Hong Kong: what next?

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More shit in the endless torrent of shameful shit

Stand News was founded against the background that editorial autonomy in Hong Kong’s newsroom was shrinking, Lam said, but the digital news outlet vowed to “speak up for the powerless, the marginalised and the minority,” even in face of “condemnation and attacks.”

“I believe the main reason that Stand News could survive for seven years was because readers wanted to read the news that was truly not influenced by corporations, powers or political parties,” Lam’s letter read.

Stand News trial: 2 Hong Kong journalists found guilty of sedition

Two former chief editors of defunct outlet Stand News have been found guilty of sedition.

hongkongfp.com

 

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One of the articles deemed seditious criticised usage of the sedition law

 

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A look at the umbrella protests, 10 years on

Soon a vast self-sufficient tent city took over the Admiralty district. Other camps formed in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay. Volunteer groups took care of provisions, sanitation, and tutoring of students, while calling for Beijing to reverse its plans and for Hong Kong’s chief executive, CY Leung, to step down.

Tony*, then a “regular office worker”, joined the camp in his lunch breaks and evenings. He describes what he saw as “astonishing”.

“It was a completely new Hong Kong, a beautiful Hong Kong that I had never seen before. We saw Hong Kong people were really passionate about democracy, about their future and having a say in how the city is run.”

‘I was so naive’: 10 years after Umbrella protests, Hongkongers remember China’s crackdown

Anniversary of pro-democracy demonstration takes place in city where protest has been largely criminalised and activists silenced

www.theguardian.com

I visited the camp a lot of times and felt the same as Tony, everything was so well-run and people were so passionate and hopeful that it seemed absurd that these people were being refused the simple demand to be allowed to choose their own leaders, as they had been promised

 

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Yet more disgusting, shameful news from Hong Kong - long prison sentences for dozens of pro-democracy activists, journalists, and politicians who didn't do anything wrong

“I think that this case will be seen by many in the international community as the final nail in the coffin for the rule of law in Hong Kong,” he said.

Dozens of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders Sentenced in Mass Trial

The 45 defendants, including Joshua Wong, were at the forefront of the opposition movement crushed by Beijing. Many had already been in jail for years.

www.nytimes.com

 

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(replacing the 'heart' part of the character for 'love' in 'I love Hong Kong' turns it from a traditional character used in Hong Kong to a simplified one used in mainland China, the words in red say 'China')

 

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Hong Kong has finally convicted people involved in the mob attack on protesters at Yuen Long station - they convicted some of the people who were attacked, for allegedly provoking the mob

Prosecutors accused former legislator Lam Cheuk-ting and the six other defendants of provoking members of a group of about 100 men armed with wooden poles and metal rods who attacked protesters and bystanders at a train station. The men, all clad in white shirts, in contrast with the black worn by protesters, claimed to be protecting their homeland in Yuen Long, a residential district in Hong Kong's New Territories.

Dozens of people, including Lam, were injured in the violence, a key chapter that escalated the protest movement as the public criticized police for their delayed response. The landmark ruling could shape the city's historical narrative of the incident.

Hong Kong court convicts 7 men, including ex-lawmaker, of rioting during 2019 protests

A Hong Kong judge on Thursday convicted seven people, including a pro-democracy former lawmaker, of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the city’s anti-government protests in July 2019

abcnews.go.com