6 arrests, with over 200 national security police officers raiding the offices of non-profit online news outlet Stand News.
Now hearing four current staff taken in for questioning.
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Hong Kong's national security police have arrested six individuals associated with a pro-democracy media outlet -- including pop star Denise Ho -- and raided its office, raising further concerns about diminishing press freedoms in the city. https://t.co/AteJOqgqkR
#HongKong police were raiding the office of an online news outlet on Wednesday after arresting six people for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication.
#StandnewsHK
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected Chinese criticism of Australia’s new nuclear submarine alliance with the United States and says he doesn’t mind that President Joe Biden might have forgotten his name. https://t.co/VnBG4fl7tN
State @SecBlinken: "We've raised publicly and privately our serious concerns about Beijing's use of economic coercion against Australia. We've made it clear that action like these targeting our allies will hinder improvements in our own relationship with the Chinese government."
Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil on 4 June has been banned on Covid-19 grounds for the second year running.
Once again, the Hong Kong authorities are using Covid-19 as a pretext to muzzle the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
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As we mark the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on Tiananmen Square, the PRC’s efforts to crush democracy in #HongKong are all the more despicable. I'll keep speaking out for the people of Hong Kong & pressing for sanctions on those responsible through our Hong Kong Autonomy Act
Canada joins others worldwide in remembering the events of #June4, 1989, where a violent crackdown against unarmed and peaceful citizens took place in and around Beijing’s #Tiananmen Square. Canada supports the right to peaceful assembly in remembrance of these events. #六四32