5 June 2025
3 June 2025
British Detainees and the Legal Right to Consular Assistance
Committee Room 18, House of Commons
Since 2019, the ongoing national security crackdown in Hong Kong has resulted in the imprisonment of more than 1,900 political prisoners, aged 13 to 76, roughly half of whom are still behind bars. The CFHK Foundation campaigns to secure the release of all political prisoners in Hong Kong, each of whom is a testament to the liberty the city has lost. Here are their stories:
#HongKong has enacted new prison visit rules to further isolate 'national security' prisoners – most of whom are in for ‘political’ crimes
@amnesty research shows in 80% of National Security Law cases suspect should not have been charged
Gov’t denies using new prison rules after visitor allegedly barred from seeing inmate jailed for...
The Correctional Services Department (CSD) has not used tightened prison rules to ban any visitors or impose any r...
hongkongfp.com
1/ Yesterday, the @SenateForeign @SFRCdems' subcommittee hosted a hearing on #HongKong’s democracy & human rights—five years after Beijing’s judicial takeover with witnesses @OliviaEnos, @_joeysiu, @SophieDRich & @caoilfhionnanna. A thread on the highlights⬇️
In #HongKong, writing on a toilet wall is now a matter of national security. 🤡
Hong Kong teen arrested for allegedly writing ‘seditious words’ in commercial building toilet
A Hong Kong teenager has been arrested and charged after he allegedly wrote “seditious” messages in the toilet ...
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Thank you @RepMoylan for cosponsoring the Hong Kong Judicial Sanctions Act (HR733). It was an honor to meet w/ your office earlier to discuss #HongKong issues & we are grateful for your support. We will continue to push on the legislation to hold responsible individuals…
5 years from #YuenLongAttack, we remember & salute the bravery of #GwynethHo, who was instrumental in bringing the truth of the #China / #HK state-sponsored violence to light through her reporting for #StandNews
Read her story:
The Gwyneth Ho Story: a young journalist who quit the BBC to make a stand for Hong Kong - The...
This blog is authored by Howard Zhang, a former BBC reporter and editor for nearly 24 years. He was head
thecfhk.org
1/ Under Police Commissioner Joe Chow, #HongKong is rapidly catching up with #China as a #surveillancestate deploying huge resources to restrict #HongKongers' basic rights
This is why we support @committeeonccp calls for @StateDept to sanction him
Hong Kong to add 4,000 sets of surveillance cameras within 2 years
The Hong Kong Police Force will add a total of 4,000 sets of surveillance cameras across the city within two y...
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Important from @yingyuchen9 on impact of #Boston jury decision to acquit a man accused of being a #China agent despite strong evidence of him harassing & intimidating @thecfhk's @frances_hui & other #HongKong democracy activists
#TransnationalRepression
How China hounds pro-democracy activists in Boston - The Boston Globe
Dissidents in exile in the US face surveillance, harassment, and sometimes threats from agents linked to the Chinese government.
www.bostonglobe.com
6 years ago today: here's how the #YuenLongAttack unfolded.
It wasn’t just thugs with rods, it was state-enabled terror against innocent protesters. A night when the #HongKong police abandoned their duty & their dignity but #HK reporters like #GwynethHo showed the value of…
The squeeze on freedom of information and expression in #HongKong continues as the authorities lean on the House of Hong Kong Literature’s book fair and force it to close.
Such a shame to see this happening to #HK's once vibrant literary scene.
Hong Kong literary organisation calls off book fair, citing ‘factors beyond our control’
A Hong Kong literary organisation has said it was forced to call off a book fair, citing “factors beyond our ...
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👏👏@michaelcaster for highlighting dangers of foreign owners taking outsized stakes in 🇬🇧 media
In #HK, the #CCP has overseen the sharpest decline in #PressFreedom ever seen by @RSF_inter
The UK would certainly be unwise to allow #China apologist John Thornton - whose advisory…
#China must not be allowed to seize narrative influence over UK media or its global distribution, @article19org urges House of Lords to block Chinese influence and halt foreign media ownership https://www.article19.org/resources/uk-house-of-lords-must-block-chinese-influence-and-halt-foreign-media-ownership/