A photo of what I just mentioned. Clear violation of international standards on use of teargas. The cops were peaking their heads up & shooting so fast, they didn’t even see what they were shooting, right down on heads, most here don’t have helmets.
A bloody fight has broken out between protesters and riot police outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where upwards of several hundred student protesters have been barricaded inside for days. https://t.co/TCtHvlLEId
Police officers cornered hundreds of protesters who occupied PolyU, offering them one way out: "drop your weapons" and surrender (and possibly face up to 10 years in jail), or be met with a hail of tear gas and rubber bullets (and still risk arrest). https://t.co/AfD5bdcq5L
#BREAKING Medical volunteers arrested, their hands tied and locked like fugitives. This is outrageous. The HK govt has lost control over police force. A violent bloodshed is under way.
In #HongKong, government police continue their assault on universities into the night, making mass arrests and now threatening live fire against largely defenseless students. Beijing is pushing Hong Kong into a state of siege #StandWithHongKong https://t.co/88poKjgKt8
Yesterday I thought the attitude from the police towards the students couldn’t get worse. But reading this morning about what is happening on ground at Polytechnic University is like watching a massacre in slow motion. It’s a human catastrophe #StandwithHK https://t.co/b3k8GVA1ae
A contentious ban on wearing masks in public has been struck down by Hong Kong's High Court. After the law was passed in October, Alan Leong Kah-kit, a former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, argued it was meant as a deliberate provocation.
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1/3: a quick reminder as we all watch grim developments in #Hongkong on when police can—and can’t—use live ammo. “Principle 9 of the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement states...” https://t.co/nWRM4Nwr36
It's a little dated given everything that's happened since, but the NYT video analysis proving irresponsible use of tear gas is a crucial read. Especially as we're nearing the 10,000th round fired since June. https://t.co/nJ2pI47VaG
Here’s the lies from the propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party.
What’s happening in #HongKong is not an abuse of Democracy, it’s Democracy in action! The people of HK are teaching the CCP what Democracy looks like. #StandWithHongKong
Said Sir Malcolm Rifkind: "Hong Kong's Chief Executive has the responsibility to do everything possible to prevent a massacre." I sign on to this statement.
BREAKING: Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Lord Alton and Baroness Bennett call Carrie Lam to order HKPF to exercise restraint at PolyU. #StandwithHK
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#hkpolice sneakily hid in an ambulance and got ready to arrest the wounded on the way to hospital. #PolyU students completely freaked out and demanded them to leave. #police completely don’t treat the wounded #HongKongProtesters as humans.
Dr. Kwong Po Yin confirmed first-aiders got arrested for rioting. Nobody has been brought to the court yet. But there’s no info about the exact number of arrested FA or when they can get bailed.
#HKPoliceTerriorists are now creating humanitarian crisis, pls help Hong Kong!
TIME IS RUNNING OUT. #SOSHK Listen to urgent cry of protestors in #PolyU! Running out of food & medical supply, starving & injured protestors counting down to confront #hkpolice bullets with bare hands. Is the world going to witness bloody crackdown w/o stopping ruthless regime?