Today, the Hong Kong national security police arrested Allan Au, a veteran #HK journalist, for allegedly conspiring to publish seditious materials under colonial-era sedition laws.
#FreeAllanAu#FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners#FreeHKJournalists
1/14 My six books about #Ukraine. I am called upon to answer questions about Ukraine every day. My books, which represent a quarter century of research and thought, often do a better job than I can while speaking live or in short pieces.
It was a rare moment of cheer for Ukrainian reservists at a Kyiv checkpoint, when two among them exchanged wedding rings in front of fellow fighters and a military chaplain
🇺🇸Senator Pat Toomey, commenting on @hk_watch Press Freedom Campaign, said :
“Between Beijing’s crackdowns on free press, free speech, and the rule of law, it’s clear the Chinese Communist Party completely abrogated its own commitments to Hong Kong."
Russian forces have attacked families fleeing their homes in Ukraine.
In Irpin, a town just outside of Kyiv, people were caught in shelling on Sunday, which killed three members of a family, including children.
Hong Kong Watch calls on Hong Kong Government to urgently address the COVID outbreak in prisons and protect vulnerable political prisoners
https://t.co/nyQ1q6cclx
.@RoOT_film was released in Taiwan last Friday & already has become the highest-grossing overseas documentary in Taiwanese film history in its opening weekend, taking in nearly NT$8 million in box office receipts. https://t.co/1ZZLHpHdKh
An unfun fact to share with your friends: Hong Kong actually has more than double the number of #PoliticalPrisoners of Russia, incredible as it may seem. Russia has 410, according to @hrc_memorial, whereas HK has 819 documented PPs & probably closer to 1,000.
The faces of the #NSL47, detained 2/28/21 for "subversion" under Hong Kong's "national security law". They've been on trial for a year today...w/out the trial having actually even started. 32 have been remanded in custody, among the at least 819 #PoliticalPrisoners in HK today.
A group of Hong Kong activists projected the national flag of Ukraine 🇺🇦 and slogans of "Hong Konger #StandWithUkriane "and "#GlorytoUkraine" to the Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui tonight.
📸: Anonymous
As atrocities unfold in Ukraine, we remind the world that just one year ago in #HongKong, 47 democracy activists were charged with “subversion” under the National Security Law 🇨🇳 for participating in a primary election.
Most of them are still held in custody, without bail. #HK47