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11 Oct, 9 tweets, 3 min read
STAND UP FOR HONG KONG🇭🇰
#StandWithHongKong

1/ Dark days ahead for media freedom in Hong Kong
 
Freedom of expression is a crucial and universal human right; recognised by international organisations including the United Nations.
2/ It’s the job of journalists to shine a light on the authorities that govern us to hold them to account for their actions. Yet, in Hong Kong, media freedom is facing the gravest of threats...
3/ ...A new accreditation process has been introduced which has the capability to stifle vital coverage of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement entirely and instantly.

independent.co.uk/news/hong-kong…
4/ The new accreditation rules will mean that only journalists approved by the Hong Kong police will be able to report on the democracy movement in Hong Kong.

Shockingly, even these select few will be barred from attending media briefings; and...
5/ ....while they can cover street events, they could be subject to criminal charges for offences such as attending an illegal assembly or violating social-distancing rules, accusations commonly used by the police to obstruct anyone who stands against their brutality.
6/ The journalist who reported on the shocking and brutal arrest of a 12 year old girl had their journalist status stripped.
7/ These acts will continue to be committed, only in the dark, as this accreditation scheme blinds the world to the injustices occurring on a daily basis in Hong Kong.
8/ Journalists in Hong Kong shine a light on the brutal activities of the authorities so that the rest of the world knows what is happening. That light is slowly dimming and we cannot allow it to go out forever.

independent.co.uk/news/hong-kong…
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11 Oct
GOOD LAW PROJECT @GoodLawProject

1/ The Government has at last accepted it must review its outdated energy policy that has allowed fossil fuel projects to be forced through.

drive.google.com/file/d/1etdyPg…
2/ This important concession from Government, which can be read here, followed judicial review proceedings launched by Good Law Project in March alongside noted environmentalists Dale Vince and George Monbiot.

drive.google.com/file/d/1etdyPg…
3/ The policy in question was published back in 2011 and sets out the Government’s strategy for meeting the energy needs of the country....
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11 Oct
The Good Law Project @GoodLawProject

1/ A lobbying firm run by allies of Dominic Cummings was handed a contract worth ÂŁ900,000 to conduct public opinion polling on the coronavirus pandemic.
2/ The contract was awarded to Hanbury Strategy without any advertisement or competitive tender process...
3/ ...And it was awarded to Hanbury despite the fact that - as our sworn evidence discloses - Hanbury was ill-suited to do the bulk of the work and would have had to subcontract it to others...
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4 Oct 2020

PIP & ESA video assessment trials have started

DWP have begun trialling video assessments for personal independence payment, DWP minister Therese Coffey, told Work & Pensions Committee on Weds 30 Sept
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/5c…
2/ Coffey was able to provide very few details, except that
“We did try to get some extra capital on video assessments. We weren’t successful in getting additional money, so we have reprioritised some of our capital budget to get that underway.”
3/ John Paul Marks, a senior civil servant at the DWP was able to provide the committee with a little more information....
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11 Oct
benefitsandwork.com
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1/ PIP assessments now being audio recorded* (see update)

4 October 2020

* In the last newsletter we told you that IAS (Atos) began audio recording all PIP telephone assessments from 21 September.
2/ ...*This was based on evidence that Therese Coffey, secretary of state for work & pensions, gave the Work & Pensions Committee on 30 September

However, the DWP have now informed us that claimants must ask to have their assessment recorded, it will not be done automatically...
3/ *... You are likely to need to arrange this in advance. The earlier you request a recording the better, as a new appointment may need to be arranged...
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11 Oct
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6 Oct 2020

Previously unseen PIP & ESA documents

1/Benefits & Work has begun working through hundreds of pages of guidance &training relating to PIP & WCA telephone assessments that have been published on the What Do they Know website
2/ The guidance includes previously unseen information that could make the difference between winning and losing an appeal about failing to be present for a telephone assessment...
3/ Benefits and Work has heard from numerous people with experiences like this:

“Capita did not call. My appointment was at 11.45, I waited & no call was received. I phoned them at 1215hrs & was told that I had failed to attend for my assessment & that they had called 3 times”
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11 Oct
STAND WITH HONG KONG🇭🇰
#StandWithHongKong

What can you do?

1/ By keeping an eye out for developments in Hong Kong, you’re already part of an international community that monitors & ensures Hongkongers aren’t forgotten or left behind

Please consider amplifying our voices by...
2/ Please consider amplifying our voices by: 

1) Following us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube).

2) Tweeting about Hong Kong with #StandWithHongKong.
3/ Asking your political representative(s) to call out China for disregarding Hong Kong's autonomy and breaching the Joint Declaration.
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