Louisa Lim

Author of Indelible City,The People's Republic of Amnesia, co-host @littleredpods, teaching @unimelb, podcast critic @satpaper

[Louisa Lim @limlouisa]

It's as if Hong Kong had suddenly been unzipped to reveal a shadow society lurking beneath: my piece for @nytimes on Beijing's assault on memory, history and identity in HK. But pushback is coming from exiled Hong Kongers, and others like @patrickamadon
https://t.co/Cz09dsMJzF

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong could spend his life in prison after pleading guilty to collusion with foreign entities - a crime under the territory’s national security law.

The 29-year-old was accused of conspiring to ask foreign countries, institutions, organisations or individuals outside China to impose sanctions or blockades against Beijing.

Wong has been fighting for democracy in the territory since he was a teenager, but has been the subject of China’s tightening crackdown on civil liberties.

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

Today (Oct 9) at 12:39pm UK time, the https://t.co/aT7U4vLqTu website was hit by an automated cyberattack for >5 hours: attackers tried to crack the webmaster login 39,000 times. They failed. Website is operating normally but comments are temporarily disabled. @HKers_in_Leeds

[Brian Kern / Kong Tsung-gan / 江松澗 @KongTsungGan]

Hong Kong political prisoner Chow Hang-tung has been put in solitary confinement at least 14 times during her 5 years in prison. She wrote this in 2023, the 1st time she was sent to solitary. It's a reflection on how to live with integrity under tyranny. https://t.co/r5Xm4cbT4a

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

Further reports: In all 5 have been arrested:
3 on Sep 27-28,
2 on Sep 30 (today): Tang Ho-wing & Lee Ying-chi
In connection w/ arrests of 3 on Sep 3 for commemorating police attacks at Prince Edward MTR on Aug 31.
LYC arrested for "sedition" on Aug 31.
https://t.co/cXKNFB1x3u

[Maya Wang 王松蓮 @wang_maya]

Beijing's new decree on exit-and-entry is making some people nervous. Our research shows how, in the past decade, the Chinese government has shown a pattern of tightening exit controls, violating basic rights: https://t.co/ALKcHLOpp0

[Frances Hui 許穎婷 @frances_hui]

Our newly released report reveals that Hong Kong prison staff rehearsed procedures for the possibility of Jimmy Lai dying in custody and examines deaths due to medical neglect, as overcrowding, isolation, and political control continue to worsen. More:

https://t.co/ulGSfcpcMo

[Henry Gao @henrysgao]

With China’s new exit regulations taking effect today, I spoke with @FT's @leahyjoseph about the broader implications.

[RFI 華語 - 法國國際廣播電台 @RFI_TradCn]

「天安門母親」感謝支聯會系獄仍守信念 人權團體齊聲譴責重判 美國促立法追責香港之聲再起 https://t.co/82VHk5eJWU

[Sophie Richardson @SophieDRich]

Unsurprising but no less absurd: #HongKong authorities again reject simple case from Cardinal Zen.
https://t.co/QPSrvK6LFD

[Brian Kern / Kong Tsung-gan / 江松澗 @KongTsungGan]

Last Friday, Chow Hang-tung was sentenced to 7yrs 3mo. In this statement from Oct 2021, 6 weeks after her arrest, on how defendants should respond to political prosecutions, we can see how consistent she's been. #5 in my series of CHT's prison writings.
https://t.co/wy1rTsudPh

[吴仁华 @wurenhua]

2026年9月11日，法庭宣判后，邹幸彤从容不迫，面带微笑，高举三指手势，回应香港高等法院以“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”判处她7年3个月有期徒刑。
邹幸彤所做的三指手势，源于电影《饥饿游戏》中的“三指礼”，象征反抗、团结、不屈服。
2020年泰国民主运动，2021年缅甸反政变示威，参与者曾广泛使用三指手势。

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

The sentencing of activists who organized peaceful vigils to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown is a triple tragedy. Not only is the punishment unjust for them and the victims of the crackdown, but it also denies generations of Hongkongers the space to discuss one of the most consequential events in modern Chinese history.

Lawyer Chow Hang-tung was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison, and fellow activist Lee Cheuk-yan was sentenced to seven years - despite them committing no internationally recognized crime. They must be immediately and unconditionally released.

https://t.co/To9qSnuRZu

[吴仁华 @wurenhua]

邹幸彤是六四记忆守护者，是必将名垂史册的巾帼英雄。
邹幸彤出生于1985年，六四屠杀发生时年仅4岁。她年少时跟随母亲参加支联会主办的维多利亚公园纪念六四烛光晚会，逐渐对六四有所了解，最终成为六四记忆守护人。她为了守护六四记忆，为了维护香港的自由和自己的良知，付出了沉重的代价，但无怨无悔，无所畏惧。

[吴仁华 @wurenhua]

“痛痛快快地代表自己说真话，原来是这样爽的！”邹幸彤母亲9月11日在女儿刑期宣判7年3个月后，在法庭外受访时，向记者分享邹幸彤为自己辩护的感受。

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

Hearing scheduled Dec 10: Court of Final Appeal (HK's top court) to hear application to appeal convictions & sentences of 11 of the #HK47: Long Hair, Owen Chow, Helena Wong, Clarisse Yeung, Winnie Ho, Gwyneth Ho, Lam Cheuk-ting, Gordon Ng, Ray Chan, Michael Pang & Kalvin Ho.

[YTSL @FY4Chan]

Exactly. And in Hong Kong, take note of how much of the advertising on the sides of buses and trams since 2020 are now government "PSA"s as well as how it's no longer super unusual to see buses and trams with no advertising of any sort on them.

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

HK national security police announce they arrested 3 people on Sep 3 for #sedition for chants outside Prince Edward MTR station on Aug 31, the 7th anniversary of police attacks there, & raided their homes.
Now, in all, 15 sedition arrests in 2026, at least 132 in past 6 years.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

The Aug. 21 'subversion' convictions of Hong Kong Alliance leaders Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan, and Albert Ho show the world that Hong Kong's courts no longer respect the rule of law.

In defending herself on the stand, human rights barrister Chow Hang-tung's trial statements highlight for history how under the Chinese Communist Party, “The standards of right and wrong have been completely reversed.”

"Beneath the silly wigs and the somber robes, almost nothing is the same," writes CFHK Foundation President @MarkLClifford for @japantimes — no bail, no juries, and no national security verdicts that make legal sense.

https://t.co/sw0gmGiyOr

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

The people of Hong Kong are brave and they know what they want

Crowds flock to independent Hong Kong bookstore before shutters close https://t.co/MdEzdQv7dT