Speech by Chiao-Yun Anny Hsiao, Executive Director of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs.
From 9am to 7pm today, thousands of Tibetans gathered in DC with Uyghurs, Hongkongers, Southern Mongolians, Taiwanese, and Chinese dissidents to protest Xi Jinping — joined by members of Congress.
#Tibet #taiwan
Today at the House Triangle, @thecfhk Policy & Advocacy Manager @Frances_Hui joined @RepMcGovern and advocates from the Tibetan, Uyghur, Hong Kong, and Chinese communities ahead of Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington.
Frances spoke about 78-year-old Jimmy Lai, who has spent nearly six years in custody, much of it in near-total isolation:
"Our message is simple: no deals without freedom. There should be no summit deal without the release of Jimmy Lai and political prisoners in Hong Kong and across China. ... Beijing wants these people forgotten. We are here to make sure that never happens."
Today, organizers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil were sentenced to years in prison for refusing to let the CCP erase the atrocities it committed on June 4, 1989. These organizers led Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil for over 30 years, bringing together tens of thousands of people to remember the CCP’s massacre of innocent people.
Now, the CCP is locking them up because they courageously told the truth. The Select Committee stands with Hong Kong’s political prisoners and calls for their immediate release. https://t.co/drPl8IXYcr
Hong Kong Alliance case THE COLLECTIVE
Day 24 of the trial
Chow Hang-tung escorted in handcuffs, leg irons, waist chain and ankle chai
Since the trial began, the Correctional Services Department has adopted a new escort method. It is no longer just simple handcuffs — she is fully restrained with handcuffs, leg irons, a waist chain and ankle chains, then led along by Correctional Services staff with an iron chain, like walking a dog.
By locking a person’s limb joints in certain fixed relative positions, it can make different parts of the body “fight each other”… Once the body is in discomfort, the mind can no longer think of anything.