[Fugitives Regulations] Kiev, Ukraine Prevents Chinese Embassy from Holding Hong Kong Anti-Revision Art Exhibition

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Written by: Zheng Baosheng

2020-01-11 22:56

The revision of the Hong Kong Fugitive Ordinance has attracted global attention, and foreign countries have also held exhibitions to introduce local people to the situation in Hong Kong.

The curator in Kiev, Ukraine, said that it received pressure from the Chinese Embassy in Kiev to cancel the exhibition tomorrow (12th) local time.

Embassy says intervention in China's internal affairs team: only comment on the situation without intervention

The curator in Kiev, Ukraine stated that yesterday (10th) the government department received a letter from the Chinese Embassy in Kiev asking to close the exhibition, and the curatorial team later received many calls to cancel the exhibition. The team stated that they did not break the law, but just brought the story of the Hong Kong demonstrators to Kiev and compared it with the incident at the Independence Square in Ukraine, noting that the other party had no right to ask for cancellation.

Regarding the Chinese embassy in Kiev saying that the exhibition was an interference in China's internal affairs, the team emphasized that they were discussing the similarities between Hong Kong's anti-revision activities and the 2013 Ukraine Independence Square demonstrations, and did not encourage the use of violence or interfere in the incident. Comment on the situation with art.

On June 12, 2019, while driving away demonstrators who attempted to break into the Legislative Council building, police also fired tear gas grenades at peaceful demonstrators in designated demonstration areas. (Profile picture)

Hong Kong team fails to hold Kiev exhibitions as scheduled

After discussions, the team thought that they did not make a mistake, and they would conduct the exhibition as planned and face the consequences. The Hong Kong team that originally decided to go to Kiev will not go for security reasons, so the activities will be adjusted.

In 2013, Viktor Yanukovych, then President of Ukraine, canceled the promised free trade agreement with the European Union and triggered a pro-EU peaceful demonstration in Kiev. Later, the government sent a riot police force to clear the court and blatantly insulted the demonstrators. For example, they had to take off all their clothes in public places before getting on the car. The demonstrators' actions were escalated and the focus was turned to excessive police power. Later, the government legislated against masking, and later the police shot the people with snipers. Just as the national conflict broke out, Yanukovych was in exile.

The incident was filmed as a documentary film "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom", which has been repeatedly shown in this anti-revision event in Hong Kong.

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