🚨 Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office Certification Act (H.R. 1103) will have its House vote today. Say AYE. The first bill to gain notable momentum since the enactment of NSL. Thanks to Rep. Smith for championing & Speaker Mike Johnson Steve Scalise for adding it to the China Week.

Hong Kong government has issued a statement responding to the passage of the #HKETOCertificationAct, the English version is rather boring... But if you switch to Chinese version, the vocabs they used are actually kind of amusing🤣 info.gov.hk/gia/general/20…

Great, important work by Maya Wang 王松蓮 人权观察 HRW Chinese Hong Kong Democracy Council Anna Kwok 郭鳳儀 on threats to #academicfreedom in #HongKong. Intl unis w partnerships there shld welcome on home campuses those in need of help. Hong Kong: Academic Freedom Declines Under Security Law hrw.org/news/2024/09/2…

Senate should pass the #HKETO Certification Act to counter efforts by the #HongKong govt to build organizational networks to malign the HK democracy movement and spread PRC propaganda in the US, say Chairs. See new Hong Kong Democracy Council report @ hkdc.us/the-sar-network

Change is a constant and hope is a choice. On the East Turkestan Day, I am grateful for the resilience of camp survivors and the Uyghur community. You have showed me hope for a movement in exile. Thank you Uyghur American Association for having me alongside Nancy Pelosi Tom Suozzi.

Join us at the House Triangle at 4pm tomorrow. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

With only a month of the 118th Congress left, we urge Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Senator Ben Cardin & Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to help expedite a floor vote in the Senate on the HKETO Certification Act. Your support for freedom in Hong Kong has been crucial up to now; please see it through.

With just 8 days remaining in the US Congress, we join the Hong Kong community’s urgent call to SFRC Chair Senator Ben Cardin and Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer to bring the HKETO Certification Act (HR.1103) to a vote on the Senate floor. The fight for freedom in Hong Kong

See the statement by China Commission Chair, Representative Chris Smith, on the release today of the 2024 Annual Report on human rights conditions and rule of law developments in the People's Republic of China. Read 2024 Executive Summary @ cecc.gov/sites/evo-subs…

See statement by CECC Cochair, Senator Jeff Merkley, on the release today of the China Commission's 2024 Annual Report on human rights conditions and rule of law developments in the People's Republic of China. Read full report @ cecc.gov/publications/a…

The SAR government just used its forcefully-passed Art. 23 to revoke my passport. This is on top of the HK$1m bounty based on the Beijing-imposed #NSL in July 2023. Instead of celebrating X’mas, it’s taking a major step to escalate its transnational repression campaign.

🚨 Carmen Lau just received a HK$ 1 million bounty on her head. Her list of charges is long: for advocating to decertify HKETOs, to sanction, to discuss self-determination. She fled Hong Kong after being a beloved elected district councilor. Now she’s targeted internationally.

1/ Today was the last working day before our year-end holiday at HKDC and I just learned that I am now a wanted Hong Konger with a HK$1 million bounty for national security offences.

🚨TOMORROW at 3 PM GMT / 10 AM EST: Join five courageous #HongKong women, each with a HK$1 million bounty for pro-democracy activism, alongside our moderator Shibani Mahtani. They'll share their stories of resisting the #CCP. Join live via this link: youtube.com/watch?v=6VzXBz…

In light of recent immigration-related incidents that have occurred during interactions with Customs and Border Protection, U.S.-based Hong Kongers on Deferred Enforced Departure are encouraged to consult this travel advisory jointly issued by HKDC, The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, and Hong Kong Watch.

We thank the US gov’t for taking this long-awaited step in response to the $1M HKD bounties and arrest warrants placed on me and the 18 other “wanted” Hong Konger pro-democracy activists. Hong Kongers’ activism for Hong Kong and our commitment continue to stand strong. #FightOn

At Losar and always, the peoples of Tibet, Scotland & Hong Kong are united in the defense of self-determination as a human right. HKDC's Carmen Lau 劉珈汶 & Jeffrey Ngo 敖卓軒 thank Tenzin Kunga Chris Law MP Tibetan Community UK & Tibet Watch for the occasion. x.com/carmenkamanlau…

Two Foreign Nationals Arrested in Serbia for Directing Interstate Stalking and Harassment Scheme Targeting Los Angeles-Based Critic of Chinese President Xi Jinping justice.gov/opa/pr/two-for…

HKDC's Mason L. Wong 王樂知 will moderate a panel, "Hong Kong: The Financial and Tech Gateway of China's Global Statecraft," at Special Competitive Studies Project's AI+ Expo on June 4, featuring Sunny Cheung Samuel Bickett & others. All are welcome & can register for free here: expo.scsp.ai//

In this BBC interview, former #HongKong District Councillor Carmen Lau 劉珈汶 says she feels pursued in the UK & cites two incidents in London when she was followed by agents of either the CCP or HK gov’t. Anonymous bounty letters have also been sent to her neighbors.