We have taken decisive action tonight with our international partners to shut Russia out of the global financial system, including the important first step of ejecting Russian banks from SWIFT.
We will keep working together to ensure Putin pays the price for his aggression.
“I have asked 27 European leaders whether Ukraine will be in NATO. Everyone is afraid, no one answers.”
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy says his country has been left alone to fend off Russia’s military incursion
The Hong Kong Police is acting as the Ministry of Truth for the Chinese Communist Party to eradicate the city’s press freedom.
Why do Hong Kong journalists have to face tear gas, gunfire and, now, the bars?
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A pro-democracy news outlet in Hong Kong has been shut down after police raided and arrested members from the organization.
We must stand with democracy, Hong-Kong, and those in the fight to preserve freedoms from the Chinese Communist Party.
Hong Kong: the raid against @StandNewsHK & the arrest of 7 people mark a further deterioration in #PressFreedom in 🇭🇰.Respect for human rights & fundamental freedoms are central to the Basic Law & the “1 country,2 systems” principle. #MediaFreedom = key to those rights & freedoms
I met @hoccgoomusic when I worked at @StateDept. Incredibly articulate, poised, powerfully courageous lady. Her arrest is an outrage & another reminder of the brutality & lawlessness of Beijing. #FreeDeniseHo https://t.co/TqZNiC1oE4
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1.After the Apple Daily closure, Stand News became the largest free media in Hong Kong. Today, we have witnessed another forced closure with a number of arrests. The message Beijing sends is clear: report in the way that we allow, or end up in jail.
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.
.#HongKongers banned to remember 2nd anniversary of vicious police assaults on metro passengers on 31 August 2019, but it can’t stop us demanding justice to hold them accountable!
#831PrinceEdwardAttack#PoliceBrutality
Source: Rice Post