STATEMENT: Hong Kong’s prisoners of conscience deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
Wednesday 20th April – A group of prominent academics have joined forces to nominate five imprisoned Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The nominees represent a diverse range of communities united in their effort to resist the Chinese Communist Party directed crackdown on freedom and liberty in Hong Kong.
The group of academics wrote that the “nominees have chosen to be prisoners of conscience rather than to accept the crushing of human rights and the affront to human dignity that a new National Security Law has visited upon Hong Kong.”
The nomination effort was organised in conjunction with the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting freedom, democracy and the rule of law inside Hong Kong and around the region.
CFHK president, Mark L. Clifford, said:
“China wants the world to believe that it has succeeded, that resistance is futile. But the Nobel Prize nominees show that it is possible to stand up to a totalitarian regime.
“China’s crackdown in Hong Kong is a warning for free places everywhere.”
The group of academics wrote that the “nominees have chosen to be prisoners of conscience rather than to accept the crushing of human rights and the affront to human dignity that a new National Security Law has visited upon Hong Kong.”
The nomination effort was organised in conjunction with the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting freedom, democracy and the rule of law inside Hong Kong and around the region.
CFHK president, Mark L. Clifford, said:
“China wants the world to believe that it has succeeded, that resistance is futile. But the Nobel Prize nominees show that it is possible to stand up to a totalitarian regime.
“China’s crackdown in Hong Kong is a warning for free places everywhere.”
About CFHK
The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong presses for political and economic consequences for China’s failure to keep its promises to respect Hong Kong’s freedoms; supports the rule of law, freedom of expression, and the release of political prisoners; and urges the business community to stand against China’s assault on freedom and the danger it poses to Hong Kong’s status as an international financial centre. Hong Kong’s fate is linked to the preservation of freedom, democracy, and international law in the region and around the world.
For more information, please contact:
media@thecfhk.org
www.thecfhk.org
@thecfhk
The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong presses for political and economic consequences for China’s failure to keep its promises to respect Hong Kong’s freedoms; supports the rule of law, freedom of expression, and the release of political prisoners; and urges the business community to stand against China’s assault on freedom and the danger it poses to Hong Kong’s status as an international financial centre. Hong Kong’s fate is linked to the preservation of freedom, democracy, and international law in the region and around the world.
For more information, please contact:
media@thecfhk.org
www.thecfhk.org
@thecfhk