Political prisoners are packing Hong Kong’s jails

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More than half of the people locked up since 2019 have been charged with unlawful assembly or possession of an offensive weapon, most commonly a laser pointer

published on May 23rd by Hong Kong Democracy Council, an activist group based in Washington, found that there are now 590 political prisoners in the territory, up from 26 in June 2019, the month that the protests started. Since then, more than 1,000 people have been sentenced for political reasons.

The situation continues to decline. On May 11th and 12th five high-profile activists, includingThe report defines a political prisoner as anyone incarcerated for speech or action relating to their political beliefs, for being a member of an organised political group, or on explicitly political charges. That includes offences under Hong Kong’s

 

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No freedom of speech in Hong Kong now.

Was it raining?

I think Clinton for the Brady bill and putting me in prison for three years for an unregistered fire arm five days out of the military.

Maybe they could deport them to the USA?

It is good to see peace restored, HK is finally on the right track

А что лазерная указка тоже является оружием? 😵

Still doesn’t compare to the prisons in america and so many social systems in free fall, time to focus on home on your own people, imagine what that would achieve for all your people.

In some countries people are locked up based on skin color. racism

TEXAS HAS A NO GUN LAW BUT ITS ONLY FOR NRA EVENT.

Ron DeSantis is trying to bring these sorts of authoritarian anti-protest laws to Florida

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