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More than a million people protested in #HongKong’s narrow streets Sunday against HK government proposal to legalize kidnapping to mainland #China—the largest public protest since 1997 Handover+1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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#NoToChinaExtradition
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/09/world/asia/hong-kong-extradition-protest.html …pic.twitter.com/nPlB0EoKic
Protest means 1 of 7 citizens in streets—with #HongKong’s undemocratic system, the only way to oppose #ExtraditionLaw threatening HK’s role as a “safe harbor” from #China.
Background on bad bill+why HK gov must withdraw it by Martin Lee in @washingtonpost
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/15/this-may-be-chinas-worst-assault-yet-rule-law-hong-kong/?outputType=amp …pic.twitter.com/9sXT6RD1qm
The protest is an unprecedented rebuke of Carrie Lam, #HongKong chief executive hand-picked by Beijing; it vindicates pro-democracy leaders of all ages who long warned without a democratic system #HumanRights
+the rule of law are imperiled;
@HRW’s letter:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/28/letter-hrw-hk-chief-executive-carrie-lam …pic.twitter.com/FdXZjeGAhy
Protests have been building—not just in #HongKong but in 30 cities around the world including Paris, Toronto, London, Brussels, Taipei+Sydney. All places with strong Hong Kong support including governments+ordinary people.
New York City protest kicking off in Times Square now!pic.twitter.com/0mvepGLrrC
Global chambers of commerce led by @AmChamHK condemn #ExtraditionLaw as overturning safe business climate
US Congressional-Executive Commission on China @CECCgov said “#HongKong’s future hangs in the balance”
@SecPompeo said HK rule of law “under threat”https://amp.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3010590/us-secretary-state-mike-pompeo-weighs-hong-kong-extradition …
Million-citizen march smashes false old claim #HongKong people don’t care about democracy+#HumanRights.
Global democracies need to come to HK’s defense+understand every goal with #China will be unachievable if Hong Kong does not remain free; @wang_maya: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/opinion/article-in-the-storm-hong-kong-holds-fast-to-its-umbrella/ …pic.twitter.com/eQ6aa3nR4A
Hong Kong people: fight for your HUMAN RIGHTS.!
The Government expert at playing with figures. When the Wanchai, Causeway Bay, Tin Hau, Tsimshatsui & Mongkok MTR stations all blocked, they made sure that the no. of demonstrators capped at a certain level.
It must be dim sum of low mien amongst the bureaucratic PingPong clique inside the West & South Sea compound near aptly named Forbidden city...which is forever scared of "free" HongKong City....
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