HONGKONG

[Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz]

Outrageous to see @prageru, @marklevinshow, @DonaldJTrumpJr, and other conservatives silenced by @jack merely for expressing their opinions. We cannot let #BigTech be the arbiter of who is allowed to speak & what they are allowed to say with respect to health or any other matter.

[White House Rapid Response 45 Archived @WHRpdResponse45]

President @realDonaldTrump is taking action to combat censorship and protect Americans’ free speech online

No American should be silenced for their political beliefs

https://t.co/pdPAZVAljJ

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

Four Hong Kong students, aged 16 to 21, have been arrested under the new #NationalSecurity law imposed by China's central government. More @business: https://t.co/OlhpHj0qc2

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

During an ESPN investigation, American coaches at three NBA training academies in China told league officials their Chinese partners were physically abusing young players.

A former employee compared when he worked in Xinjiang to "World War II Germany." https://t.co/nd4a5njAcx

[Mike Gallagher @ChairmanG]

"A former league employee compared the atmosphere when he worked in Xinjiang to 'World War II Germany.'"

Anyone not willfully ignorant understands exactly what is happening, something I argued in a bipartisan letter back in October. The @NBA has a great deal of explaining to do.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Hong Kong police help #HKIndependence trend on Twitter.

To the amusement of pro-democracy supporters online, Hong Kong police used #HKIndependence in a tweet on Wednesday night announcing the arrest of four students for online posts

https://t.co/mCx7WcsSnv

[Rick Scott @SenRickScott]

The @NBA kowtows to Communist China because they put profits over human rights.

The link between the NBA’s operations in China and the human rights abuses of the CCP are even stronger than we previously knew. Kudos to @espn for uncovering the truth. https://t.co/o15KrDgQOm

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

Student unions and NGOs raise alarm as Hong Kong rounds up activists under new security law

https://t.co/a3WkgBOu0s @TonyChungHonLam #hongkong #hkindependence #china @SophieHRW @CECCgov @hk_watch

[Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong. 重光團隊 @Stand_with_HK]

Guess this is the first time #HongKongpolice wrote something on their twitter that is worth trending:

#HKIndependence