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1. Activist Drew Pavlou Fundraiser Hits $20K Following Chinese Embassy Protest Arrest

   2022-07-29 14:02:39 UTC

   By Anders Anglesey A GoFundMe campaign to raise money for legal fees for Australian activist Drew Pavlou following his arrest last week has surpassed its initial $20,000 AUD goal.  Pavlou set up the fundraiser after Metropolitan Police officers detained him on suspicion of making a “bomb threat” to the Chinese…

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2. Hongkongers in Germany launch petition against totalitarian Chinese regime

   2020-09-29 11:56:00 UTC

   David Missal and Glacier Kwong (pic credit: Wir Fur HongKong) A group of Hong Kong people and their supporters living in Germany has launched a petition aimed at applying more pressure on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Wir Fur HongKong (WFHK), a political collective, aims to support democratic campaigners in…

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3. Uyghur rights representatives welcome Huawei 5G ban – but want human rights taken into account

   2020-07-07 18:58:00 UTC

   Pic credit: Unsplash/ @omidarmin Lawyers representing Uyghur people in the UK have welcomed reports that Government officials are considering phasing out Huawei’s role in the country’s telecoms network. It comes as the National Cyber Security Centre said it could not guarantee the safety of the Chinese company’s products due to…

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4. UK officials push to tear up Hong Kong extradition arrangement

   2020-07-06 19:11:00 UTC

   Top UK officials have pushed the Government to rip up the existing extradition arrangement with Hong Kong following the introduction of China’s draconian new national security law in the territory.  Conservative MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Baroness Helena Kennedy, a Labour member of the House of Lords, spoke alongside…

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5. Archive: Uyghurs share horrors of being torn from families

   2020-06-28 20:42:00 UTC

   The ongoing coronavirus crisis has further highlighted the desperate situation in which minority Muslim groups – predominantly Uyghurs – have been under intense pressure from China’s Communist Party (CCP) since the spring of 2017, with laws being introduced banning children from speaking their native language in school, men growing long…

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