"The day I resigned, I told my school: 'If one day, some students downstairs chant slogans, I would have to call the police to arrest my own students'," said 45-year-old Fong...
"I could not do that. And I could not hold my tears."
They never got their official Human Rights Press Awards plaque from @fcchk. So today I presented our students @simranvv and @SaraCheng0330 the unofficial Human Rights Watchdog award. Their entry had been picked as a winner in the student journalism category ... @keithrichburg
As airlines have cut the number of flights to and from Hong Kong because of its tough quarantine requirements, those who want to fly with their pets face fewer options, longer waiting lists and costs of up to tens of thousands of dollars. w/@SaraCheng0330 https://t.co/bQGntr65Wj
The arrests of #StandNews staff & singer Denise Ho @hoccgoomusic are yet another example of the Beijing authorities' crackdown on free speech in #HongKong. We in #Taiwan regret to see their detention & call on the international community to stand up for freedom & democracy in HK.
Hong Kong national security police raided the office of Stand News and arrested six people, including senior staff, for suspected 'seditious publications' offenses. Stand News is the most prominent remaining pro-democracy publication in Hong Kong https://t.co/ErNPbO9E2E
Just in: Police are at home of Ronson Chan, head of @HKJA_Official and deputy editor of @StandNewsHK, with a court warrant for home search over the crime of “publishing seditious publications”. The live stream was too short to know more details, as police warned not to film.
City U's student union said the University has asked them to remove the statue by the 24 Dec.
But SU said it needed more time to come up with a place it can be moved to.
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"This statue represents the school environment is open. It’s a symbol of academic freedom ... It makes people doubt whether the school can still ensure the space is free and people can speak freely." W/@jamespomfret@JessiePang0125
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The Pillar of Shame is getting demolished right now in Hongkong. The sculpture has been covered and is heavyly guarded so that no students can document what is going on. This is happening in the middle of the night in Hongkong. Im shoked. #Thepillarofshame😢
Eight Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced to up to 14 months in prison on Monday for organising, taking part in and inciting participation in a banned vigil last year for victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. w/@edmondngcm https://t.co/2jAOaeErcu
A Hong Kong court found three prominent pro-democracy activists, including Jimmy Lai, @zouxingtong, and @KwaiLamHo guilty of unauthorized assembly charges over a June 4 vigil last year. https://t.co/DBpyPAhpoV