Friday, April 28, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protest organizers arrested ahead of expected visit by China’s President
香港逮捕多名活動人士,被指為習近平訪港「清場」
The New York Times, April 27, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-arrests-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170428/hong-kong-protest-arrests-china/zh-hant/

Related:
Amnesty Int’l urges Hong Kong to halt prosecutions aimed at “punishing dissenting voices”
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/27/amnesty-intl-urges-hong-kong-halt-prosecutions-aimed-punishing-dissenting-voices/

楊岳橋指充滿政治目的 質疑為何親中報章預先知拘捕行動 (Alvin Yeung says recent prosecutions are politically motivated, doubts why pro-central gov’t news outlet predicted the arrests)
Mingpao, April 27, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170427/s00001/1493268595645

連串檢控被批政治檢控 梁美芬:七警案後須顯示「公平公正對待不同政見」(Recent arrests criticized for being political persecution, Priscilla Leung: Gov’t’s impartiality towards different political views ought to be shown after “seven police” case)
Mingpao, April 28, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170428/s00001/1493342510338

亚冠杯香港分组赛:广州恒大球迷晒反“港独”标语 (Guangzhou Evergrande fans display anti-Hong Kong independence banner during AFC Champion League match)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 25, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-39705416

EU presses for Hong Kong electoral reform after “politically challenging” 2016
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2091105/european-commission-presses-hong-kong-electoral-reform