Hongkonger waiting at midnight to buy the last printed copy of Apple Daily. Photo by Stand news.
The last printed copy of Apple Daily will be published on 24 June 2021, marks the end of the 26 year of the newspaper. Apple Daily says they are printing 1,000,000 copies.
“The world needs to change – it needs to change right now, and it’s up to us to change it” was my vision of life shaped by the overwhelming
If you think Hong Kong protesters are so "violent" and going so far, please read this. You will understand why we need to stand firm and fight back.
"What would you do? Stay safe by remaining a peaceful protester who cuts ties with any civil disobedience? Well, be prepared to get your grey hair dyed red by pepper spray with no warning (or blue by water cannon dye that causes chemical burns), even if you’re in a legal demonstration; or be stabbed at your local Lennon Wall where you merely wanted to put up a poster.
One more police vehicle rams full speed towards protesters and pedestrians alike.
What would you do? Stay safe by not joining any kind of protest altogether? Well, be prepared to get rounded up in random mass arrests when you were only shopping at your favourite mall; or see your kids who left home for school lined up with their hands behind their heads, with a wall in their face and a police gun in their back.
One more student is shot at point-blank range.
What would you do? Would you insist on abiding by the law, even when the law-enforcers do not? Would you condemn the radical actions of heartbroken parents who swear to avenge the countless victims of police brutality? Or would you stand up to the uniform-wearing criminals who are killing innocent children on the streets, even if it meant breaking the law?
The people of Hong Kong have made a choice. The world needs to change – it needs to change right now, and it’s up to us to change it."
Four people were arrested on Thursday in relation to Spark Alliance, a non-profit group that raises money to provide financial aid to Hong K
Hong Kong Free Press: Spark Alliance is one of the largest crowd-funded initiatives in support of pro-democracy protesters, with the money going towards living subsidies and covering legal and medical costs. The group is estimated to have collected about HK$80 million in the past six months, police say.
The #HongKong Confederation of Trade Unions, a 31-year-old pro-democracy labour coalition, announced its decision to disband on Sunday. Some members received threats to their physical safety, its chairperson Wong Nai-yuen said. A resolution to disband passed its executive committee and will be voted on again by its member groups at an extraordinary meeting slated for Oct. 3. Until then, four will remain on its executive committee, including Wong, Leo Tang, Chung Chung-fai, and Lee Cheuk-yan, who is serving a prison sentence over offences related to the 2019 protests. Photos: Kyle Lam/#HKFP #World #UnitedStates #Canada #UnitedKingdom #Australia #newzeland #Japan #southkorea #EuropeanUnion #India #Thailand #Myanmar #indonesia #Malaysia #singapore #Google #yahoo #msn #YouTube (在 Hong Kong) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUAt6ybvcsM/?utm_medium=tumblr
#HKFP Lens: Darkness in the park – Three decades of #HongKong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil: https://bit.ly/3fRJSPg - HKFP looks back on the Victoria Park commemorations.(在 Hong Kong) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPuWvWCgc5w/?utm_medium=tumblr
Exclusive: Why Hong Kong political artist Kacey Wong is optimistic despite the looming threat of censorship — Hong Kong Free Press
Exclusive: Why Hong Kong political artist Kacey Wong is optimistic despite the looming threat of censorship — Hong Kong Free Press
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— by Rhoda Kwan: In an exclusive live interview with HKFP, artist Kacey Wong has said that the future of Hong Kong dissident art will be new, alternative platforms, adding that the national security law will only galvanise creativity in Hong Kong…