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Maya Wang 王松蓮

2 months

I wrote about the terrifying loss of freedom in #HongKong , drawing parallels to Xinjiang & asks the world not to look away. Read on @nytimes :

Opinion | Hong Kongers Are Purging the Evidence of Their Lost Freedom

As Beijing cracks down, Hong Kongers are purging evidence of their lost liberties.

www.nytimes.com

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

2 years

China's political environment at a glance, by brilliant (and in exile) #HongKong illustrator Ah To (阿塗):

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

Breaking: Tony Chung, convenor of pro-independent Studentlocalism, is reportedly arrested for "inciting separatism" after national security officers searched his home (source: Facebook). Chung disbanded Studentlocalism prior to the implementation of the National Security Law.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

Outrageous. #Hongkongers will never forget this:

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

2 years

China is a country which could have been but didn't. Remember #TiananmenSquareMassacre on June 4.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

Folks in the west, it's scary to see the epidemic coming & your politicians aren't prepared, but pls refrain from concluding that govts like China are doing a better job because they are authoritarian. 1/5

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

#HongKong is in crackdown mode. Pressing public broadcaster to drop political satire program, arresting elected pro-democratic official for the incredible crime of "seditious intent" (for a Facebook post!). It's betting nobody pays attention during #COVID2019

Ezra Cheung

@ezracheungtoto

4 years

Public broadcaster RTHK has faced increasing pressure from pro-Beijing politicians. Its director, Leung Ka-wing, was summoned by several CPPCC National Committee members, forcing him to cancel two shows, HK Connection and Headliner. #HongKongProtests

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

Imagine the Chinese Communist Party takes over New York, kicks out your fav senators/representatives, cancels Saturday Nightlive, imposes "national security" legislation to make speech a crime & then tells you this is rule of law. That's pretty much what's happening in #HongKong .

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

Urgent: A Uyghur religious scholar Hemdullah Abduweli , who’s been legally residing in Turkey but travelling in Saudi Arabia, was arrested by the Saudis yesterday (21/11), reportedly at the behest of the Chinese government & fearing deportation. 1/4

Abduweli Ayup

@AbduwelA

3 years

When Hemdulla arrested Nurmemet Rozi is with him.Saudi State Security also got arrested him. Call 0122389914, this is the phone number of the detention center. Nur called his wife after arrested. We can't save Uyghurs in China, let's save two Uyghurs in Saudi from deportation.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

5 years

These might look like normal metal detectors, but they’re “data doors,” covertly gathering the identifying info of your phones, including IMEI no. & MAC addresses. New @hrw report is packed full of new discoveries on Xinjiang’s mass surveillance systems:

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

Apple Daily is reporting that Prof Robert Chung, former Director of the HKU Public Opinion Programme, is also arrested for, essentially, *doing a public opinion poll*

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

1 year

Policemen from China went to Mongolia--an independent country-- and snatched a Southern Mongolian writer and took him to China Another case of cross-border abduction by the Chinese authorities.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

2 years

Messages of Beijing bridge protester appear in public toilets--the least surveilled places in China. The New Toilet Revolution, the trend is called.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

2 years

Saudi Arabia is sending Uyghur woman Hadiche and her 13-year old daughter to Riyadh, where they’d be deported to China, and where they face torture and arbitrary detention. They’re in a police car now. They’re the wife and daughter of Nurmemet, see:

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

5 years

THREAD: How did we find the policing app at the heart of Xinjiang's mass surveillance? It was an accident. Let me tell you. See also:

Interview: China’s ‘Big Brother’ App

In early 2018, Human Rights Watch obtained a copy of a mass surveillance app used by police in Xinjiang, in northwest China, where the Chinese has subjected 13 million Uyghurs and other Turkic...

www.hrw.org

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

Watching the fate of Hong Kong people being decided in Beijing tonight was like watching the Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing in 1989--that same feeling of powerlessness, the sadness, about the rights of people being trampled upon.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

1 year

Chinese actress Chun Xia--who publicly supported the "White Paper" protests in Dec 2022--is reportedly being punished, her name disappeared from film credits, govt shows

撐白紙運動金像影后春夏新戲遭除名 - 20230131 - 中國

【明報專訊】曾奪香港電影金像獎影后的內地女星春夏，近日疑遭官方封殺，除被刪除新片演出名單，央視春晚節目也無身影，原因疑與她曾在網絡留言支持反疫情封控的「白紙革命」有關。

news.mingpao.com

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

6 months

Just in: The Chinese government is significantly reducing the no. of mosques in two provinces in China under its “mosque consolidation” policy, Human Rights Watch @hrw reveals in new research released today:

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

The heartbreaking scenes at #HongKong 's airport as people have to leave behind family--especially elderly parents--to escape Chinese govt repression.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

We can beat the epidemic while respecting rights. Some Asian countries, esp. Taiwan, are shinning examples in this difficult time which tests our values: Human rights = maximized overall well-being in society. END

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

Just in: Joshua Wong @joshuawongcf has been subjected to solitary confinement for a "strange object" found in his stomach during X-ray, says friend. Joshua will be held in solitary confinement for 3-4 days until authorities complete evaluation:

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

2 years

Bad news: Remember these two Uyghurs held by Saudi authorities on behest of Beijing? After being held for >1 year, the men have just been informed that the Saudis are going to forcibly send them to China "in a few days," according to their families.

Saudi Arabia: Clarify Status of Uyghur Detainees

– Saudi authorities should immediately clarify the status of two Chinese Muslim Uyghur men arrested in Saudi Arabia on November 20, 2020, and disclose the basis for their detentions.

www.hrw.org

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

The Chinese Communist Party promised people in China human rights and democracy before it took power. 100 years later, we are still waiting. How it started vs How it's going #ccp100

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

Today, @hrw published new research based on a leaked list of over 2,000 detainees from Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang. The "Aksu List" shows how Xinjiang's big data system, Integrated Joint Operations Platform, selected people for detention.

China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims

(New York) – A big data program for policing in China’s Xinjiang region arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention.

www.hrw.org

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

5 years

Chinese govt’s been denying that there are severe abuses in Xinjiang. Well, we’ve reverse engineered an official policing app that shows otherwise. Take a look at new @hrw report:

How Mass Surveillance Works in Xinjiang, China

‘Reverse Engineering’ Police App Reveals Profiling and Monitoring Strategies

www.hrw.org

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

Very rare footage as Chinese govt seldom lets footages or photos of detainees leak out. This is important evidence showing ongoing abuses of Uyghurs on the basis of their identity, of their ideas

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

For a leader of the Muslim world to arrest a Uyghur religious scholar—while on pilgrimage to Mecca—and possibly deporting him to Xinjiang, where the authorities are persecuting Uyghur for being Muslims, is really shocking.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

2 years

Respected #HongKong pol scientist, Prof Brian Fong (方志恒), has been forced to leave the Education University of Hong Kong after Beijing-controlled Takungpao attacked him as "pro-independence" in recent days Fong's profile on Ed U's been taken down 1/2

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

You're lucky you can criticize your govt w/o fear. In #China people are trying so hard to tell the truth. I don't have to mention how the govt covered up the epidemic; Chinese people are still trying to speak up, going as far as using *Morse code*: 3/5

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

A year after #HongKong 's pro-democracy's landslide win at local "district council" elections, 54 out of 388 district councilors (about 14%) have been arrested.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

Breaking: Another Studentlocalism member who lives in Sha Tou Kok has also been arrested at the same time (source: 612 Reminder Telegram channel).

Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

This is the moment Tony Chung was taken away, into a black 7-seat Honda. Is he being taken to the Causeway Bay national security HQ?

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

2 years

“Has the Lockdown Ended? No!...Why are you making stuff up?” An angry Shanghai resident confronts government workers staging a celebration as the government said it's ending the lockdown.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

1 year

Mingpao estimates that a whopping 40% of political books have been taken down from #HongKong libraries. Gone are books by pro-democracy leaders; in are books by the Chinese govt or pro-Beijing voices. Beijing's trying to rewrite history:

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

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A Uyghur student--who's been living in South Korea in past years--disappeared when entering #HongKong .

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

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5 years

No, the title should be: Chinese govt finally admits to detaining celebrated Uyghur musician under unknown crime in undisclosed location, his true well-being unclear

Abdurehim Heyit Chinese video 'disproves Uighur musician's death'

Abdurehim Heyit, a Uighur musician, has been in a detention camp after a crackdown on the minority.

www.bbc.com

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

This was from the #8964Tiananmen vigil last year. Most are now behind bars.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

As #HongKong court continues its first hearing of 47 people charged w "subversion" for running in elections, @hrw calls on HK govt to release them all + drop charges: 1/6

Hong Kong: 47 Charged Under Abusive Security Law

The Hong Kong government’s use of the draconian National Security Law to charge 47 democracy figures demonstrates utter disregard for democratic political processes.

www.hrw.org

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

Today @hrw published its assessment of #HongKong one year after the draconian National Security Law. Unsurprisingly, it is grim. Key takeaways: 1/9

Hong Kong: Beijing Dismantles a Free Society

The Chinese government has systematically dismantled human rights in Hong Kong following the imposition of the draconian National Security Law one year ago, Human Rights Watch said in a report...

www.hrw.org

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

While Chinese govt's use of political education camps has led to outrage, the imprisonment of Xinjiang’s Muslims has attracted far less attention. Why? Because processing people thru the "criminal justice system" appears legit. 1/8

China: Baseless Imprisonments Surge in Xinjiang

(New York) – The Chinese government has increased its groundless prosecutions with long prison sentences for Uyghurs and other Muslims in recent years in China’s Xinjiang region.

www.hrw.org

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

On why she bought 16 copies of @appledaily_hk after lining up in the middle of the night: "Hong Kong used to have press freedom, and now they're persecuting press freedom...I'm very angry."

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

1 year

Like many people from Hong Kong, I mourn the demolition of the city's once thriving press. It was the heart of our identity--the ability to argue peacefully, to criticize, to mock each other, including the city's leaders.

Hong Kong ranks 140th on 2023 int’l RSF press freedom index below Colombia, Cameroon

Hong Kong continues to languish near the bottom of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) press freedom ranking released on Wednesday’s World Press Freedom Day. The city ranked 140th among the 1…

hongkongfp.com

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

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Shocking: UNHCR doesn't want to help Uyghurs stuck in Thai immigration detention for > 10 years--even as Thailand now seems willing to let them go-- because they fear upsetting China which pays the agency $7.7 million in operating costs

UN declined offers to assist Uyghur asylum seekers detained in Thailand

After Thai authorities asked UNHCR to find a solution to the Uyghurs’ detention in 2019, the agency decided against “taking pro-active steps”.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

!!! Chinese govt has hacked #HongKong people's Apple devices *en masse* using "watering hole" attacks--any devices that visited a Hong Kong–based media and pro-democracy websites are affected. The last such broad-based attack happened to Uyghurs in 2019:

Hackers Targeted Apple Devices in Hong Kong for Widespread Attack

Visitors to pro-democracy and media sites in the region were infected with malware that could download files, steal data, and more.

www.wired.com

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

5 years

Whenever I argue that China's mass surveillance is unprecedented in modern history, many would say, "but it's just as bad in the US/UK." But China's mass surveillance system is fundamentally different in its intention: its stated goal is social control.

Paul Mozur 孟建國

@paulmozur

5 years

Automating Racism: Police in China are using A.I. to mark/track ethnic minority Uighurs across the country. It’s the first known example of facial recognition being used intentionally by a government to racially profile and a massive ethical leap for A.I.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

Across China, police are removing satellite TV dishes--popular in rural homes--in a campaign to tighten ideological control. See also:

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

This is the first pandemic on social media. In democracies you're seeing people venting their frustrations, voicing diverse opinions (flu vs not flu), you're seeing politicians fail and fumble in real time. It's messy, but that's how democracy works. 2/5

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

They are best friends. Then one fled to Norway while the other stayed in Xinjiang. The one who stayed, Merhaba Musa, is sentenced to 10 years in prison. Her crime? For talking with her Norwegian friend on the phone. Great reporting by @ronneberg

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

6 months

Chinese University of Hong Kong--a globally top ranked university--took away two students for holding placards that ask others what they thought should be the core values of the university. How's a university "top ranked" if it doesn't allow students to...ask questions??

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

Terrible: Niece of prominent Uyghur activist @AbduwelA reportedly died in detention as authorities punish those linked to Abduweli. She was a young & promising researcher with Japan's Nara Institute of Science and Technology prior to her being pressured to return to Xinjiang.

Abduweli Ayup

@AbduwelA

3 years

RFA confirmed that My niece Mihriay died at the detention center where i detained in Kashgar, she got arrested during the cleaning Abduweli's influence campaign started in Kashgar 2020, i hate myself couldn't save any one but lost my niece there

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

3 years

Today I published a piece on US-China tech competition. I describe the emergence of a China technosphere, where the values of Beijing’s brand of authoritarianism permeate, a kind of techno-authoritarianism that combines social control & efficiency. 1/12

China’s Techno-Authoritarianism Has Gone Global

To prevent China’s techno-authoritarianism from gaining traction, the United States must start leading by example.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

20 days

Harvard student who manhandled protester and fellow student--who interrupted Chinese ambassador Xie Feng's speech at Harvard--is reportedly the son of a top Chinese Communist Party official in Sanya City, Hainan Province, according to Chinese netizens. Hello @Harvard ?

沐陽

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感謝網友的人肉，挖出一窩⋯⋯

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

The end of #HongKong is alarming not only for its people but also for the world. Today's Hong Kong, tomorrow's the world: #HongKong has been the safe habour for dissent; it's the light, the conscience, the voice that speaks truth to an increasingly powerful China.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

After a restaurant replaced pro-democracy posters with vintage pro-revolution Mao posters, police stops harassing the establishment. What a lovely piece showcasing the resilience of #HongKongprotests by @SheridanAsia :

Hong Kong’s Yellow Movement Turns Chinese Propaganda on Its Head

Pro-democracy businesses are displaying vintage communist posters as Beijing clamps down on speech.

www.bloomberg.com

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

In Italy, the Prime Minister says, “We live in a system in which we guarantee health and the right of everyone to be cured.” In China, health care is unaffordable and highly inequitable. Read @suilee 's harrowing report on having cancer in #China : 4/5

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@wang_maya

3 years

Such grace, such courage. We are so proud of you, @zouxingtong !

Bloomberg Originals

@bbgoriginals

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Lawyer and activist Chow Hang Tung is fighting to keep the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown alive in Hong Kong, despite facing possible imprisonment for publicly commemorating the event

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@wang_maya

1 year

Several influential accounts critical of the Chinese govt have been suspended in recent days. Why's this happening, @Twitter ? h/t @ZhouFengSuo

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@wang_maya

3 years

That's why all govts--including democratic ones--should write strict data laws to protect personal data, if only to mitigate a hostile/authoritarian take-over in the future. What a cautionary tale, and it won't be the last: by @eileenguo

This is the real story of the Afghan biometric databases abandoned to the Taliban

By capturing 40 pieces of data per person—from iris scans and family links to their favorite fruit—a system meant to cut fraud in the Afghan security forces may actually aid the Taliban.

www.technologyreview.com

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

6 months

The US government should investigate: who are those behind these seemingly well-organized attacks on Hong Kong, Tibet protesters?

Anna Kwok 郭鳳儀

@AnnaKwokFY

6 months

Today’s protest was a bad throwback to the 2019 Hong Kong protests: violence from pro-CCP thugs, phones with evidence were snatched and destroyed, activists were tailed by national-police-look-alike. Except they happened on American soil. A thread of what happened outside SFO:

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

7 months

California Governor @GavinNewsom 's heading to China + Hong Kong on Mon. His office says he will focus on climate change, but “steer clear” of human rights. Why? Why is there trade-off between climate & human rights? 1/6

California’s Governor Should Raise Rights Along with Climate in China

California Governor Gavin Newsom is heading on a weeklong trip to China, including Hong Kong, beginning October 23. The trip aims to focus on actions to address climate change.

www.hrw.org

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@wang_maya

3 years

Given Xinjiang denialism, here's a compilation of my original research at @hrw . They contain 1st-hand info; allegations triangulated w multiple sources (witnesses+official docs): Nov 2016: XJ recalled passports, effectively bars Muslims from escape 1/9

China: Passports Arbitrarily Recalled in Xinjiang

The Chinese government’s new policy of recalling passports restricts foreign travel for many residents of Xinjiang. The policy gives police wide power to scrutinize residents’ proposed visits abroad.

www.hrw.org

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@wang_maya

3 years

Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan risked her life to inform the world during the early days of COVID, what's the world doing for her? “She might actually die in prison,” said Wang Jianhong of Humanitarian China

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@wang_maya

2 years

Another #MeToo case in #china that deserves greater attention: Head of Shanghai national security police is accused of raping a subordinate's daughter; the accuser has been disappeared.

【性侵下屬】上海國安局長黃寶坤涉案　官方回應本台查詢：需耐心等待調查

上海國安局沈根林舉報該局局長將其女兒性侵，自稱沈根林女兒和其夫婿在海外發聲，指沈根林已失聯，要求中國官方確保其父安全。上海國安局態度依然曖昧。分析認為，近期兩宗重磅性醜聞均與黨內高層權鬥有關。

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@wang_maya

4 years

Finally! The US imposes Global Magnitsky sanctions on Xinjiang top leaders for rights abuses: Party Sec Chen Quanguo, Deputy Party Sec Zhu Hailun, Xinjiang Police Party chief Huo Liujun, vice chair of Xinjiang government Wang Mingshan:

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@wang_maya

6 years

After 4 months of research & writing, this @hrw report is finally out: There's been so much good Xinjiang reporting, it's hard to keep up. A big shout out to @RadioFreeAsia 's fearless reporting 1/3

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@wang_maya

1 year

Forget the balloon! A member of the Chinese Communist Party's advisory body will be speaking to millions of Americans shortly, and directly, at the Oscars:

Oscars Under Fire For Presenter Donnie Yen’s Chinese Communist Party Ties

In a recent profile on GQ, the Rogue One star described Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests as a "riot."

www.forbes.com

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@wang_maya

6 months

Biden needs to tell Xi that threatening dissidents’ families back home so they don’t protest against Xi’s visit *in the US* is transnational repression, and can’t be tolerated:

💎姚诚

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前天我女儿被国保叫去喝茶，并托她给我捎话，不要去旧金山参加活动，在这里我想告诉安徽国保，习近平给中国、世界带来了深重的灾难，不反习天理难容，中国人民包括体制内的大多数人也是受害者，这一点你们心里很清楚，我去抗议习近平也是为你们在发声，你们的前总理说杀就杀，在一党专制和习近平的独载

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

5 years

A hashtag meant as a warning to the world: #Chinazism threatens not only #Hongkong ’s freedom, but yours too. Taken in Wanchai.

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Maya Wang 王松蓮

@wang_maya

4 years

Indonesia media report rips apart China's "guided tour" to Xinjiang for Indonesia's Muslim groups, showing how each facility they visited were altered using sat. imagery. The tour was China's "big fat lie." @adrianzenz @andreasharsono @ConnellyAL

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@wang_maya

4 years

Wow: Anti-mask law ruled unconstitutional by High Court, which also says Chief Executive can’t make laws using the emergency ordinance on any occasion of public danger. See @hrw October statement on the ban:

Hong Kong: Face Mask Ban Violates Assembly Rights

The Hong Kong government’s broad ban on protesters wearing face masks is a disproportionate restriction on peaceful assembly rights.

www.hrw.org

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@wang_maya

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Today is the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 🎉! Did you know that Peng-Chun Chang, Chinese philosopher and diplomat, was instrumental in drafting this pivotal document in 1948? (Chang represented the Republic of China before the CCP seized power)

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So you can pay $2000 to wine and dine with Xi Jinping, architect of "crimes against humanity" against the Uyghurs, the destruction of Hong Kong's free society, the deepening repression across China. Yup, the 1% in the US and China share a lot in common:

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. @xu_xiuzhong is publicly & brutally shamed as an example for all, especially those researchers with families in China, in an attempt to marginalize and silence us. This kind of personal attacks are deplorable & I stand in solidarity with Vicky.

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@wang_maya

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US should “investigate the personal wealth of the Communist Party leaders who are destroying Hong Kong as well as the places those assets are kept for safekeeping.”

Opinion | Hong Kong Sanctions With Teeth

President Trump should announce an investigation into the assets of Chinese Communist officials.

www.wsj.com

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@wang_maya

3 years

Incredible reporting! The most detailed analysis of Xinjiang's "suffocating" crackdown and surveillance on Muslims based on actual police data: by @yaelwrites & @ryantate at @theintercept 1/5

Millions of Leaked Police Files Detail Suffocating Surveillance of China's Uyghur Minority

Invasive digital monitoring and community informants drive a system all too ready to classify Muslims in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, as extremists and terrorists.

theintercept.com

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@wang_maya

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How to control 13 million Turkic Muslims? "Political education camps" + AI-powered "sensory" systems + checkpoints + big data system = total control See new @hrw report:

How Mass Surveillance Works in Xinjiang, China

‘Reverse Engineering’ Police App Reveals Profiling and Monitoring Strategies

www.hrw.org

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@wang_maya

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#Hongkong police taking away a 68-year-old for peacefully protesting the unfair trial of a 76-year-old. This is what #HongKong has come to:

Phoebe Kong

@phoebe_kongwy

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#HongKong Jimmy Lai's trial: The only protest occurred outside the court so far. Grandma Wong was chanting 'Free #JimmyLai , support #AppleDaily ' when she was taken to the other side of the road by policemen. Over a thousand officers are reportedly deployed to guard here today.

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@wang_maya

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In trial of automated subtitles in German, Tiktok was found to have censored Xinjiang-related words. "Re-education camps," "labor camps" were replaced by with asterisks. by @SebMeineck h/t @F_Kaltheuner

Geheime Regeln: TikTok hat das Wort „Umerziehungslager“ zensiert

Während die chinesische Regierung Angehörige der uigurischen Minderheit in Lagern interniert, hat TikTok Worte wie

netzpolitik.org

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@wang_maya

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Chinese government is conducting a mass, systematic campaign of human rights violations against the 13 million Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang; scale of repression unseen in the country in decades. New @hrw report:

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@wang_maya

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What's amazing about today was that the million+ crowd essentially self-policed; few officers were present & it was all peaceful & orderly.

Laurel Chor

@laurelchor

5 years

Crowd of tens of thousands cleared in a matter of seconds for ambulance coming through. Cheers and applause as it successfully makes its way through. #antiELAB #HongKong #extraditionbill

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@wang_maya

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Article 23 sucks but HongKongers showed the world what it means to have a backbone. HongKongers, subjects of not 1 but 2 colonial powers, fought for a seat at the table, to determine their own fate. Freedom is not just an end goal but a direction, & HongKongers have embodied it.

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@wang_maya

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As the banned #HongKong film, the Revolution of Our Times, toured major cities from Tokyo to Taipei, #HongKong diaspora & local audience packed the theaters giving the film an emotional reception

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@wang_maya

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Saudi state security police arrested Hemdullah Abduweli near al-Kaaba in Mecca together with one helper, Nurmemet Rozi, also a Uyghur. The duo are held in Buraiman Prison inside Jeddah City. Activists say 5 other Uyghurs had previously been deported to China from Saudi 2/4

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@wang_maya

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Heartbreaking and a reminder that the Chinese government continues its crimes against humanity with impunity:

UHRP Appalled by News of Life Sentence for Professor Rahile Dawut

The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is appalled to learn that Professor Rahile Dawut, a highly respected Uyghur anthropologist, was handed a life sentence by the Chinese authorities in 2018.

uhrp.org

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@wang_maya

4 years

No, you can’t arrest freedom when it’s in all our hearts:

Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong. 重光團隊

@Stand_with_HK

4 years

Hong Kong people chanting “Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong” in a concert despite the national security law

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Interviewees said QR codes like this are installed on the walls of their homes in Xinjiang, which allows officials to get instant access to the residents’ personal information. See new @hrw report:

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@wang_maya

5 years

This is how surveillance capitalism looks like: Street cleaners forced to wear "smart" watches tracking their movement, If they stay in one place for >20 mins, the watches alert management.

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I still remember the panic in the voices of those who called @hrw as they were hiding from the Egyptian authorities rounding up Uyghurs on Chinese govt's behalf. Some were put on a plane to Xinjiang & disappeared:

Egypt: Don’t Deport Uyghurs to China

The Egyptian authorities should halt this outrageous round-up of Uyghurs. Uyghurs living in Egypt should be free from fear of arbitrary arrest and deportation to a country where they risk persecution...

www.hrw.org

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@wang_maya

3 years

Myanmar rolled out 335 surveillance cameras equipped w facial recognition + number plate recognition in the capital, Naypyidaw. The company behind it? Huawei.

Myanmar: Facial Recognition System Threatens Rights

(Bangkok) – The Myanmar military junta’s access to a new public camera system equipped with facial recognition and license plate recognition technology poses a serious threat to basic rights in the...

www.hrw.org

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@wang_maya

2 years

UN says it will *finally* publish its report on Xinjiang 5 years into the crackdown, on the last day and the last hour(s) of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights @mbachelet 's tenure. Let's review what's been happening in Xinjiang...1/13🧵

AFP News Agency

@AFP

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#BREAKING UN rights chief to publish Xinjiang report on Wednesday: spokesman

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A Uyghur reporter keeps going even as the Chinese govt arrests 20 members of her family in a worsening crackdown

Separated Souls: Uighur journalist’s unbreakable resolve to help her detained family

Gulchehra Hoja's family in Xinjiang region of China have been harassed and detained because of her journalism for Radio Free Asia Uighur Service.

www.amnesty.org

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@wang_maya

6 years

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met wives of jailed lawyers during China visit If only other govts can show similar spine in dealing w China & stick up for human rights

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@wang_maya

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Pro-tip: Don't organize literary awards in a country that's ranked bottom for freedom of expression, however big the market. "Science fiction awards held in China under fire for excluding authors"

Science fiction awards held in China under fire for excluding authors

Concerns raised about interference or censorship after documents showed writers were barred despite receiving enough nominations

www.theguardian.com

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@wang_maya

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NEW: A Human Rights Watch forensic investigation uncovered an automated phone search program & found that Xinjiang police rely on a master list of 50,000 multimedia files they deem “violent and terrorist” to flag Uyghurs for interrogation. 1/6

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Saudi Arabia--currently hosting the virtual G20 Summit-- should not deport the duo to China, where they would be tortured and disappeared. Doing some would violate international human rights laws. 4/4

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Frame 00:04 shows a stocky man with earpiece. Interesting equipment for a protestor. Or is he a Chinese security officer? US government should investigate:

Students for a Free Tibet

@SFTHQ

6 months

This is their tactic of sending in older women to attack us, covering us with flags, while men with ear pieces move in to surround and escalate.

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This is #HongKong 's "rule of law" now: A man's sentenced to 5 yrs + 9 months for peacefully protesting; he appealed & his sentence is reduced to 5 when he should *not* have been jailed at all:

Hong Kong protester ‘Captain America 2.0’ wins appeal against national security sentence, jail time...

A Hong Kong protester jailed for nearly six years for inciting secession by chanting slogans has won his appeal against what he saw as an overly severe punishment under the Beijing-imposed national…

hongkongfp.com

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@wang_maya

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#HongKong past 24 hours: -Hearing began for 47 democrats charged w "subversion" -Police arrested lawyer in 👆case outside court -Student union disbanded after @CUHKofficial pressure+death threats -Head of current affairs resigned at public broadcaster remade to toe Party line

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@wang_maya

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"If Washington does not trust Chinese tech equipment, why would Beijing trust American products such as a jet engine, which theoretically could be shut off remotely." It appears that billionaires from Gates to Bloomberg seem to fail to notice that China's a dictatorship.

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“Fight for freedom, stand with #HongKong ”: protesters spill into Central and switch to English to send a message to the world.

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Police burns + destroys 15 tons of religious books, DVDs belonging to unauthorized religions-- which authorities call "evil cult"-- in Yunnan as Chinese govt tightens control over religion:

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@wang_maya

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The mass arrests in #HongKong right now is the mainland's style. It reminds me of those sweeps, like the 709 arrests of mainland human rights lawyers in 2015. The effect is to shock and awe.

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