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Samuel Bickett

@samuelbickett

Lawyer, researcher, human rights advocate | Bickett Law & Policy PLLC | Hong Kong Law & Policy Substack | Proud former Hong Kong political prisoner

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Sage advice for Americans from my movement colleague and friend Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋. “More and more Americans are now, perhaps for the first time in their lives, facing threats from their own government for simply doing their job, speaking their mind or protesting. As someone with experience

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Update on my 2024 work with International Republican Institute testing access to information under Hong Kong’s FOIA-style regulations: the absurdity has escalated. Today, the Correctional Services Department refused to provide a prisoner information booklet, claiming it’s confidential. This is the same

Update on my 2024 work with <a href="/IRIglobal/">International Republican Institute</a> testing access to information under Hong Kong’s FOIA-style regulations: the absurdity has escalated. Today, the Correctional Services Department refused to provide a prisoner information booklet, claiming it’s confidential. This is the same
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Protester outside the office of New Zealand judge William Young who recently became the 1st foreign judge in years to take a position on #HongKong’s top court, helping to legitimize the authoritarian regime as HK’s rule of law & judicial independence drastically deteriorate.

Protester outside the office of New Zealand judge William Young who recently became the 1st foreign judge in years to take a position on #HongKong’s top court, helping to legitimize the authoritarian regime as HK’s rule of law &amp; judicial independence drastically deteriorate.
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William Young won’t engage in debate about his decision to accept appointment to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal because there is nothing to debate. To make a buck, he is allowing the CCP to use him as a tool to legitimize human rights abuses. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/fo…

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What remains of Hong Kong's independent press is being targeted by the Inland Revenue Department for tax audits--just the latest form of harassment of journalists in Hong Kong. The tax assessor who appears on at least some of these audit letters is Tam Oi Ping (譚愛萍)--the

What remains of Hong Kong's independent press is being targeted by the Inland Revenue Department for tax audits--just the latest form of harassment of journalists in Hong Kong. 

The tax assessor who appears on at least some of these audit letters is Tam Oi Ping (譚愛萍)--the
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Hong Kong’s tax department hard at work…checking Tom Grundy’s dog’s paperwork, amid a slew of probes into media outlets and journalists (And I can independently vouch for the hot sauce!) nytimes.com/2025/05/21/wor…

Hong Kong’s tax department hard at work…checking <a href="/tomgrundy/">Tom Grundy</a>’s dog’s paperwork, amid a slew of probes into media outlets and journalists 

(And I can independently vouch for the hot sauce!) 

nytimes.com/2025/05/21/wor…
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Thank you, Rep. Ritchie Torres, for your steadfast support for Hongkongers’ fight for #democracy and #freedom. We look forward to our continuing work together to hold the #Chinese and #HongKong authorities accountable for their human rights abuses—both in Hong Kong and beyond.

Thank you, <a href="/RepRitchie/">Rep. Ritchie Torres</a>, for your steadfast support for Hongkongers’ fight for #democracy and #freedom. We look forward to our continuing work together to hold the #Chinese and #HongKong authorities accountable for their human rights abuses—both in Hong Kong and beyond.
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It would be a tragic symbol of how far US academic freedom has fallen in the past few months if university students flee the US for Hong Kong, one of the least free places in the world. hkust.edu.hk/news/hkust-ope…

It would be a tragic symbol of how far US academic freedom has fallen in the past few months if university students flee the US for Hong Kong, one of the least free places in the world. hkust.edu.hk/news/hkust-ope…
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At Washington National Airport on my way to Human Rights Foundation (HRF)’s Oslo Freedom Forum to speak alongside Carmen Lau 劉珈汶, Chloe Cheung 張晞晴, and Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 on Hong Kong's fight for human rights and learn from so many others from all over the world fighting for their freedoms. Look forward to

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At DC's airport on my way to Human Rights Foundation (HRF)'s Oslo Freedom Forum to speak alongside Carmen Lau 劉珈汶, Chloe Cheung 張晞晴 & Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 on Hong Kong's fight for human rights & learn from so many others across the world fighting for their freedoms. Look forward to seeing some of you there.

At DC's airport on my way to <a href="/HRF/">Human Rights Foundation (HRF)</a>'s Oslo Freedom Forum to speak alongside <a href="/carmenkamanlau/">Carmen Lau 劉珈汶</a>, <a href="/Chloe_chc_25/">Chloe Cheung 張晞晴</a> &amp; <a href="/benedictrogers/">Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯</a> on Hong Kong's fight for human rights &amp; learn from so many others across the world fighting for their freedoms. Look forward to seeing some of you there.
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Hong Kong is using its outdated reputation as a financial center to advance authoritarianism across the world. Today at Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF), I will speak on this with Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯, Carmen Lau 劉珈汶 & Chloe Cheung 張晞晴 at 16:30 Oslo/15:30 UK/10:30 New York. Watch online: oslofreedomforum.com/event/oslo-fre…

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It was a successful, well attended panel today on Hong Kong at Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) with brilliant friends and colleagues Chloe Cheung 張晞晴, Carmen Lau 劉珈汶 & Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯. Hong Kong’s financial and trade infrastructure have been repurposed to advance authoritarianism at home and abroad.

It was a successful, well attended panel today on Hong Kong at <a href="/OsloFF/">Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF)</a> with brilliant friends and colleagues <a href="/Chloe_chc_25/">Chloe Cheung 張晞晴</a>, <a href="/carmenkamanlau/">Carmen Lau 劉珈汶</a> &amp; <a href="/benedictrogers/">Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯</a>. Hong Kong’s financial and trade infrastructure have been repurposed to advance authoritarianism at home and abroad.
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It’s one of the few advantages we still have over China. People want to come to America because it’s a free country, even though many of the best research universities are now in China. This isn’t just bad for immigrants, it’s shooting America in the foot.

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It is already exceedingly difficult for Hongkongers trying to flee the national security crackdown to gain entry to the US. This will just make it even harder, with little benefit to US interests.

It is already exceedingly difficult for Hongkongers trying to flee the national security crackdown to gain entry to the US. This will just make it even harder, with little benefit to US interests.