27 Jun 2025獨媒#6956
US Independence Day reception: Consul General says he is concerned about “political prisoners” including Jimmy Lai; HKSAR Government condemns
今年7月4日將是美國獨立249週年，美國駐港澳總領事館昨日在中環美利酒店舉行獨立日酒會。總領事梅儒瑞將在下個月卸任，到北京出任美國駐北京大使館副館長。他在酒會後被記者問及時，稱關注《蘋果日報》創辦人黎智英等政治犯，特區政府晚上發稿強烈譴責，指梅儒瑞對政府維護國家安全發表不實和偏頗言論。
July 4 this year will mark the 249th anniversary of US independence. The US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macao held an Independence Day reception yesterday at The Murray, Hong Kong, in Central. Consul General Gregory May will leave his post next month to become deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Beijing. Asked by reporters after the reception, he said he was concerned about political prisoners including Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai. The HKSAR Government issued a statement that evening strongly condemning Mr May, saying he had made untrue and biased remarks about the Government’s efforts to safeguard national security.
20 Jun 2025RFA#6929
Hong Kongers’ Organisation Holds Exhibition on US West Coast to Mark Sixth Anniversary of Anti-Extradition Movement
北京和香港政府正在準備國安法實施五周年一系列活動。在海外，不少港組織亦正在舉行反送中運動六周年紀念活動，在美國加州灣區Fremont，有港人組織舉行「自由之淚」2019香港人抗爭運動展覽。現場不單止重現了2019年以來香港社會運動的風雨歷程，更加體現了海外港人社群的團結與堅持。
主辦方《美國香港人會館》為每位參觀者準備免費港式奶茶和菠蘿包。展品方面，最矚目的是鍾翰林在港被捕時的國安法逮捕文件，主辦方亦特別設置2019年香港抗爭運動時間線展板，將重要事件、標誌性場面依次呈現。
The Beijing and Hong Kong governments are preparing a series of activities for the fifth anniversary of the implementation of the National Security Law. Overseas, a number of Hong Kong organisations are also holding activities to mark the sixth anniversary of the anti-extradition movement. In Fremont in California’s Bay Area, a Hong Kong organisation held the “Tears of Freedom” exhibition on the 2019 Hong Kong people’s protest movement. The exhibition recreated the turbulent course of Hong Kong’s social movements since 2019 and demonstrated the solidarity and perseverance of the overseas Hong Kong community.
The organiser, the Hong Kong People’s Association of America, prepared free Hong Kong-style milk tea and pineapple buns for every visitor. Among the exhibits, the most notable was the National Security Law arrest document issued when Tony Chung was arrested in Hong Kong. The organiser also specially set up display panels showing a timeline of Hong Kong’s 2019 protest movement, presenting important events and iconic scenes in sequence.
17 Jun 2025RFA#6920
International Report Says Hong Kong’s “Arbitrary Detention” Is Worsening; Civil and Political Rights Score “Nears” China’s
根據「人權評量倡議組織」（Human Rights Measurement Initiative，簡稱HRMI）今年度的最新報告顯示，香港在「政治自由」及「人身完整性」方面的表現持續惡化，顯示當局對基本人權的尊重仍存在重大問題；而「公民與政治權利」評分僅比排名最低的中國高0.5分。HRMI指，港府以國安為由進一步加強控制，通過基本法23條的條款，又繼續拘捕與國安和動輒聲稱勾結外國勢力等相關個案，企圖造成寒蟬效應。
設在紐西蘭的人權評量倡議組織（Human Rights Measurement Initiative）針對38個國家地區進行調查，衡量多項人權標準，觀察不同地方的人權狀況的變化。
在香港方面，報告將「人身完整性權利」分為「免遭權」、「任意拘禁」、「強迫失蹤」、「死刑」、「法外處決」及「酷刑」來評定港府在尊重各項權利的情況如何，結果香港總得分是7.4分（滿分為10分），反映⼤部分⼈的「⼈⾝完整性」受到⼀種或多種侵害。其中「任意拘禁」表現最差，只有4.5分，比起去年的4.7分還要低0.2分。
The latest annual report by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) shows that Hong Kong’s performance in “political freedom” and “physical integrity” has continued to deteriorate, indicating major problems remain in the authorities’ respect for fundamental human rights. Its “civil and political rights” score is only 0.5 points higher than that of China, which ranks lowest. HRMI said the Hong Kong government had further tightened control in the name of national security by passing provisions under Article 23 of the Basic Law, while continuing to arrest people in cases related to national security and allegations such as collusion with foreign forces, seeking to create a chilling effect.
The New Zealand-based Human Rights Measurement Initiative surveyed 38 countries and regions, assessing multiple human rights standards and observing changes in human rights conditions in different places.
For Hong Kong, the report assessed the government’s respect for “physical integrity rights” across “freedom-from rights,” “arbitrary detention,” “enforced disappearance,” “the death penalty,” “extrajudicial execution” and “torture.” Hong Kong’s overall score was 7.4 out of 10, indicating that most people’s “physical integrity” had been violated in one or more ways. “Arbitrary detention” was the poorest-performing area, scoring only 4.5 points, down 0.2 points from last year’s 4.7.
16 Jun 2025光傳媒#6918
Hong Kong Watch report｜67% of Chinese companies sanctioned by US have shares tradable on HKEX, investors may risk breaching US sanctions
香港監察上周三（11日）發布有關投資者在香港交易所買賣中國企業股票的風險報告，發現117間被美國政府制裁的中國企業，有79間的股票可以在港交所交易，當中有19間更是直接在主板上市。香港監察警告，投資者在港交所購買股票時，可能在無意間接觸到涉及侵犯人權的中國企業，甚至可能違反美國政府的制裁禁令。
香港監察（Hong Kong Watch）發布題為《Risky Business: how sanctioned entities access capital via Hong Kong》報告，分析香港和中國近期的政策變動，而這些變動旨在推動中國企業在香港上市，而非在其他有更嚴格盡職審查（due diligence）要求的「離岸」地區上市。報告指出，香港國安法例對外國投資者帶來的風險和盡職審查挑戰，並向投資者提供人權盡職審查的指引。
報告由香港監察資深研究及政策顧問湯柏森（Thomas Benson）撰寫，他表示，報告揭示香港股市對海外機構投資者帶來的道德及法律風險。「當中闡釋了香港股市為何、如何對北京政府具有重要策略意義，以及牽涉侵犯人權行為的中國企業如何利用香港進入國際資本市場並招攬海外投資者」。
Hong Kong Watch published a report last Wednesday (11th) on the risks of investors trading shares in Chinese companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It found that 79 of 117 Chinese companies sanctioned by the US government had shares that could be traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, 19 of which were directly listed on the Main Board. Hong Kong Watch warned that investors purchasing shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange could inadvertently gain exposure to Chinese companies involved in human rights abuses and might even breach US government sanctions.
Hong Kong Watch published a report titled “Risky Business: how sanctioned entities access capital via Hong Kong”, analysing recent policy changes in Hong Kong and China aimed at encouraging Chinese companies to list in Hong Kong rather than in other “offshore” jurisdictions with stricter due diligence requirements. The report highlighted the risks and due diligence challenges posed to foreign investors by Hong Kong’s national security legislation, and provided investors with guidance on human rights due diligence.
The report was written by Thomas Benson, Hong Kong Watch’s senior research and policy adviser. He said the report revealed the ethical and legal risks that Hong Kong’s stock market posed to overseas institutional investors. “It explains why and how Hong Kong’s stock market is strategically important to the Beijing government, and how Chinese companies involved in human rights abuses use Hong Kong to access international capital markets and attract overseas investors.”
13 Jun 2025獨媒#6912
Hong Kong people in Taiwan hold June 12 march, drawing more than 100 participants
2019年反對修訂《逃犯條例》運動踏入6周年。繼續有在台港人在6.12當日組織遊行，主辦方稱有約200人參與。在台港人組織「香港邊城青年」秘書長馮詔天形容，2019年6月12日是香港歷史上沒法抹去的一天，雖然已過去6年，仍盼大家能記住歷史：「唔好忘記當日發生過嘅事。」他又嘆，最近連手機遊戲都被指宣揚台獨及港獨，難保今次遊行也會被視為「港獨」行為，因此理解遊行人數不多，指可能是因為有所顧慮。
The 2019 movement opposing amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance has reached its sixth anniversary. Hong Kong people in Taiwan again organised a march on June 12, with organisers saying about 200 people took part. Fung Ziu-tin, secretary-general of the Hong Kong people in Taiwan organisation “Hong Kong Outlanders”, described June 12, 2019, as an indelible day in Hong Kong’s history. Although six years have passed, he still hopes people can remember history: “Don’t forget what happened that day.” He also lamented that even mobile games have recently been accused of promoting Taiwan independence and Hong Kong independence, making it difficult to ensure that this march would not also be viewed as an act of “Hong Kong independence”. He therefore understood why turnout was not high, saying it might be because people had concerns.
12 Jun 2025光傳媒#6900
Hong Kong Democracy Council forum: Hong Kong reduced to a hub for China’s global ambitions, used to evade sanctions and launder money
香港民主委員會（HKDC）在上周三（4日）於華府「特別競爭研究專案」的AI+博覽會中，主持了一場論壇，探討香港在中國創新與金融戰略中的角色。有研究者指出香港正處於中國全球野心的樞紐，北京以香港獨特的地緣政治地位作為戰略工具，以繞過國際限制；亦有律師分析，香港已成為規避制裁、洗黑錢及非法金融活動的門戶，國際社會應停止將香港視為可信的金融中心。
論壇主題為「香港：中國全球國家策略的金融與科技門戶」，由HKDC政策及研究員王樂知（Mason）主持，與會者包括律師兼Bickett Law and Policy PLLC創辦人Samuel Bickett、軍事裝備與技術情報中心Jane’s首席分析師Claire Chu、詹姆斯敦基金會（Jamestown Foundation）研究員張崑陽，以及前香港立法會議員單仲偕。
The Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC) hosted a forum last Wednesday (4th) at the Special Competitive Studies Project’s AI+ Expo in Washington, discussing Hong Kong’s role in China’s innovation and financial strategies. One researcher said Hong Kong was at the centre of China’s global ambitions, with Beijing using its unique geopolitical position as a strategic tool to circumvent international restrictions. A lawyer also said Hong Kong had become a gateway for sanctions evasion, money laundering and illicit financial activities, and that the international community should stop viewing Hong Kong as a trusted financial centre.
The forum, titled “Hong Kong: Financial and Technological Gateway to China’s Global State Strategy”, was moderated by HKDC policy and research fellow Wong Lok-chi (Mason). Participants included lawyer Samuel Bickett, founder of Bickett Law and Policy PLLC; Claire Chu, lead analyst at Jane’s Centre for Military Equipment and Technology Intelligence; Jamestown Foundation researcher Cheung Kwan-yeung; and former Hong Kong Legislative Council member Sin Chung-kai.
12 Jun 2025棱角#6902
Sixth anniversary of anti-extradition bill protests | Hongkongers in UK, Australia and Canada continue resistance; timetable of actions worldwide
面對《國安法》及跨境鎮壓，各地海外港人將繼續發聲守護歷史真相，毋懼對抗極權。英國、澳洲、加拿大、美國及台灣等各城市由周四（12日）起，均有反修例六周年行動，《棱角》整合了各地行動時間表。
In the face of the National Security Law and transnational repression, overseas Hongkongers in various places will continue to speak out and safeguard the truth of history, unafraid to confront authoritarianism. Cities in the UK, Australia, Canada, the United States and Taiwan will hold sixth-anniversary anti-extradition bill protest actions from Thursday (12th). Leng Gok has compiled a timetable of actions in different places.
12 Jun 2025集誌社#6906
Six Years After Anti-Extradition Bill Protests | Extradition Suspensions by 10 Countries Including UK, US, Australia and Canada Not Restored; New Criminal Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement with Russia Yet to Take Effect
翻查資料，反修例運動前，香港與 32 個司法管轄區簽訂刑事相互法律協助協定，及與 20 個司法管轄區簽訂移交逃犯協定。不過自《港區國安法》於 2020 年 6 月 30 日生效，多國表達對香港法治及一國兩制被破壞的憂慮，10 個國家包括加拿大、澳洲、英國、新西蘭、德國、法國、美國、愛爾蘭、芬蘭、荷蘭，相繼於 2020 年 7 月至 10 月，宣布暫停與香港就移交逃犯的協定，港府亦隨之宣布暫停履行與相關國家的移交逃犯及刑事司法協助協定，至今未曾恢復。
A review of the records found that before the anti-extradition bill movement, Hong Kong had signed criminal mutual legal assistance agreements with 32 jurisdictions and extradition agreements with 20 jurisdictions. However, after the National Security Law came into effect on 30 June 2020, 10 countries—Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, France, the United States, Ireland, Finland and the Netherlands—expressed concerns about the damage to the rule of law in Hong Kong and the "one country, two systems" principle, and successively announced between July and October 2020 that they were suspending their extradition agreements with Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government subsequently announced that it was suspending the implementation of its extradition and mutual legal assistance agreements with the relevant countries. These arrangements have not been restored to date. A newly signed criminal mutual legal assistance agreement with Russia has yet to take effect.
11 Jun 2025獨媒#6894
Foreign Ministry office in Hong Kong condemns US for openly backing Joshua Wong and maligning routine police enforcement
前香港眾志秘書長黃之鋒上周五被警方國安處拘捕，已被落案起訴「串謀勾結外國或者境外勢力危害國家罪」，美國國務院日前回覆傳媒查詢時稱，強烈譴責港府對黃之鋒的新指控。外交部駐港特派員公署今日斥美國國務院公然為反中亂港分子黃之鋒撐腰張目，並惡意抹黑香港警方正常執法行動，赤裸裸干預香港事務和中國內政，表明強烈不滿和堅決反對。
黃之鋒涉及組織及參與2020年民主派初選，被控「串謀顛覆國家政權」罪，在去年認罪被判入獄4年8個月，現正在赤柱監獄服刑，預計2027年1月刑滿出獄。
Joshua Wong, former secretary-general of Demosistō, was arrested by the Police National Security Department last Friday and charged with conspiracy to collude with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security. In response to a media inquiry, the US State Department recently said it strongly condemned the Hong Kong government’s new charges against Wong. The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the Hong Kong SAR today accused the US State Department of openly backing and emboldening Wong, whom it described as an anti-China and anti-Hong Kong figure, and of maliciously smearing normal law-enforcement action by the Hong Kong police. It said this amounted to blatant interference in Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs, and expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition.
Wong was involved in organising and participating in the 2020 pro-democracy primary and was charged with conspiracy to subvert state power. He pleaded guilty last year and was sentenced to four years and eight months’ imprisonment. He is currently serving his sentence at Stanley Prison and is expected to be released in January 2027.
10 Jun 2025追新聞#6884
Six Years Since Anti-Extradition Movement: Leeds ‘Umbrella Formation’ Launches 12 June Commemoration, With London and Manchester to Follow; HKDC Urges UK and US to Revoke HKETO Privileges
612轉眼即將踏入第六年，香港分別於2020年頒佈《港區國安法》、2024年完成《基本法》23條制定工作，截至今年5月1日為止，共有326人因涉嫌危害國安遭港警拘捕，而警方至今就國安罪行向19人發出百萬懸紅通緝令， 廉署通緝12人，大部份已流亡美國、英國、澳洲等地。列斯手足連線於上周六（7日）率先打響紀念612頭炮，在列斯市中心擺街站，主題為「傘陣下相逢，毋忘六一二」。香港民主委員會（HKDC）則發表聲明，敦促英國拒絕中國的政治侵擾，阻止新巨型大使館的規劃，並呼籲英美兩國撤銷香港經濟貿易辦事處所享有的外交特權與豁免權。
As 12 June approaches its sixth anniversary, Hong Kong enacted the National Security Law in 2020 and completed the enactment of Article 23 of the Basic Law in 2024. As of 1 May this year, 326 people had been arrested by Hong Kong police on suspicion of endangering national security. Police have so far issued wanted notices carrying million-dollar bounties for 19 people over national security offences, while the Independent Commission Against Corruption has issued wanted notices for 12 people. Most have fled to the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and elsewhere. The Leeds activists’ network fired the opening salvo of the 12 June commemorations last Saturday (7 June), setting up a street booth in Leeds city centre under the theme “Meet Under the Umbrella Formation, Never Forget 12 June”. The Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC) issued a statement urging the United Kingdom to reject China’s political interference, block plans for a new mega-embassy, and calling on the UK and US to revoke the diplomatic privileges and immunities enjoyed by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices.
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