The fire disaster in Hong Kong is a big test of whether there is any space for public advocacy left in the city. So far, it seems not: a student who organized a mild petition calling for official accountability has been arrested.
Surprise surprise. The Hong Kong police is now treating the mass self-mobilisation of citizen-led volunteers in aid of victims of the Tai Po fires as a national security threat, with Chief superintendent Lee Kwai-wah (who is sanctioned by the US for his leading role in Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in HK) from the National Security Division inspecting relief operations sites for “evidence” of national security crimes.
I continued dialogue with 🇬🇧 PM @BorisJohnson. The agreements reached during his recent visit, primarily on defense and macro-financial support, were discussed. I briefed 🇬🇧 PM on the situation at the front, in particular in Mariupol. We are working on security guarantees for 🇺🇦
Today I met my friend President @ZelenskyyUa in Kyiv as a show of our unwavering support for the people of Ukraine.
We're setting out a new package of financial & military aid which is a testament of our commitment to his country's struggle against Russia’s barbaric campaign.
Just received a Property Restraint Order against me, my wife and my mother under the evil Hong Kong National Security Law. Now we cannot deal with any of our assets in Hong Kong (even we don't have much left), for no reason. This is political persecution taken to the extreme.
The “container hospital” and quarantine facilities in the Lok Ma Chau Loop bear a distinct resemblance to Wuhan’s Huoshenshan hospital and adopt a more enclosed design with no direct exits from rooms to the outdoors, Factwire observed.
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While you're living your life, 250 thousand human beings in Mariupol are slowly dying without food, water, heating, and almost without chances to escape from the city because of constant bombings from #Russia.