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The past 48 hours in Hong Kong, a thread... (1/8)
On Thursday, Andy Chan, leader of a pro-HK independence party, was arrested at the airport hongkongfp.com/2019/08/30/lea… (2/8)
(The Hong Kong National Party was banned in September of last year: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong…) (3/8)
On Friday morning, Joshua Wong, one of the leaders of the Umbrella Movement, was arrested -- or rather, pushed into a private car driven by police hongkongfp.com/2019/08/30/bre… (4/8)
At the same time, another member of Demosisto, Agnes Chow, was arrested at her home hongkongfp.com/2019/08/30/bre… (5/8)
In both cases, the arrest was for offences allegedly committed two months ago (6/8)
This evening (HK time), three other members of the Legislative Council (Au Nok Hin, Jeremy Tam, and Cheung Chung-tai) have all been arrested (hongkongfp.com/2019/08/30/bre…) (7/8)
At some point, the non-permanent judges on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, including current and future @UKSupremeCourt presidents Baroness Hale and Lord Reed, will have to decide whether HK is a polity governed by the rule of law (8/8)
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