Sec. Pompeo's final act on China:
Recognizing the CCP's actions against the Uighurs as a "genocide."
I loathe takes that view this through the lens of this "helps Trump's legacy" or "strains Biden's relationship with China."
This is the right thing to do. End of analysis.
China’s crackdown on democracy will not be ignored by the world. More than 50 prominent democratic advocates were arrested today in Hong Kong. This is unacceptable, HKers’ rights are human rights.
#BREAKING Police also raided Joshua’s home for allegedly violating the national security law this morning as he took part in the primary election last year. 50+ democratic activists were arrested.
Just to be clear, #HK political crackdown is having a significant negative impact on business. Legitimate questions about rule of law raised + as #HK image deteriorates, it becomes more and more difficult to defend why you should maintain costly operations here
In Hong Kong, the authorities are right now arresting all the democratic nominees who participated in the primaries — 50 candidates! Hong Kong has just become the frontline of China’s new totalitarian state.
😭 Lots of friends arrested today in #HK
Remember the international community (esp the UK) has legal obligations to prevent this from happening.
If we get another hand-wringing 5-eyes statement about “serious concern” I swear....
The 50 people arrested this morning are the most vocal pro-democracy voices left in Hong Kong.
However, as they are arrested under the NSL, whether bail will be granted to them remains unknown.
Looking forward to response from Team @JoeBiden & the EU.
1. The current political crackdown is not only limited to the winners of the 2020 Pro-Democracy Primary Elections, nor is it limited to the Resistance Camp formed after the Primaries. This is a large-scale liquidation involving 52 democrats across different political spectrums.
One day
One day #XiJinping & his little morally retarded henchwoman #CarrieLam will be overthrown
One day the perpetrators of crimes against humanity will be brought to justice
One day #HongKong, #Uyghurs, #Tibet & all #China will be free
No doubt about it. History says so.
In response to Hong Kong's political crackdown, I urge the European Parliament to halt the EU-China investment deal and EU to sanction China&HK officials who are responsible to the arrests.
#Retweet if you agree MEP should VETO the bill and EU should act.
#StandwithHongKong
BREAKING:
Dozens of winners of 2020 #HongKong pro-democracy primaries, such as Lester Shum, Ventus Lau, Fergus Leung and Gwyneth Ho, have been arrested under the National Security Law.
Worse still, there is #NO presumption of innocence under the #NSL.
The new Hong Kong National Security law has caused severe damage to the “one country, two systems” principle. The House-passed Hong Kong People’s Freedom & Choice Act of 2020 provides necessary protection to residents of Hong Kong facing & fleeing political persecution.
Die drei Aktivisten der Demokratiebewegung in #Hongkong@joshuawongcf, @chowtingagnes und #IvanLam wurden zu mehreren Monaten Haft verurteilt. Immer noch fehlt jegliche Reaktion der deutschen Regierung und der EU. Beide dürfen nicht länger schweigen. CL
Das Urteil gegen #JoshuaWong ist vor allem politisch motiviert. Es geht um Abschreckung gegen die Protestbewegung & zeigt, dass von der Gewaltenteilung in #Hongkong wenig übrig ist. Was #China will, ist Gesetz. 🇩🇪&🇪🇺 müssen sich jetzt für die Freilassung der Aktivisten einsetzen.
The right of the people of Hong Kong to engage in peaceful protest is enshrined in the Basic Law. The Chinese government committed to upholding these rights in the Joint Declaration. The detention of pro-democracy activists for exercising this right must be universally condemned
The sentencing of 3 young pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong today is politically-motivated, utterly disproportionate, and makes a mockery of the judicial system in HK. At the very least, the UK govt should be doing is applying Magnitsky sanctions on the officials responsible.
What a year for #china - Beijing inflicted #COVID19 on the world and continues to violate its treaty obligations & destroy the liberties of its people, including this latest crackdown in #HongKong