1/ The Gay Games is barreling ahead with its plans to host thousands of LGBTQ athletes & spectators in Hong Kong later this year. But the org is not just ignoring the danger to athletes, but openly embracing the repressive Hong Kong government. A thread:

8/ Advancing LGBTQ rights is an important issue. But it can’t be done at the expense of other human rights. GAY GAMES 11 HONG KONG 2023’s collaboration with people like David Ko and Regina Ip violates every principle the LGBTQ rights movement stands for. Gay Games, stop this.

#HongKongers in #NewYorkCity protested the trial of the #HK47 & called on the #CCP to #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners in HK. Organized by NY4HK - New Yorkers Supporting Hong Kong HKSAG - NYU 😷 Lion Rock Café Students For Hong Kong 1 of >20 protests worldwide this weekend in solidarity with the HK47 & all HK political prisoners.

#HongKongers in #Reading UK held a silent protest this weekend to support the #HK47 & all #PoliticalPrisoners in HK. Organized by Reading UK Stands with Hong Kong, this is one of 20+ protests for the HK47 this past weekend & next.

#HongKong's Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury, Christopher Hui, should not be welcome in the UK ❌

#HongKongers & #Taiwanese stood with the #HK47 in #Taipei this weekend, one of 20+ protests worldwide in support of the HK47 & all #PoliticalPrisoners in HK. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners rfa.org/cantonese/news…

May Christopher Hui hear us, said Jim Wong as he led a chant 👏

#HongKongers in #Melbourne protested in support of the #HK47 this weekend, one of more than 20 protests worldwide over the course of this week in solidarity with the HK47 & all 1,400+ #PoliticalPrisoners in #HongKong. Source: Victoria Hongkongers 澳洲維港

40 officers of China's secret police station in #NewYork were charged and accused of creating fake social media accounts to harass Chinese dissidents in the US and conspiring with employees of a social media company to remove them from the platform. justice.gov/opa/pr/40-offi…

FBI arrests two for conspiring to act as agents of the PRC in connection with police outpost it operated in NYC. First criminal charges related to a secret #CCP police station, of which there are reportedly >100 around the world. #TransnationalRepression nytimes.com/2023/04/17/nyr…

Nice compilation of photos from the 20 protests worldwide this past weekend for the #HK47, including some we’d yet to see: Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Calgary, Halifax, Amsterdam, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Sutton, Brisbane… points-media.com/jzfa

Today marks British citizen #JimmyLai's 853rd day of detainment in #HongKong. Thank you to the politicians, activists & journalists who participated in The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation's #WorldPressFreedomDay video to declare that #JournalismIsNotACrime and the time is long overdue to #FreeJimmyLai.

Funny how pro-Kremlin and pro-Beijing propagandists posing as journalists are usually the same characters.

On World #PressFreedomDay, persecuted #HongKong journalist Bao Choy appealed her conviction at HK’s top court. The Court of Final Appeal will issue a ruling at a later date. A key case in a city where #PressFreedom has been under constant assault. hongkongfp.com/2023/05/03/hon…

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we remember all imprisoned & prosecuted #HongKong journalists, including #JimmyLai & his #AppleDaily colleagues & #PatrickLam & #ChungPuiKuen of #StandNews. True HK heroes all.

The Acton Institute's TikTok US account was suspended yesterday, without notice or explanation. The reason? We're telling the truth about how China is stripping Hong Kongers of their human rights and persecuting pro-democracy activist #JimmyLai and others. 🧵1/

FINALLY: Federal register notice for Hong Kongers’ DED program is scheduled to publish TOMORROW. Find out how the employment authorization works at federalregister.gov/public-inspect…

See the film that China and TikTok US don’t want you to see at freejimmylai.com #JimmyLai #HongKong #FreeJimmyLai #FreeHongKong #WorldPressFreedomDay