[First day of national security law: #HKers will not surrender]
1/ When #Beijing has defied social oppositions and enacted the sweeping #nationalsecuritylaw in #HK, The UK government has offered an important lifeboat by opening path to citizenship for #HKers.
1/ When #Beijing has defied social oppositions and enacted the sweeping #nationalsecuritylaw in #HK, The UK government has offered an important lifeboat by opening path to citizenship for #HKers.
2/ However, leaving the place where we grow up is just the last resort. More HKers pledge to continue our fight for liberty and democracy. Therefore, even for the first day that the national security law came into effect, hundred thousands protesters took to the street.
3/ Under the new law, Hongkongers are prone to no public trials, no bail, no jury trial, no rights to silence or even extradition to China’s courts. Judges involving in those cases have to be first screened by Beijing.
4/ While the Beijing-appointed city leader has powers to determine what behaviour or information should be viewed as imperilling national security without courts’ scrutiny. Over 300 protesters were arrested yesterday with 10 of them charged with a breach of the new law.
6/ As even ex-pats and foreign companies in HK may fall prey to the new law, the world needs to reconsider the human rights situations of the city. The draconian law can't kill our spirit of resistance!
