HONG KONG – Journalists organizations are increasingly concerned that journalists covering the increasingly violent demonstrations in Hong Kong are being targeted by police action and sometimes protesters. Months of massive pro-democracy demonstrations in this semiautonomous city under Chinese authority have grown increasingly tense, as police have used water cannons and tear gas to disperse crowds, […]
A man recently released after serving jail time in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan for selling liquor with references to the 1989 Tiananmen massacre on the label has been ordered to leave his new home along with his family, RFA has learned. Teahouse proprietor Fu Hailu was found guilty of “picking quarrels and stirring […]
Disproportionate Response Seems Aimed to Deter Protests (New York) – The Hong Kong government’s broad ban on protesters wearing face masks is a disproportionate restriction on peaceful assembly rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the government had invoked emergency powers “to de-escalate the situation and to end the violence.” The ban on face masks […]
On September 9, 2019, the Torino Spazio Pubblico Volunteer Exchange was held at the Via Porrone 7 Bis Kindergarten in Turin. About 40 participants, including the Christians of Morning Star Association and volunteers from different groups, were present at the exchange, which promoted the friendship between them as well as the volunteer activities. At 6:00 […]
Thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Friday in protest at the Hong Kong government’s ban on the wearing of masks in public, which takes effect at midnight under emergency powers granted by colonial-era legislation. Chanting “Stand with Hong Kong!”, many of the crowd were in regular work clothes, but wore […]
To support Hong Kong’s protesters and denounce communist tyranny, 65 cities in 24 countries around the world held rallies on September 29. by Li Bei “Yesterday, it was Xinjiang and Tibet. Today, it is Hong Kong and Taiwan. Tomorrow, it will be the free world,” said delegates of Hong Kong protestors at a press conference on September […]