[BRO. Live] At least one person was taken away after police and civilian clashes broke out after a rally in Edinburgh Square

Politics

Written by: Zheng Baosheng and Zheng Rongdi

2019-11-28 18:59

U.S. President Trump officially signed the "Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy," a delegation of international affairs from the tertiary education community and a civil Thanksgiving rally team to launch the "Hong Kong Human Rights And Democracy Act "Thanksgiving Rally", thanks to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for passing the bill, the rally received a notice of no objection from the police.

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[10:05] After the rally, there was a clash between the public and the riot police in Central. It was suspected that the riot police intercepted and gathered the people in Central. The crowd at the scene was dissatisfied. As a result, at least one man was taken away by the riot police because he was pregnant. A laser pen.

[10:00] The rally ended at 10 pm, and the conference announced that 100,000 people were present. Liu Yingkang said that only a few days from the start of the propaganda to the rally, there were such numbers that exceeded expectations, proving that Hong Kong people are not ingratitude, the international community is suffering, Hong Kong people will also support it, and foreign countries will thank the support after passing the bill.

Liu Yingkang said that the civil society will continue to initiate actions to continue the front of resistance, and this rally is good evidence to let the government and others know that the end of the district council elections and the passing of the bill are not the end, but only the beginning of the next phase.

Zhang Kunyang said that today ’s rally is to thank the U.S. Congress and President Trump for signing the bill under the pressure of many parties in China and firmly standing by the people of Hong Kong. The signing of the bill also marks a new milestone in US-Hong Kong relations.

He pointed out that the bill established Hong Kong's status as very important to the United States and formally represented Hong Kong as the focus of US foreign policy. The US Department of Defense included Hong Kong in the US-Indo-Pacific strategy for the first time two weeks ago, stating that the stability of Hong Kong is the strategic interest of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, indicating that Hong Kong will be the focus of the United States for a long time in the future. A big warning must not undermine Hong Kong's "one country, two systems" and the Sino-British joint statement, otherwise the United States will unswervingly use sanctions lists to sanction these officials and people.

Regarding the future situation, Zhang Kunyang pointed out that there are two major points. One is that after the bill is passed, the US president is expected to sanction as soon as possible, because within 180 days of the passage of the bill, the US president must sanction some people, and who to sanction depends on the sanction report submitted by people. .

The second focus is to promote different versions of the Human Rights and Democracy Acts in different parts of the world. I hope that other countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia will legislate and take practical action as soon as possible to help Hong Kong and sanction officials who violate Hong Kong.

[20:15] After Huang Zhifeng and others took turns to speak, He Yunshi sang "May Glory Return to Hong Kong".

[20:00] Huang Zhifeng, Secretary-General of Hong Kong People's Education, He Yunshi, artist, and Zhang Kunyang, spokesman for the delegation of international affairs from the tertiary community, went to the stage to share in September.

Huang Zhifeng thanked the Hong Kong people in the United States and overseas. He has been working overseas to lobby for the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy since five years ago. He was grateful to the front-line demonstrators, saying that it was precisely the sacrifices of Hong Kong youths in the defense battle of the University of China and Dali that had caused US political circles to pay more attention to Hong Kong in the past two weeks. In the end, he thanked the Hong Kong people who voted for Democrats in the district elections, because Democrats' victory in the district elections became the last straw for Trump to sign the bill.

Huang Zhifeng said that although the seats are not everything, they can better reflect the aspirations of the people of Hong Kong than opinion polls. "We will be proud to say that we are the majority when we accept foreign media interviews!"

Huang Zhifeng said that the staff of the British Consulate in Hong Kong were arrested and abused in China, and the United States passed the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy. The next step is to bloom the bill internationally and bring it to Britain, Europe and Canada. He said he would be attending an Italian parliamentary hearing tonight to bring the bill to Europe.

Zhang Kunyang thanked the U.S. congressman who wrote the bill personally, saying that they successfully persuaded other people in Congress who have doubts about Hong Kong that "Hong Kong people are definitely worthy of help." Relative pro-China lawmakers and Trump can no longer stand in opposition to Hong Kong people.

He said that the key to how the US administration interprets the bill is that the tertiary education community will work with the Lin Deng team's "I want to speculate" team in the next few days, revealing that it has prepared a copy written by 20 people for nearly two months and more than 100 The sanctions report will be submitted to the US Congress, the State Department and the White House.

[19:45] Student representatives from Education University and Lingnan University came to the stage to read the declaration of the conference, "Thank the United States for letting Hong Kong people know that they are not alone in fighting at the most desperate moment", and made seven appeals to the United States, including the implementation of the bill as soon as possible. Sanctions all agencies that export crowd control weapons to Hong Kong; establishes an international commission of inquiry to investigate Hong Kong police violence; sanctions all those who harm Hong Kong's freedom and human rights; provides humanitarian assistance to Hong Kong; sends personnel to Hong Kong to inspect the humanitarian crisis in Hong Kong; The law should be further improved, and the policemen who have mutilated the people should be withdrawn.

The student representative said that he thanked the Senate and the House of Representatives for passing the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy, and also thanked President Trump for signing the bill, and thanked the United States for walking with Hong Kong people. Emphasizing that Hong Kong people will continue to fight for freedom. "Of course freedom does not fall into the sky and you don't need to kneel to beg." It also means that Hong Kong people do not have the means to stop the struggle. "Because once you stop, you will be welcomed by a concentration camp.

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[19:25] The conference invited the Italian tenor Stefano Lodola, who once sang "Wish Glory to Hong Kong" in Cantonese, to lead the American National Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner. The rallyers stood up and lit up the lights of their mobile phones to form a beat of lights.

Stefano then spoke in less fluent Cantonese, saying that he made a special trip to support Hong Kong to come to Hong Kong. "Someone in the world will support you. If you give up, you will become China."

[19:22] Before the rally began, the host Liu Yingkang and others led the scene to mourn in tribute to the deceased during the anti-revision storm.

[18:30] At 6:30 pm, about two or three hundred citizens gathered in the square and shouted the English slogan "Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong". There were many American flags flying on the square, and many people held mini-USA National flag, some people put the national flag on the body, and some people put a small flag on the hat.

Someone showed a portrait of U.S. President Trump standing on a tank truck, which attracted many citizens to take pictures.

The rally was co-sponsored by the International Affairs Group of the college and university community and the "Civil Thanksgiving Rally Team" to express their gratitude to the US Congress and the nation. Many guests including members of the Congressional lobby group Huang Zhifeng, Zhang Kunyang, and He Yunshi, as well as US Senators Marco Rubio and Jeff Merkley, will be invited to share the impact of the passage of the bill and the future of the movement.

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