Winning an election is subversion of the state.
Ok then.
A reminder that we signed a treaty promising to protect #HongKong from stuff like this. Where are those promises now?
BREAKING:
HK activists & politicians are arrested under "subversion" due to their participation in pro-democracy camp's primary election.
When one of the most critical Senate races is ongoing in the US, in HK, participation in elections could lead to life-long imprisonment.
The 50 people arrested this morning are the most vocal pro-democracy voices left in Hong Kong.
However, as they are arrested under the NSL, whether bail will be granted to them remains unknown.
Looking forward to response from Team @JoeBiden & the EU.
BREAKING:
Dozens of winners of 2020 #HongKong pro-democracy primaries, such as Lester Shum, Ventus Lau, Fergus Leung and Gwyneth Ho, have been arrested under the National Security Law.
Worse still, there is #NO presumption of innocence under the #NSL.
11.18 尼泊爾網台攝得油麻地人疊人事件後續:現場充滿慘叫聲和槍聲,防暴不停打人,非常恐怖。
11.18 Aftermath of the 'stampede' incident on Nathan Road filmed by hknepal. Screaming, beating, sound of gunshots. A scary scene.
Takes a particular sort of scum to brutalise a pregnant woman.
Since July last 2019, the @hkpoliceforce have shown again and again that pregnancy is no defence against their disproportionate brutalising of democracy campaigners.
Really hope she is ok.
[Biggest rewriting of history]
1 Today #hkpolice arrested lawmaker @cheuktinglam for rioting, just because Lam tried to mediate situation one year ago when #HKers were assaulted by pro-#Beijing mobs after making 24,000 emergency calls, without response.
Hong Kong police arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai under national security law for allegedly colluding with foreign forces, local media report.
Joshua Wong, one of the city’s most prominent activists, says on Twitter that he strongly condemns Lai’s arrest. https://t.co/9gfEXPSAz9
Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon in Hong Kong, became the most high-profile target of the city's new national security law when he was arrested on Monday on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers https://t.co/1J1r3HrwOg