Tonight, cities across #Taiwan 🇹🇼 are lit up with the colours of the Ukrainian flag 🇺🇦. Our country & people #StandWithUkraine against Russian aggression.
‘I have asked 27 European leaders whether Ukraine will be in NATO .... Everyone is afraid, no one answers,’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a late night speech https://t.co/Tco566qKpI
When US is handling the election certification, HK gov just arrests nearly all pro-democracy activists and nominees in the primaries today.
As a nominee in the democratic primaries, I urge the US gov and Free World to stay alert and stand with HK by all means.
@JoeBiden@POTUS
Upon Jan 6th a historic day on US unfolding ,another detrimental crack down by CCP assembled national security Hong Kong office has arrested 50+ democracy participants such as @AlvinYeungnk @yttai@ChuHoiDick . Hong Kong’s fate is on the verge of destruction
So much for all those reassurances that NSL doesn’t have any retroactive clauses.
NSL does not need to have any such classes.
NSL is exactly what CCP says it is, when it wants it to be.
142/? - This is the 142nd episode of a series I do where I go over some of Hong Kong’s worst police brutality moments! #HongKong police caused a major issue as they used pepper spray on an innocent journalist, who had done nothing wrong!
Extended Version - https://t.co/zAUe6rsF0h
Update:
>50 pro-democracy activists and/ or District Councillors have been arrested at 6am in #HongKong.
Right before the US Electoral-Vote Count on 6th Jan.
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.
We strongly condemn the arrests of pro-democracy activists who stood in last year's democratic primaries. Beijing is once again undermining Hong Kong's democracy & breaching its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
[Just In] Former lawmakers James To, Andrew Wan, Lam Cheuk Ting were arrested by police national security branch this morning for last yr legislature election. Police said “35+” (winning the majority in LegCo election) was an act of SUBVERSION, in violation of the NSL.
Absurd, even for Hong Kong in 2020.
This is a transparent attempt to scare #HK Twitter into silence. They know how influential it has been among Western politicians.
Don’t fall for it. It just underlines the power and necessity of your voice.
https://t.co/LcxrWLjAJ7
.@JimmyLaiApple is my hero because he inspires me to fight for freedom against #CCP fascist China's domination of the world. Now China is making Jimmy a martyr. He will become a symbol of passive resistance in Hong Kong like Gandhi. We must #standwithJimmy & #StandWithHongKong!
What can you say? China is trying to destroy every cell in the democratic fiber in Hong Kong. Day out. Day in. Today it was @JimmyLaiApple and not least @TonyChungHonLam they went after. But you can’t jail an idea. It will always be free.#StandWithHongKong https://t.co/W3A4rMQ2c4
#HongKong church that helps protesters has bank account frozen by #HKgov.
Want to ignore politics and focus on earning money and other “practical matters”? Think again.
HK used to be touted as the freest economy in the world while having a rule of law... https://t.co/hJfyu7OFJ6
.@JimmyLaiApple faces new charges under the draconian National Securty Law today.
It means potential life imprisonment to the 73-year old #freedom fighter.
#StandWithHongKong
https://t.co/kyHGvsAZS5