Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam bans protesters from wearing masks

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam uses emergency law to ban protesters from wearing masks during rallies to curb escalating violence

The pro-Beijing leader announced the expected decision today in a bid to put an end to the city's unrest. Carrie Lam said the mask ban would come into force on Saturday, adding: 'We must stop the violence'. The new rule was approved under colonial-era emergency powers introduced by British rulers in 1922.

 

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The AntiMaskLaw never helps escalating violence. EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance is only spreading whiteterror to HK citizens. Please StandwithHK against totalitarianism antimasklaw EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance !!! 5DemandsNot1Less that’s the solution to the situation!

Give me freedom or give me death HKPoliceTerrorism HKprotests

Carrie Lam used EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance which means CE power overriding legislative council. Hong Kong have no separation of powers, no check n balances & no rule of law. HKer worries on it more than AntiMaskLaw.

sam99061414 Please take a look at this to see who is the one turning HongKongProtest violent.

dkrdkln No more rule of law in Hong Kong. CCP and Hong Kong Government use lots of evil methods to suppress FreedomHK. StandwithHK

Please use 'Malefactors' to replace the word 'leader', then no further comment.

The Hong Kong government suppresses demonstrators, disregards the legal basis, and establishes laws to suppress democratic freedom.

Devil government

If protestors cannot wear mask , I believe police cannot wear either . There is no number on police custom , no ID card , no identity . Police now just cover their face without identity n use excessive violence without any Consequence..

we shall not fear for the government. the government should fear for their people vforvendetta FightForFreedomStandWithHongKong

Main dish is coming. HongKong HongKongHumanRightsAndDemocracyAct HongKongProtests HumanRights

HKers show our anger to this unjust Gov. this is tyranny, totalitarianism when Carrie Lam impose this law by pass the Legco, by pass all the democratic procedure. She is the dictator in HK now. LiberateHongKong

Seems like the law encourages more people with mask on the street

HongKong Hongkongers HongKongProtests HongKongProtesters AntiEmergencyLaw antitotalitarianism FightForFreedom StandWithHongKong HongKongHumanRightsAndDemocracyAct

Fight for freedom!

Any proves that the regulation is ever useful?

From CarrieLam 's view, 'Treasure HK & Stop Violence' and 'communication' are done by passing more totalitarian laws to suppress HK citizens. EmergencyLaw StandwithHK

she is just getting worse and worse

StandWithHongKong FightForFreedom fivedemanda October1st

A crazy act to implement Totalitarianism in a free international city HK ! What a pity hongkongers ! 😖😡

Hong Kong people will never give up. Using the emergency law is only breaking our rule of law

Carrie Lam, why don't you copy Canada's election system then? Why can't we choose our leader?

This is why Hong Kong people is outraged. The government is using the emergency law to empower themselves unlimitedly after shooting a teenage boy with a handgun and ignoring countless of peaceful march. The escalation of violence is not out of nowhere.

CarrieLam wants to escalate the violence, provoke the public, arrest anyone including kids, so to let CCP knows she has the ability to settle the problem and also smear HongKongProtesters. A lot of police pretend protestors to smash stores and MTR stations

Not only teens, but busienssmen, housewives and elerly came out. StandwithHK AntiMaskLaw

white terror!

Can you imagine you can be made redundant by joining these protests without masking? Here is the flow: 1. Pro-China thugs take picture of you and send to China. 2. China puts pressure on you company by forbidding business activities 3. You get redundant See Cathay Pacific!

Five demands, not one less!

Carrie is destroying Hong Kong.

hkemergencylaw give the chief executive a unlimited power to suppress HKers. Ban-Mask is just a part of it.

Police today randomly arrested people with young faces with masks. What is the sin of being young?

Emergency law is a further and critical step towards totalitarianism. The executive branch can make any laws it wants to fulfill their needs without going through the legislative branch.

Conflicts will only escalate feom now on.

Because her boss of Beijing really insisted... even with the loss of everything of HK StandwithHK

Hong Kong people will keep fighting for freedom. HongKong HongKongProtests HongKongProtesters FightForFreedom StandwithHK

Violation of human right! And this allows HKPF to do whatever they wish behind their mask with absolutely zero consequences.

EmergencyLaw not only focused on the protesters but also give the chief executive officer greatest force in any way .

MaskBan is the first step. Commissar Lam BloodyCarrie may implement more inappropriate law to achieve her political goal. LiberateHongKong GloryToHongKong

Seems like this lady cares about malfunctioned facilities than real human beings living under her oppression and tyranny... I bet this is why she always makes visits to facilities rather than protestors🥺

Carrie lam want to launch EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance . Where is the basic law? Where is the one country two systems? StandWithHongKong followbackhongkong FiveDemandsNotOneLess

she just open the pandora's box HKprotests HKHumanRightsandDemocracyAct

Carrie Lam is not doing self-reflections in herself and the Hong Kong government led by her. She is just covering the lies she told with more lies or mistakes

I agree that anti-mask law is just the first step from Carrie Lam's evil plan. We can expect there are many more ridiculous laws will be imposed shortly

FreeHongKong

Emergency law destroy rule of law

Five demands Not one less!!!

StandwithHK StandWithHongKong HongKongProtest AntiMaskLaw HongKongHumanRightsAndDemocracyAct EmergencyLaw HongKongPoliceTerrorism

CarrieLamisaLiar with no authority over its people due to her complete inability to comprehend, not to mention to control, the status quo of the city. She admitted that she would have resigned if Chinese state party had allowed her to do so. She's a torture for all Hongkongers!

Five demands, not one less!!!

While CarrieLam continues to oppress human rights in HongKong, her husband and kids who are UK citizens are now living in Europe enjoying the freedom! It is time for EU and UK to revoke their citizenship! HongKongProstests Totalitarianism chinazi

Carrie Lam started a war again. Why government dismissed civil servants to leave earlier and ask shopping malls to close once announced EmergencyRegulationOrdinance and AntiMaskLaw in hongkong? Because they did wrong thing to initiate Violence not stop it. followbackhongkong

AntiMaskLaw

AntiMaskBan

Crazy Goverment, Carrie Lam is leading the hole political system into totalitarianism

Ridiculous StandwithHK AntiMaskLaw FreeHongKong antiELABhk

Invocation of EmergencyLaw is a bigger issue than AntiMaskLaw & ExtraditionLaw combined it gives CarrieLam unlimited lawmaking power bypassing Legislative Council Death of SeparationofPowers Lam can ban press / internet & seize assets next De facto MartialLawInHongKong

She wanted to turn HK gov to a tyranny gov and control all the HK people! No way!! HumanitarianCrisis AntiMaskLaw antichinazi

Pass the HongKongHumanRightsAndDemocracyAct now!! HongKong

is she too naive thinking that banning masks can stop us from protesting?

Terrible

Stop burying your head in the sand. It’s BloodyCarrie and PoliceBrutality that makes the situation worse, not a mask.

This is a step of destroying our freedom of speech! FightForFreedom

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There is no constitutional basis for the Chief Executive to invoke the emergency law. Only the Legislature is empowered to enact new laws in Hong Kong.

BloodyCarrie is trying to push Hong Kong into a state of energency... StandwithHK HKHumanRightsandDemocracyAct

It’ll not threaten us. 5DemandsNotOneLess StandWithHongKong

The main pt of this incident is not only the AntiMaskLaw,but also the EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance ,which will allow Carrie Lam regulate the LAW THAT SHE THINK SUITABLE WITHOUT APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL!HK is RULE BY MAN NOT RULE BY LAW NOW!Hk is a tyranny now!!

Keoigg Anti-mask law is just a beginning. HongKong Government wants to use the Emergency Regulation Ordinance to suppress the freedom of Hongkongers . SOSHK BloodyCarrie HongKongProstest

she cannot stop us. the law cannot stop us!

it’s sad to watch out rule of law died...

The major problem is the Pandora's box has been opened. Once the first Emergency Law is enacted, CE has absolute authority to make ANY regulations to...

What CarrieLam does only adds fuel to the fire! Face the problem please, CarrieLam ! FiveDemandsNotOneLess

Heawo4 Every step she take is using fuel to put out a fire Hongkongprotests standwithhongkong followbackhongkong

Would friends from all over the world, plz reach out to us by supporting the HongKongHumanRightsAndDemocracyAct .

This is obviously not an attempt to solve the current crisis - Carrie is simply trying to create more chaos and more heartache.

Once the EmergencyLaw is adopted, the HK gov. will be granted with superior power to pass any law by skipping the usual legislative procedures. HumanRights and freedom in HK will be seriously threatened.

Hong Kong governemnt can now pass any laws they see fit to suppress the freedom fighters for her boss CCP chinazi

Funny, by doing this the government achieved the exact opposite. HongKong HongKongProtests

Emergency law is the evil, it makes Carrie Lam to be a dictator in HK. Also ruin the rule of law.

We r experiencing dictatorship, please help

She just cannot stop herself to anger HK people

FreeHongKong13 This unfortunately is not the right way to go. People have right to wear 😷. HongKonger resist! hkpolicebrutality HKprotests StandwithHK

Hong Kong is devaluing by Carrie Lam, she wishes HK no more an international city, but a city of China and 'rule-by-man' like China SOSHK AntiMaskLaw is just like adding fuel into the fire and it's just the first step, it’s definitely not a solution to the problem!

BeLightinHK Introducing another bad law to mask the consequences of the first bad law. This is not a way to deescalate the situation. Many fears by enacting emergency law, they can by pass our law making system , more bad laws on the horizon that further take away our freedom

Hong Kong government have never listened to the 5 demands of HK citizens. We will keep fighting for freedom! HongKongProstests HongKong hongkongpolicebrutality HongKongHumanRightsAndDemocracyAct

She silent whoever dissidents she has

The main concern is that Carrie Lam can bypass the legislation progress and set whatever rules she likes... rule of law no longer exist in Hong Kong... EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance

Emergency law is a pandora box . It gives Carrielam absolute power to follow ccp orders. She can bypass legco and court !!!

Carrie Lam is going to destroy Hong Kong. Once she used ERO, she can do whatever she wants eg suspend the internet service, freeze anyone’s money etc.... And she is pro-CCP... World, do you see her hidden agenda? Please support Hongkongers. StandwithHK AntiTotalitarianism

It is just the beginning. She used the emergency regulation ordinance (ERO) to invoke this law is an excuse to use the ERO for any other acts without the legislation procedures in the future, including the extradition bill we are fighting for to withdraw in the first place.

Keep suppressing. This is totalitarianism

FightForFreedom StandwithHK 5DemandsNot1Less DemocracyForHK HumanRights

In order to curb escalating violence, pls ban HongKongPolice wearing masks and show their badges while on duty. HKPoliceTerrorism SOSHK HKEmergencyLaw

The government can use this as precedent to pass whatever evil laws they want in the future. We will NOT tolerate it. HongKongProtest

It’s futile to stop the protesters but to escalate their opposition. Oppression is not a way to tackle the present situation. Carrie Lam should step down for her incapability.

The emergency law allows the chief executive to bypass the normal legislative process. AntiMaskLaw is just a starter. More draconian bans in the name of law could be lurking around the corner. HongKong has now turned into a totalitarian sovereignty.

Hong Kong people, freedom loving people won’t be afraid! We won’t destroy with no reason. For those companies standing with dictatorship, we will never forgive! passHKHumanRightsDemocracyAct 5DemandsNot1Less HongKongProstest

Five demands Not one less

Rule of Law is dead, '1 country, 2 systems' is dead. She can just do whatever she wants to benefit her or CCP regime by invoking the EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance.

Hk police kills us!

As admitted by Carrie Lam yesterday, anti-Mask Law is merely a start of the disastrous fall of HK legislature system.

The destruction of rule of law and taking away human right and freedom of Hong Kong

SadFrom69 彼女はデモ隊をかなり怖がっている。たかがマスクにしがみつく香港の裏切り者❗️

With emergency law, HK has completely lose her autonomy and 1 country 2 systems. No more Rule of Law. CCP’s puppet Carrie Lam can make whatever law she wants without any legislative process. She can ban the internet or even ban journalists. SOSHK HongKong

Please! HongKongers need your help. Don’t think that you are not important at all. That’s not true, please just do something to save HK.

Now she can change the law, arbitrarily. CCP way to “solve the problem” - suppress who points them out. This is why we fight for freedom and this won’t stop us!

CarrieLam enacts anti-mask law by invoking Emergency Regulation Ordinance, bypassing standard legislative procedures. Hong Kong has entered de facto emergency state. It’s dangerous as HK gov’t can enact any laws to suppress freedoms of Hongkongers.

Carrie lam the sinner

A very damaging move of the HK Government. It is time for Hongkongers to rebel. Please stand with us.

Stupid government used 4 months to investigate the application of an useless law by an evil way chinazi FridayFeeling FridayMotivation FridayThoughts HongKongProtest

KaHoLam7 Emergency law must NOT be enacted! HKers’ freedom is being deprived and who knows what’s next. StandWithHongKong HongKongProtest

this is the way how Hong Kong becomes next of China, not freedom of speech, everything is under government control

Not solving the problem

It won’t stop us. We will continue to march on and fight for democracy and freedom which we deserve.

AntiMask law is just a start, the colonial-era emergency law destroy rule of law and replace by dictatorship. All freedom and rights will be deprived. Assets and organisation, press will be controlled. HK will be like Xinjiang. AntiMaskLaw

Carrie Lam is using her unlimited powers from emergency ordinance to bypass legislative council. She can basically pass ANY law she wants. Banning face mask is just a first step, what will be next? SOSHK

Carrie Lam can override laws in Hong Kong, no more freedom and autonomy in Hong Kong. StandwithHonKong freehk HongKong HongKongProtests AntiMaskLaw

The act is going to escalate violence by the police!! And the emergency law is giving Carrie Lam the rights to bypass Legislative Council to pass any laws that she’d like to!! it’s Totalitarian ruling !!!

The gov will pay the price for her brutality and violence in oppressing her people. AntiMaskLaw FreeHongKong

With Emergency Act, the CE can pass all the laws she wants! Totalitarian!

SolomonYue

The freedom will be exploited step by step. Hong Kong is ruling by chinazi, not by law. FightForFreedom StandwithHonKong HongKongProtest

Hong Kong Government is insane! She bypasses the lawmakers, she can issue any laws she want. Please stand with HongKonger!

Carrie Lam always chooses the bad way to handle the protest. I know not only protesters hate her but also pro-China supporters

CCP sent liberate army to Hong Kong, Hong Kong is military government and one country one system now. Bloody crackdown, injured & death is coming... International community must stop CCP chinazi StandWithHongKong

She is just making more anger and more protests in HK

She is approved by CCP to abuse power & overwrite law making process in HK. The absolute power will kill us all & turn HK into a dead end. ChiNazi👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

If I feel sick,I cannot protect myself and other people around me because of this law.end Also ,my money will be lost because of this .

Carrie Lam is starting a war again. How worst does she want to push the situation to be? AntiMaskLaw EmergencyLaw StandWithHongKong

Riots can be sentenced to 10years jail and they are still not afraid of it and go out to fight for their future. How could an anti-mask law, with maximum sentence to 1 year, stopping them from fight?

She bypasses the lawmakers, she can issue any laws she want. Please stand with HongKonger!

Using emergency law means that Carrie Lam can do whatever she wants, like dissolving the legislative council and controlling the internet, even though they may be against the Basic Law.

Without justice and real democracy, dialogue is a joke. LiarCarrieLam

She invokes the emergency powers by banning face masks which bypassed the LegCo, literally enhance the resentment of citizens and further deprive the rights of people. Tonight, there’s a war in our home. Please stand with HK. HKprotests RevolutionNow

Today, the emergency law use to ban AntiMaskLaw Tmr, the freedom will be exploited step by step chinazi ruled people , not by law

She is just making more anger and trigger more protests. And the emergency ordinance just allow her to do what she want 😡 tyranny

The most stupid government. Are they living out of the Earth for serval months FridayThoughts StandwithHK

They’ll just put makeup on. Have a load of Jokers running around.

Good luck with that !!

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