Saving Hong Kong

Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong. Five demands not one less. Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times

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Hongkongers head to the memorial of 22yo Alex Chow who died over protest, despite the police garrison

22yo Hong Kong student Alex Chow passed away over the protest 5 mo ago. Hongkongers headed to the memorial despite police's garrison there.

He'll always be remembered.

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On lockdown, Hong Kong activists are protesting in Animal Crossing

The group on the beach is made up of players from Hong Kong and they’re whacking pictures of Carrie Lam, their head of government. A banner laid out in front of them is familiar to anyone who followed news out of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory last year. The flag reads “Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now.”

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HK's Carrie Lam and some top officials to take 10% pay cut in next 12 months, claims there is no political consideration

While yesterday she rejected the calls to turn down her pay rise:

Carrie Lam rejects bipartisan calls to turn down pay rise amid Hong Kong’s coronavirus-fuelled financial downturn

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China’s Huangshan mountains swamped with visitors as country tries to ease coronavirus lockdown

Pictures of packed trails over the weekend highlight difficulties in maintaining social distancing while trying to get back to normal.

Attraction in Anhui province said it would be forced to close on Sunday after exceeding its 20,000-visitor limits.

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‘Meaningless’: Hong Kong rights groups dispute police claim of 104 cases of baton use at protests

Human rights groups in Hong Kong have slammed the police as providing “meaningless” data, after the force said only 104 cases of baton use were recorded during the recent large-scale pro-democracy protests.

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The force said that, as of February, they had fired a total of 19 live rounds, 16,191 tear gas rounds, 10,100 rubber bullets, 1,880 react rounds, 2,033 bean bag rounds and 1,491 bottles of pepper spray when handling large-scale disorder. Specialised crowd management vehicles and Unimog vehicles were deployed for 65 days and 68 days respectively.

When asked about the number of times that batons were used, the force only gave 104 as the number of incidents where the officers used the weapon.

Icarus Wong, founder of Civil Rights Observer, told HKFP that the figure failed to indicate how frequently officers had used their batons and whether the weapon was used excessively.

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Frontline episode on Uyghurs in China

"Uyghurs are not considered human by the Chinese government," says an engineer who helped build surveillance tools in China — which he says the Communist regime uses to gather data on the Uyghur Muslim population.

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Hundreds of HK police quit force during protests

A document to Legco showed there were a total of 446 "unanticipated leavers" between June last year and February this year, as the city was rocked by anti-government protests and "Asia's finest" were stung by constant allegations of brutality, and bias and unprofessionalism in their handling of the unrest.

Police say 'fake news' led to a loss of confidence in the force during the protests. File photo.

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Hongkongers to be “court hearers” when court cases are related to protesters, beckon calls to support them and “shield” their ways in umbrellas to avoid media

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JULY: China interrupts HK activist as she testifies on Beijing's attack on human rights; 

APRIL: China joins U.N. human rights panel

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Injustice

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NY4HK (New Yorkers Supporting Hong Kong) delivered 300 gowns to Trinitas Regional Medical Center (Elizabeth, NJ)

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"Phoenix TV" has nothing to do with HK, it's a Chinese propaganda media

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Carrie Lam rejects bipartisan calls to turn down pay rise amid Hong Kong’s coronavirus-fuelled financial downturn

The city’s chief executive, who now earns HK$5.21 million annually, is among the highest-paid political leaders in the world.

Angry lawmakers from both the pro-establishment and opposition camps point to countries such as Singapore, where ministers have taken pay cuts.

(Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s annual salary is set to jump to US$672,000.)

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Chinese diplomat sends angry (and hypocritical) letter to Daily Telegraph and Daily Telegraph's responds are sardonic and fun

The Daily Telegraph this week received a letter from the Australian Consulate General of the People's Republic of China, who took gentle issue with our excellent coverage of the coronavirus crisis.

Following is a point-by-point response to the Consulate General and China’s communist dictatorship:

"Recently the Daily Telegraph has published a number of reports and opinions about China’s response to COVID-19 that are full of ignorance, prejudice and arrogance."

- If a state-owned newspaper in China received this kind of complaint, subsequent days would involve journalists waking up in prison with their organs harvested. "Tracing the origin of the virus is a scientific issue that requires professional, science-based assessment."

- Sure it does. How professional and science-based was the claim published on March 12 by China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian that “it might be US Army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan”? "So what is the real motive behind your attempt to repeatedly link the virus to China and even stating that the novel coronavirus was “made in China”?"

- Our motive is accuracy. That’s why we don’t link the virus to Bognor Regis or state that it was “made in Panama”. "The people of Wuhan made a huge effort and personal sacrifice to stop the spread of the epidemic."

- Wuhan’s Dr Li Wenliang indeed made a huge effort to warn people about the coronavirus outbreak. Then, as the New York Times reported: “In early January, he was called in by both medical officials and the police, and forced to sign a statement denouncing his warning as an unfounded and illegal rumor.”

And now he’s dead, so that’s “personal sacrifice” covered as well.

"The effectiveness of China's epidemic prevention and control has fully underlined the people-centred philosophy of the Communist Party of China and the strong advantages of the Chinese system."

- In 2018, Amnesty International reported that China executed more citizens than the rest of the world combined.

Please tell us more about your “people-centred philosophy” and how many bullets it requires.

"In disregard of the authoritative information provided by China and the WHO's professional opinions, you instead quoted several so-called “strategic analysts” …

- Were you aware that the institution where these people work have been exposed as long accepting financial support from the US government … ?"

The US last year contributed nearly $900 million to the sacred WHO. Your point, sir?

"Your recent coverage on the epidemic in China are exaggerated, full of irresponsible rumours and highly politicized."

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Police Scotland slammed for training 'brutal' Hong Kong regime cops

Police Scotland has been criticised for training officers from Hong Kong’s “brutal” and “aggressive” law enforcement regime.

Senior members of the Chinese city’s police force attended the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan Castle in Alloa. They took part in leadership courses, according to official documents.

The disclosure emerged as police authorities in the former British colony face fresh international criticism.

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‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ says Hong Kong activist after top court denies appeal bid by cops who assaulted him

Tsang, now a district councillor, said that he believed the officers would never have been brought to justice had the incident happened today. “Rule of law in Hong Kong is falling to the extent that it has decayed. No police officer is accountable for their evildoings. The seven of them might [all] walk free.”

He compared the circumstances of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement and the current social unrest in the city, saying that he had no idea how police brutality victims would be able to pursue legal action nowadays: “[Officers] are entitled to have their faces masked with no ID numbers and no ways to identify them. The police commissioner, and officers of all ranks in the force, are defending one another within the bureaucracy.”

The five cops completed prison terms ranging from 15 to 18 months. Tsang said their sentences were “lenient.”

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Italy gave China PPE to help with coronavirus — then China made them buy it back

After COVID-19 made its way to Italy, decimating the country’s significant elderly population, China told the world it would donate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to help Italy stop its spread. Reports later indicated that China had actually sold, not donated, the PPE to Italy. A senior Trump administration official tells The Spectator that it is much worse than that: China forced Italy to buy back the PPE supply that it gave to China during the initial coronavirus outbreak. ‘Before the virus hit Europe, Italy sent tons of PPE to China to help China protect its own population,’ the administration official explained. ‘China then has sent Italian PPE back to Italy — some of it, not even all of it … and charged them for it.’

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