US @StateDept issued a statement on Saturday, condemning #HongKong government’s move to arrest more than 80 people on #China’s National Day. “We deplore the local authorities’ continued use of law enforcement for political purposes, which is ... https://t.co/l0tzP8qkED
Student Localism, which claims to exist only as an overseas group now, says that its former Hong Kong convenor Tony Chung Hon-lam has been arrested on suspicion of inciting others to commit secession, an offence under the national security law.
Activist Fleco Mo Kai-hong, in a post on Facebook, says Tony Chung of the now disbanded Studentlocalism group has been arrested for violating the state security law. Few details at the moment, no official announcement, seems like it will be a developing story through the night.
And so it begins.
Beijing Secret Police are now arresting people under the nefarious "National Security Law".
Urgent response needed from @DominicRaab@UKinHongKong
Over my dead body will you be permitted to settle in the UK.
This scheme isn’t for triad-colluding, hate-mongering, authoritarian-hugging thugs.
If you come here, we will prosecute you.
Sorry, la
#China pledged #HongKong “will enjoy a high degree of autonomy” & “Rights & freedoms,including those of the person,of speech,of the press,of assembly,of association,of movement...will be ensured”
Now they are breaking every promise while they tell youth to #BeAsGoodAsYourWord
#China spox claims I am placing “unjustifiable pressure on China” & “don’t want to see #HongKong heal its divides & get back on track”
Wrong
China’s Communist Party is breaking its international commitments to respect Hong Kong’s autonomy & democracy https://t.co/dWoPnFfvdG
Reports that China is using national security laws to undercut Hong Kong’s autonomy are troubling.
China made obligations to Hong Kong and the world to maintain the One Country, Two Systems framework. The world expects Beijing to uphold those pledges. https://t.co/VBxw3dA2OP
The people of Hong Kong have shown immense courage in working to uphold the city’s democratic freedoms. Any erosion of “One Country, Two Systems” would be inconsistent with commitments made by China to the international community and to Hong Kong, as enshrined in the Basic Law.
China is set to use it's fake Parliament to kill off what's left of democracy in #HongKong. The nail in the coffin of "one country, two systems." A reminder to the world that China views individual freedoms with contempt.
https://t.co/NTmniQstXe
And while the world is distracted by Covid19, China tries again to stamp on rights in Hong Kong BBC News - China proposes controversial Hong Kong security law https://t.co/igfnYZJkY2
@amongstwits@CarolineLucas@JustinTrudeau@AngelaMerkel69@SenSanders Certainly working on #HumanRights and Hong Kong.
They are universal, and wherever in the world being denied we need to call that out.
And UK as Joint Declaration signatory has a legal responsibility here, as well as a moral one
https://t.co/FilqdYWZQE
Tyrannies never waste the opportunity of a crisis, which is exactly what we are seeing here. Citizens of Hong Kong have shown immense bravery in standing up for their freedom and democracy. We must be on their side. Start by scrapping the Huawei decision. https://t.co/3Bmv6Ot06H
Now IPCC report is published I am free to utilise its data as well as our own to underpin our scientific analysis of the evolution of the 2019 protest movement in Hong Kong. Hard at work over this weekend developing our report which we hope to publish on or before 9th June 2020.