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Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯

@benedictrogers

Sep 9, 2023

#BREAKING:

This story is huge - especially coming just weeks after @JamesCleverly's Beijing visit.

🇬🇧 needs to act urgently, robustly and comprehensively.

thetimes.co.uk/article/britis…

Quoted in this extraordinary story, alongside my friend @lukedepulford and @ipacglobal and others.

The infiltration and influence campaign by #China's #XiJinping #CCP regime in 🇬🇧 and the free world is way more pervasive and penetrative than we realise, and it's time we woke up

No surprise that among those this person targeted were @TomTugendhat & @aliciakearns, who have been at the forefront of efforts to counter #China's #CCP #XiJinping regime, both its repression at home and aggression abroad, & whose voices now need to be listened to very seriously

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Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯

@benedictrogers

Apr 12, 2023

THREAD: People have asked why I am silent about the controversy regarding His Holiness the #DalaiLama, which broke just over a week after I had privilege of an audience with him

I've decided to comment now, in this thread, because of my love for His Holiness and #Tibet/

I have a simple but profound principle - I try never to comment on something unless and until I feel confident that I understand the full picture and context

In our day and age, especially in the West, we're too quick to speak and too slow to think & reflect & try to understand/

A good friend and mentor to me had an expression: "I want to have open ears, open eyes, an open mind and an open heart, before having an open mouth".

I think that's a good principle to have /

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Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯

@benedictrogers

Apr 18, 2022

THREAD: I want to share a few reflections & principles about why - & how - I try to support #HongKong's #FightForFreedom, have done so for the past 8 years

1. The most important point is that I have never, ever claimed to represent #HongKongers. All I try to do is support /

2. #HongKongers are among the most courageous, intelligent, creative, articulate, eloquent, brilliant people I know, and they're more than capable for speaking for themselves. I don't speak on their behalf, ever - I merely try to speak in support of and solidarity with them/

And why? For the following reasons:

1. #HongKong was once my home, it was where I began my career as a journalist & activist, & so I believe I have a responsibility to help fight for its future /

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Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯

@benedictrogers

Mar 20, 2022

What an honour. A full page in #HongKong's #CCP Ta Kung Pao

First they deny me entry

Then they send me, my neighbours, mother & employers threats, lobby UK MPs to try to silence me, and send fake emails

Then they threaten me under #NationalSecurityLaw

Now it's Ta Kung Pao :)

To break it down, bit by bit, here's the first part :)

My response: if speaking out for the freedoms, democracy, human rights, rule of law & autonomy which #HongKong was promised under an international treaty and which #CCP has betrayed is a crime, then I plead very, very guilty

I did live in #HongKong for the first five years after the handover, from 1997-2002, where I worked as a journalist.

I love #HK and #HongKongers

If criticising #CCP and its quislings in HK is a crime, then I plead guilty - but guilty of telling the truth, not guilty of smearing

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Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯

@benedictrogers

Mar 19, 2022

@RoOT_film

A huge privilege to be at the totally packed London premiere of @RoOT_film, a profoundly moving & powerful film about #HongKong's #FightForFreedom, & Q&A with the courageous director afterwards

Huge congratulations to @nathanlawkc @HKFF_UK /

It was deeply moving to sing Glory to Hong Kong at the end & give the director standing applause along with hundreds of wonderful #HongKongers

This film is banned in #HongKong & I probably committed another #NationalSecurityLaw crime by going to see it, but I highly recommend it

@RoOT_film

I urge everyone who has the opportunity to go see @RoOT_film

#StandWithHongKong

m.imdb.com/title/tt150491…

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Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯

@benedictrogers

Jan 14, 2022

@ReginaIplau

THREAD: Some reflections on @ReginaIplau very kind tribute to my work & that of @hk_watch, which is much appreciated

However:

1. I was denied entry to #HongKong by #CCP in Oct 2017. So if she wants to draw parallels between me & #ChristineLee, perhaps UK should expel Ms Lee? /

2. The parallel, however, is ridiculous. I do not live in #HongKong, I have not influenced anyone in #HK, I have not donated any money to anyone in HK. I have merely expressed opinions & conducted advocacy in support of the wishes of #HongKongers.

In contrast to Ms Lee/

3. Ms Lee has allegedly donated funds to political parties in UK, gained access to Parliament, and, it seems, may have spied and lied on behalf of the #CCP

I have never even visited Legco in #HongKong (I went to old Legco when I lived there from 1997-2002 but that's different)/

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