1/ By changing the wording of the offence, Beijing clearly plans to target human rights bodies or activist groups like us, which have been submitting reports on human rights backlashes to international bodies, testifying against police brutality & authoritarian rules on hearings.
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3/ However, the law still has far-flung impacts since the scope often covers journalists, booksellers, academics and businessmen when China uses the same charge in Mainland China. For example, journalist Gao Yu was accused of colluding with foreign forces.
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4/ Just because after she sent a CCP’s policy paper "Document Number Nine” that has already been widely shared online. Besides, the bookseller Gui Minhai was sentenced to 10-year jail on the same offence after he sold book critical of CCP’s leadership.
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5/ Beijing also suppressed the
#MeToo
movement in China by threatening to charge organizers of colluding with foreign forces. Under the ill-defined law, secret trial and notorious black jail, the law still has grave impacts on civil society and business communities.Show this thread -
6/ More importantly, the penalty under the new offence is heavier since detainees may face life imprisonment or even
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7/ Hence, the new offence is a new weapon to frame and silence dissidents, especially in this global city with more international connections and ex-pats. To safeguard the vibrancy of civil society,
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8/ With its force and fear, Beijing may crush our bones, imprison our bodies, but can never silence the people's spirit of resistance. When China sinks its claws over the city's liberty, we hope the world can stand with Hong Kong once again.
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