⚠️ Breaking: Joshua Wong, jailed, peaceful democracy activist, was arrested again in prison today, and has been charged with “colluding with foreign forces”.
@DavidLammy@CatherineWest1 please make urgent representations denouncing this appalling political persecution.
JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal have fired the head of the embattled #HongKong journalists association, @HKJA_Official says - 24 days after she took the position.
Press con at 5.30pm. @wsj.
Stay tuned to @HKFP.
#NOW Selina Cheng @selina_cheng was fired this morning by @WSJ , weeks after she refused to withdraw from her newly-elected chairmanship and renewed ex-com membership of @HKJA_Official despite demands from the Journal’s senior editors and her supervisor in the UK.
14 of the Hong Kong 47 were found guilty of alleged subversion, when in reality they only exercised their democratic rights and participated in primaries. Another blow to democracy in CCP-ruled #HongKong. @hk_watch@FreiHk@ipacglobal@Stand_with_HK
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We have to accept some responsibility for this abomination. International law was supposed to guarantee Hong Kong’s autonomy.
Instead, the international community is passive while innocent people are jailed for organising an informal primary the authorities didn’t like.
UK police said they have charged 3 men w/ "assisting a foreign intelligence service," noting the service in question is "that of #HongKong." 7 others were arrested across England & released w/out charge. No further details provided.
https://t.co/lU2RmxaCSm
The three men were charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and also with foreign interference, in violation of the 2023 Nat Sec Act.
"The foreign intelligence service to which the above charges relate is that of Hong Kong," police said.
https://t.co/ODhFvPU6qV
This is really excellent - fantastic to see the National Security and Investment Act being used against to stop extraterritorial intimidation of Hong Kongers.
The whole of the UK, including our campuses, must be safe from Beijing’s long arm.
https://t.co/7ExlwsSsYq
#G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on #HongKong: “We express our concerns about the deterioration of pluralism & civil rights since the 2020 NSL. We reemphasize these concerns following the recent passage of #Article23.”
https://t.co/eCaCAugEc7