Thread by @ThomasVLinge

Today is a very sad day for #HongKong and the broader free world. In the early morning #Beijing passed the National Security Law, so early that not even Carrie Lam has been able to read it yet.

HK is in the process of becoming another normal Chinese city apnews.com/b50a256d97b719…

#HongKong: following the passing of the Security Law the pro-democracy @demosisto party, which was founded following the 2014 Umbrella Revolution has been disbanded.

faces like Joshua Wong and Nathan Law will run in the next elections as independents

https://twitter.com/demosisto/status/1277862419080060928?s=19

This cartoon is being shared a lot on #HongKong forums

#HongKong: for the first time ever since the handover the yearly July 1st pro-democracy protest march by the Civil Human Rights Front has been banned by the police

#HongKong: one day after the Security Law was passed protesters are back on the streets of the city.

Someone can be seen waving a flag depicting Edward Leung, the political prisoner who came up with the chant "Free Hong Kong, revolution of our times!"

#HongKong: HK police have already made their first arrest in relation to the Security Act.

#Beijing has made it clear it will crack down hard on anything it considers to be pro-secessionist

https://twitter.com/hkpoliceforce/status/1278201222457987073?s=19

#HongKong: another bad night for the free press as reporters are being knocked down and pepper-sprayed by HK police

Welcome to the new #HongKong

#HongKong: one by one protesters are picked off the streets by HK police and taken away.

Once in custody they could face 3 to 10 years prison, or even longer if the government considers them to be "secessionists" or "terrorists"

#HongKong: trigger happy cops chasing protesters

Will these #HongKong grannies be considered terrorists as well?

#HongKong: a police water cannon knocked down a reporter while he was covering the protests.

The reporter was taken to hospital but did not suffer any serious injuries

#HongKong: over 300 people have been arrested today for protesting.

Here are some of those arrested being taken away. No protective gear, no gas masks, no hardhats, these were just peaceful protesters