7 Aug 2020立場新聞#746
US announces sanctions on 11 mainland Chinese and Hong Kong officials; Xia Baolong, Luo Huining, Carrie Lam and Tang Ping-keung among them
美國財政部公布，制裁推行國安法及損害香港自治的 11 名中港官員，包括夏寶龍、張曉明、鄭雁雄、駱惠寧、林鄭月娥、鄭若驊、李家超、曾國衞、鄧炳強、盧偉聰、陳國基。他們直接或間接持有的在美資產，只要超過一半權益，就會被凍結，以及需向美國外國資產控制室 OFAC 申報。除非美國當局許可，否則任何當地機構均不可與被制裁人士有業務往來，或向對方提供資金、貨品或服務。
The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on 11 mainland Chinese and Hong Kong officials for implementing the national security law and undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy. They are Xia Baolong, Zhang Xiaoming, Zheng Yanxiong, Luo Huining, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, John Lee Ka-chiu, Erick Tsang Kwok-wai, Tang Ping-keung, Stephen Lo Wai-chung and Eric Chan Kwok-ki. Assets in the United States held directly or indirectly by them, where they hold more than a 50 per cent interest, will be frozen and must be reported to the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Unless authorised by the US authorities, no local entity may conduct business with the sanctioned individuals or provide them with funds, goods or services.
6 Aug 2020獨媒#743
CUHK Convocation annual general meeting postponed until next year; chairman “agrees” to one-year extension as alumni lawyer says move may be unlawful
中大校友自動成為成員的中大校友評議會，原定於7月18日舉行週年會員大會，改選將兼任校董的主席，以及兩個常委空缺。今年大會有民主派候選人參戰，惟會員大會一再延期，最新安排將延至明年1月9日。評議會常委更「決定」任期將於8月30日屆滿的現任主席延任一年，主席亦「同意」有關安排。中大校友莊耀洸律師指做法涉違反《香港中文大學條例》，或受法律挑戰。
The CUHK Convocation, whose members automatically include CUHK alumni, had originally scheduled its annual general meeting for July 18 to elect a chairman who would also serve as a member of the University Council, as well as fill two vacancies on the standing committee. Pan-democratic candidates are contesting this year’s election, but the meeting has been postponed repeatedly and is now scheduled for January 9 next year. The standing committee also “decided” to extend the term of the incumbent chairman, whose term was due to expire on August 30, by one year, and the chairman “agreed” to the arrangement. CUHK alumnus Yiu Kwong Chong, a lawyer, said the move may violate the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance and could face a legal challenge.
3 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#740
France Suspends Hong Kong Extradition Agreement; Only 13 Countries Remain Able to Exchange Fugitive Offenders After National Security Law Takes Effect
《港區國安法》實施後，全球多國陸續暫停與香港的引渡協議。法國外交部今日亦宣布，叫停與香港的移交逃犯協定的批准程序。
據法新社報道，法國外交部周一指，鑑於最新的事態發展，法國將不會按照法國與香港特區於 2017 年 5 月 4 日簽署的引渡協議進行批准。
After the Hong Kong National Security Law took effect, a number of countries around the world successively suspended their extradition agreements with Hong Kong. France’s Foreign Ministry also announced today that it was suspending the ratification process for the agreement on the surrender of fugitive offenders with Hong Kong.
According to Agence France-Presse, France’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that, in light of the latest developments, France would not proceed with ratification of the agreement signed by France and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 4 May 2017.
2 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#739
Lingnan rejects Ip Iam-chong’s tenure application; he says he will lose teaching post next year and urges attention to university’s “extraordinary” purge
曾多次撰文批評政府以至北京的嶺南大學文化研究系助理教授葉蔭聰在《明報》撰文，透露已收到大學通知，「實任」（substantiation）申請被否決，只獲一年合約，明年要離職。葉蔭聰指出，這幾年來，持續有敢於尖刻批評政治社會問題的「偏黃」學者遭大學拒絕續約，是有大學高層暗裏為政權「大掃除」，而港大法律學院副教授戴耀廷事件更反映，當局已於大學展開後國安法時代「超乎尋常」洗太平地行動。
Ip Iam-chong, an assistant professor in Lingnan University’s Department of Cultural Studies who has repeatedly written critically about the government and Beijing, said in an article in Ming Pao that he had been notified by the university that his application for “substantiation” had been rejected. He would receive only a one-year contract and would have to leave next year. Ip said that in recent years, “yellow” scholars who were willing to offer sharp criticism of political and social issues had repeatedly been refused contract renewals by universities. He said this reflected a covert “clean-up” of universities by senior university officials on behalf of the authorities, while the incident involving Benny Tai, an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, further showed that the authorities had launched an “extraordinary” purge at universities in the post-national security law era.
1 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#737
Germany Suspends Hong Kong Extradition Agreement; Hong Kong Government Strongly Opposes, Calls It Double-Standard Political Manoeuvring
消息指警方通緝 6 名身處海外的人，指控他們違反國安法，包括在德國的的本土民主前線前發言人黃台仰，德國外長馬斯在消息公布曝光後宣佈，德國將會暫停與香港的引渡協議；特區政府稱，強烈反對這做法，批評德國政府為政治目的，以特區政府押後立法會選舉為借口，單方面暫停移交協定，是雙重標準的政治操作，粗暴干涉中國内政，嚴重違反國際法和國際關係基本準則。
Reports said police were seeking six people overseas on accusations of violating the National Security Law, including Wong Toi-yeung, former spokesperson for Hong Kong Indigenous, who was in Germany. After the report was made public, German Foreign Minister Maas announced that Germany would suspend its extradition agreement with Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said it strongly opposed the move, accusing the German government of suspending the transfer agreement unilaterally for political purposes, using the postponement of the Legislative Council election by the HKSAR Government as an excuse. It described the move as double-standard political manoeuvring, a blatant interference in China's internal affairs, and a serious violation of international law and the basic norms governing international relations.
1 Aug 2020獨媒#738
Primary School Teacher Allegedly Forced by Principal to Forge Documents, Required to Write Resignation Letter After Arrest
小學老師疑被校長逼造假文件 被捕後需寫提前辭職信
A primary school teacher was allegedly forced by the principal to forge documents and, after being arrested, was required to write a resignation letter in advance.
30 Jul 2020聞庫（立場）#732
Fearing Persecution for Pro-Hong Kong Independence Stance, Former Studentlocalism Member Lau Hong Goes to UK to Seek Political Asylum
本土派學生組織「學生動源」前成員、「香港效益主義黨」主席劉康發表聲明指，因《港區國安法》在港實施，擔心自己的立場會受到政治迫害，今年 6 月已赴英國尋求政治庇護。他指責港府以《國安法》迫害主張香港獨立人士，是明顯「踐踏言論自由、人道災難」，如自己沒有及時赴英，「今日香港政府就會拘捕我、迫害我」，呼籲英國、美國、歐盟、台灣、日本及全球「所有文明國家」制裁港府及中國政府。
Lau Hong, a former member of pro-localist student organisation Studentlocalism and chairman of the Hong Kong Utilitarian Party, said in a statement that he went to the UK in June this year to seek political asylum because he feared his political stance would face persecution following the implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong. He accused the Hong Kong government of persecuting people who advocate Hong Kong independence under the National Security Law, calling it an obvious "trampling on freedom of speech and a humanitarian disaster". He said that if he had not gone to the UK in time, "the Hong Kong government would arrest and persecute me today", and called on the UK, the US, the European Union, Taiwan, Japan and "all civilised countries" around the world to impose sanctions on the Hong Kong and Chinese governments.
28 Jul 2020聞庫（立場）#730
HKU Council Dismisses Benny Tai; Liaison Office Calls It a Just Act That Punishes Evil and Upholds Good
香港大學法律系副教授戴耀廷去年因為「佔中案」被判監，港大展開紀律程序檢討戴耀廷去留，港大校委會今日（28 日）召開會議。消息人士指，校委會以 18 票比 2 票，通過開除戴耀廷的決定，意味著校委會推翻教務委員會早前建議保留教席的結論。中聯辦今日晚上表示，港大校委會的決定是「懲惡揚善、順應民心的正義之舉。」發言人又形容「正義或許會遲到，但絕不會缺席，戴耀廷被解僱完全是咎由自取。」
Benny Tai, an associate professor in the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, was sentenced to imprisonment last year in the “Occupy Central case”. HKU launched disciplinary proceedings to review whether he should retain his post, and its Council met today (28th). Sources said the Council voted 18 to 2 to dismiss Tai, overturning an earlier recommendation by the Senate to retain his position. The Liaison Office said this evening that the Council’s decision was “a just act that punishes evil and upholds good, and conforms to the wishes of the people”. Its spokesperson said, “Justice may be late, but it will never be absent. Benny Tai’s dismissal was entirely brought upon himself.”
24 Jul 2020獨媒#7783
[Settling Accounts with Education] “‘Yellow’ teacher works as a volunteer journalist in spare time; school targets teacher and reviews CCTV for ‘evidence’
教師工餘任義務記者 學校針對 翻CCTV尋「罪證」
Teacher works as a volunteer journalist in spare time; school targets teacher and reviews CCTV for ‘evidence’.
18 Jul 2020獨媒#7779
LegCo Election: FTU Holds Press Conference, Citing Pandemic for Refusing Access to InMedia and Apple Daily
立法會換屆選舉提名期今日開始，工聯會今早在土瓜灣馬頭涌道的會所舉行記者會，《獨媒》和《蘋果日報》記者均被拒絕採訪。工聯會職員稱記者會屬私人活動，只邀請相關媒體，後又改稱是因疫情關係。
The nomination period for the Legislative Council election began today. The Federation of Trade Unions held a press conference this morning at its clubhouse on Ma Tau Chung Road in To Kwa Wan, but reporters from InMedia and Apple Daily were refused access. FTU staff said the press conference was a private event and only relevant media had been invited, later changing their explanation to say it was due to the pandemic.
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