6. Since their situation is extremely critical, given #China's highly controversial criminal justice system in black box, we hope the world can keep watch on the development and especially hope that they can be back safe.
5. Not to mention that the detention period in China could be indefinite, just like the two Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been detained more than 620 days after their arrests.
4. With a more stringent #nationalsecuritylaw in #China, as well as other draconian criminal laws #HK doesn’t have, it is worrying that they could be sent to #China’s secret courts & black prisons, with restricted access to lawyers & high risk of forced confession under torture.
3. The news broke out after #hkpolice's recent move to rewrite history and arrest pro-democracy lawmakers, visa denials of foreign correspondents, disqualification of young runners, election cancellation and censorship of textbooks in schools.
2. It reportedly includes Andy Li, who was previously arrested under #nationalsecuritylaw, on the same day when pro-democracy media mogul #Jimmylai was arrested.
[HK asylum seekers could be sent to #China's secret courts]
1. Twelve #HKers, all involved in #hkprotests, were detained by #China’s coast guard today when fleeing to #Taiwan for political asylum. All of them are now detained in #China.
One of next week’s urgency resolutions must be about Gui Minhai, Swedish citizen wrongfully imprisoned in #China. I truly hope that the other parties in the European Parliament join me and the @EPPGroup in calling for his immediate release! #EUpol
정당연설회는 정당법에 근거해 집회신고를 하지 않고 장소와 방식에 제한 없이 정강 정책을 알리는 정당 행사다. 하지만 26일 남대문경찰서는 중국대사관 밖 인도에서 진행하는 정당연설회를 미신고 집회라며 수 십명의 경찰들을 동원해 강제해산시켰다. https://t.co/FkhIe6d4oI
#HongKongPolice continued to hit the protester with his baton despite being subdued by 3 other police during the arrest. Police also tried covering his mouth from yelling out his name. #hkpolicebrutality
AppleDaily just caught an officer with a Chinese flag on his helmet, pro-Beijing group says the police should be nominated for the Nobel Prize, Chinese state media loves the idea. Re-upping this story on how the HKPF is seen as mercenaries of Beijing: https://t.co/81xS2VWJ2p
Supporters of the democracy movement in Hong Kong have organized large-scale demonstrations for NBA opening-night games in Toronto and Los Angeles https://t.co/AQJedXDycw
Hong Kong protesters have demanded:
1. The withdrawal of the extradition bill
2. Cease referring to the protests as riots
3. Investigating police abuses
4. Release of all protesters
5. Universal suffrage for the Office of Chief Executive.
Learn more: https://t.co/rhIhp51Ckm
Hong Kong Police under fire as video surfaced of one of its crowd clearing water canon trucks sprayed blue tinted water towards the entrance of the city’s largest mosque. https://t.co/iJcyKXPLFS