A woman was removed from the courtroom for clapping in response to Jimmy's comments. She was detained & questioned by police for a half hour, then led out of the courthouse surrounded by more than a dozen police.
Day 102 of #JimmyLai trial, his 10th day of testimony: Defense plays 2020 clip of Jimmy saying he's ready to go to prison & die for HK
Judge: But only people who break the law go to jail. Jimmy: I've done nothing illegal but I've been in prison for 4 years
https://t.co/nTlv9tvAeC
"We stopped discussing sensitive topics in public. We didn’t know if the people around us might secretly record and report us"
We used to joke about Hong Kong’s terror laws, but now my friends and family have gone silent | Alan Lau https://t.co/5STw2p612d
@D_G_Alexander@JohnSlinger IPAC 🇬🇧 Co-Chair @MPIainDS emphasises the high risk of 🇬🇧 supply chains across multiple sectors, including the solar sector, being tainted by Uyghur forced labour, calling for 🇬🇧 government to tighten up legislation in response.
@D_G_Alexander IPAC 🇬🇧 Member @JohnSlinger raises concerns about whether current legislation is sufficient enough to compel businesses operating in the 🇬🇧 to address the risks of modern slavery, and the risks to the human rights of those being exploited:
💥 Happening now:
IPAC 🇬🇧 Member @SarahChampionMP raises an Urgent Question on the links between 🇬🇧 supermarket supply chains and Uyghur forced labour.
“The US [and] the EU has enacted important legislation, and the UK once again is a global outlier for slave-made goods.”
Thank you @committeeonccp for sending this important letter to @SecYellen on #HongKong being used as a hub for illicit financial activities, following the sentencing of the #HongKong47 last week👇
.@committeeonccp heads have written to @SecYellen to ask how @USTreasury will address #HongKong's growing role as a hub for money laundering & sanctions evasion & "a critical player in the...authoritarian axis of China, Iran, Russia & North Korea." https://t.co/uTrf0RQrcf
News Roundup | Hongkongers in the UK marked the fifth anniversary of the PolyU siege with marches in Nottingham and Manchester, calling for the closure of Confucius Institutes and condemning the Russia-China alliance, reports The Chaser.
📖 Read more: https://t.co/jh2ez6EMUn
#義人得生悪人必亡: "The righteous shall live, the wicked shall perish" has gone viral after Hendrick Lui's mother was arrested for carrying the sign out of the courthouse following her son's sentencing. Here, #HongKongers in both Victoria & Birmingham hold the words.
#HongKongers around the world protested this weekend against the #HK47 sentencing in #HongKong last week.
Here: snowy Calgary, Montreal & Victoria (AUS).
We stand united in solidarity w/ the 45 pro-democracy leaders & against CCP & HK government repression.
Worldwide protests this past weekend against the sentencing of the #HK47 in #HongKong on Nov 19.
Here: Toronto, San Francisco, Birmingham, Vancouver. #HongKongers everywhere support the 45 pro-democracy leaders sentenced to prison & condemn CCP & HK government repression.
If DED “is not extended for Hong Kongers by Feb. 5, affected individuals would…face deportation. ‘I'm afraid of going back to Hong Kong,’ said 27-year-old Koo. ‘I've spent the last 10 years here, and this is where I call home. Now I may have to leave.’” https://t.co/KeauYlaPf2