We (@FreedomOfPress) published a report today on the unprecedented number of journalists arrested in the United States this year, and I encourage everyone working in media to read it. The numbers are staggering. 1200% increase! https://t.co/p7QsNyj3rR
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🇹🇳 #OnThisDay 10 years ago, a Tunisian fruit and vegetable vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire in the town of Sidi Bouzid and triggered the Arab Spring.
His cousin, Ali, reflects on that fateful day and the days that followed ⬇️
#BREAKING The 12 HKers detained in Shenzhen since 23rd August have been officially charged.
Two charged with organising illegal crossing of state border
Eight illegal crossing state border
Two underaged will be subject to closed door hearing
So much for "one country, two systems." China is conducting an all-out assault on the freedoms it promised the people of #HongKong.
The United States must stand with those who stand up for human rights and democracy. We must pass the Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act.
.@AFP SPECIAL REPORT:
Rohingya women face odyssey of misery.
'What choice do we have?' Stay in a squalid refugee camp -- hopeless and starving -- or leave, risking death, rape, trafficking and months at sea to reach a husband you've never met
https://t.co/saBXczgm3l
VIDEO: From the crowded camps of Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees take a dangerous and sometimes deadly trip by land and water as they try to reach Malaysia.
An @AFP investigation has pieced together the human trafficking network running the dangerous passage to a new life
Since 2017, more than one million individuals have disappeared into the Chinese Communist Party’s internment camps in Xinjiang. Many families still have no idea if their loved ones are even alive. We are sharing their stories at https://t.co/YTsl27KzK5.
Basic ways to avoid hypocrisy:
1. Hold yourself to higher standards than you hold others
2. Don’t take credit if you aren’t willing to accept blame
3. Only preach what you already practice
4. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
5. Under-promise and over-deliver
On @JimmyLaiApple being charged under National Security Law, 🇬🇧Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab reaffirms that the NSL breaches the Joint Declaration and has raised the case with HK gov.
We welcome his statement and urge more pressure to HK gov is needed
https://t.co/BR3TDDbGij
Hong Kong’s National Security Law makes a mockery of justice. @JimmyLaiApple’s only “crime” is speaking the truth about the Chinese Communist Party’s authoritarianism and fear of freedom. Charges should be dropped and he should be released immediately.
THREAD — AFP's top fact checks of the week:
False claims about the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine causing female sterilisation circulates on Facebook and Instagram
https://t.co/SvG2EQaIgs
In 1972, an American named Nick DeWolf visited #HongKong and took nearly 2,500 photos that captured scenes from everyday life in the British colony.
A selection of his photos is now on view in the Main Bar as part of the exhibition 'Hong Kong February 1972' until December 31.