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I flew to Hong Kong to release

’s new World Report. This year it describes how the Chinese government is undermining the international human rights system. But the authorities just blocked my entrance to Hong Kong, illustrating the worsening problem. trib.al/dBDSWZa

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Despite my probing, the Hong Kong immigration authorities would say only (and repeatedly) that they were barring me for "immigration reasons." They wouldn't even own up to the real reason.

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In planning to release

's new World Report in Hong Kong, I wanted to spotlight Beijing’s deepening assault on international efforts to uphold human rights. The decision to bar me from HK vividly illustrates the problem. People in HK have it much worse.

Hong Kong Bars Human Rights Watch Head

Hong Kong authorities denied Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, entry to Hong Kong, where he had planned to launch the organization’s World Report 2020. “I had hoped to spotlight...

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I suppose I should be grateful to Hong Kong immigration authorities for this shoot-yourself-in-the-foot publicity for

's World Report release. I'm not grateful for the back-to-back ~16-hour flights in steerage class on Cathay between Hong Kong and New York.

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#SOSHK #HongKong

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We were in the process of developing a potential solution.

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Call it leverage or phase II.

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Can you speak out on #FreeAssangeNOW ? Much more that we can do, when our own governments are torturing a journalist.

கிருட்டிணன்-Krsna

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I request you to visit Kashmir and make a real ground report.

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#WhereTheFuckIsTheRussiaReport #WhatAboutTheAcruriInvestigation