On Monday a Hong Kong court threw out the government's ban on masks aimed at stemming the city's political unrest.
But China's top legislature has signaled it may use this as an opportunity to drastically rewrite Hong Kong's legal framework. https://t.co/hpWc1lnSgh
When a protester is subdued, you dont have to arbitrarily use the baton to beat him.
He already lost conscious. Stop using excessive force. It’s a war crime.
#HKPolice needs to be dismissed now.
We will put u on the sanction list too.
#PoliceBrutality
Why do we have a stampede yesterday night in Yau Ma Tei? Because 2 #HKPoliceTerrorists cars rammed into crowd on purpose. #HKProtests https://t.co/syAebYknxk
#HKPolice seen carrying an MP5 and an M16 in Central where office workers are protesting during their lunch break!! They must really hate successful people
#StandWithHongKong#HongKongProtests
If this is a formal/official position, then this completely & fundamentally alters the landscape of the HK legal system and could quite legitimately be said to mean the end of the rule of law as we know it in HK.
The 1984 Sino-British #JointDeclaration is breached, so #Britain should take back control of its former colony and transition it to democracy and independence, protected by the U.S. and allied military forces. The #PLA should get off the territory.
This university in Hong Kong has become a battleground
Police clashed with protesters who were trying to escape the campus, in some of the worst violence seen in the long-running anti-government protests
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“We can’t retreat,” says one person trapped inside PolyU. Attempts to rescue fellow protesters from the campus led to more arrests as dozens slid down ropes from a footbridge to escape https://t.co/c4M8U9iUeL #HongKongProtests