Hong Kong Watch is deeply concerned about the police raid on the home of Ronson Chan, head of @HKJA_Official & deputy editor of @StandNewsHK
We will monitor developments, but urge international community to act urgently to defend whatever remains of #PressFreedom in #HongKong
.@JustinTrudeau, over to you! Please speak out and secure your fellow Canadian @hoccgoomusic’s release from detention. Denise and I shared the stage at 2019 @OsloFF. She is one of the kindest and courageous people I know. Speaking truth to power isn’t crime. #StandWithHongKong
THREAD:
1.After the Apple Daily closure, Stand News became the largest free media in Hong Kong. Today, we have witnessed another forced closure with a number of arrests. The message Beijing sends is clear: report in the way that we allow, or end up in jail.
My dearest friend, famous Hong Kong singer @hoccgoomusic is being arrested for publishing inciting materials.
She is the most vocal artist in the HK movement. She spoke in front of the US Congress and the United Nations to decry Beijing’s crackdown.
Please #StandWithHongKong
When free press is the focal point of human rights discussion this year, CCP keeps charging journalists and media that dare to challenge them and speak the truth. Among many others, the arrests of Denise Ho, Margaret Ng are prime examples. RELEASE THEM!
https://t.co/Sj6d4ZhOFE
We condemn the detention of and charges filed against pan-democratic candidates in Hong Kong's elections and call for their immediate release. Political participation and freedom of expression should not be crimes. The U.S. stands with the people of Hong Kong.
Breaking: In scenes not seen for mths after #China#NSL crackdown, students at a primary school outside the court where 47 democrats will be arraigned for subversion, shout “#HK add oil” drawing cheers- an indicator of deeper underlying support for the democracy movement still