Finally finished my oil painting of @trentaa98 @andrewrobertso5 And @JHenderson - started this the day we won the league so it’s clearly taken me a while! 😅 @LFC
After 4 #NationalSecurityLaw arrests & disqualification of 12 candidates for elections, then postponement of elections & issuing arrest warrants to 6 activists abroad - 4 are my friends - I am in no doubt that it is right for me to focus on #HongKong as frontline for freedom
THREAD: On the day that my appointment as Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch is announced, Hong Kong itself endures yet another dark day. It's almost as if it is further confirmation that my new role is right, timely and needed, though I dearly wish it were not so.
Today, I woke up to media reports that I am a wanted fugitive.
My alleged crimes? “Inciting secession” & “colluding with foreign powers” under HK's National Security Law.
Except I am an American citizen & have been for 25 years.
Chris Patten is exactly right - "This is an outrageous political purge of Hong Kong's democrats. The National Security law is being used to disenfranchise the majority of Hong Kong's citizens. It is obviously now illegal to believe in democracy"!
https://t.co/SWwsSTUC8n
BREAKING: some of #IPAC UK membership has written to @DominicRaab about the disgraceful obstruction of the democratic process in #HongKong. It's time to move beyond 'lifeboat' policies to sanctions. #StandTogether@ipacglobal
#HongKongers: following the terrible arrests yesterday and the outrageous disqualification of pro-democracy candidates today, this is what I have written for my Chinese character practice 👇
I am always with you - a fellow "handfoot" - and will try to awaken the world 🙏
News of mass disqualifications of democrats taking place today in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government have today disenfranchised the majority of the population by barring the representatives who receive the lion's share of the vote.
[4 students from 16 to 21 yrs old arrested for inciting secession]
They were followed for several days and arrested for a FB post on "China's nationalism". While phones were hacked after their arrest, it clearly sends a chilling effect on online speech.
https://t.co/6ts0TzFDgC
[I was just disqualified from LegCo election, despite being the biggest winner in #Hkprimaries]
1. Few minutes ago, I was just disqualified from running in the upcoming LegCo election in #Hongkong, even though I got the highest vote share in the primary, w/ 30000+ votes obtained
"I just get emotional thinking about it now because we've achieved so much together, we've been fortunate enough to do it."
A heartfelt message from @JHenderson on @officialAL20 ❤️
Nice to be keeping @trentaa98 company on the other side of the road 😂 big thanks to all the team at @TheRedmenTV for this huge honour... very humbled by it. And made even better given it’s dedicated to the heroic staff and patients of @AlderHey Children’s Hospital ❤️ #YNWA