8 Feb 2024獨媒#2963
愛國團體到美領館抗議 總領事門外「合照」：意見不同但完全支持和平示威權利
Patriotic groups protested this morning outside the Consulate General of the United States in Hong Kong and Macao on Garden Road, Central, objecting to US officials receiving wanted Hong Kong people. During the protest, US Consul General in Hong Kong and Macao Gregory May took a selfie “group photo” with the protesters outside the entrance while smiling. He said: “Although I disagree with them, I fully support their right to hold peaceful demonstrations.”
有愛國團體今早到位於中環花園道的美國駐香港及澳門總領事館抗議，不滿美國官員接見被通緝港人。在抗議期間，美國駐港澳總領事梅儒瑞在門外與示威者自拍「合照」，兼面露笑容，他表示：「雖然我同佢哋意見唔同，但係完全支持佢哋行駛和平示威嘅權利。」
26 Jan 2024光傳媒#2882
避港人示威 蔡若蓮英國教育展改閉門演講
Education Bureau Secretary Choi Yuk-lin is visiting the United Kingdom. It was reportedly feared that she might encounter protests by Hong Kong people, and her speech at a local education expo was said to have been abruptly cancelled. A reader told Light Media that the speech had not been cancelled but had been moved to another venue and held behind closed doors, with the event’s scale “greatly reduced”. About 100 people attended, most of them members of the Hong Kong delegation, and the event was not listed on the expo’s official programme. Light Media is seeking responses from Hong Kong’s Education Bureau and the UK organiser.
正在英國訪問的教育局長蔡若蓮，有傳因擔心遇上港人示威，原訂在當地教育展的演講緊急取消。有讀者向《光傳媒》報料，蔡若蓮在教育展的演講並沒取消，只是被改到另一場地「閉門進行」，而且規模「大縮水」，現場約百名聽眾大部分是香港代表團成員，活動更未有顯示在大會日程上。《光傳媒》正向香港教育局及英國主辦單位查詢，正等候回覆。
23 Jan 2024香港人權資訊中心#2857
1月23日聯合國普遍定期審議—四國質詢何時廢除香港國安法 香港人權資訊中心同日發表《香港人權報告2023》
1月23日聯合國普遍定期審議—四國質詢何時廢除香港國安法 香港人權資訊中心同日發表《香港人權報告2023》
The United Nations Human Rights Council will conduct its Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, Switzerland, on 23 January to examine the human rights situation in China, including Hong Kong and Macao. Hong Kong-related issues received attention during the review, with eight countries raising questions. The Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States all asked the Chinese government to state when it would repeal the Hong Kong National Security Law (the National Security Law) in accordance with the recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
聯合國人權理事會將於1月23日於瑞士日內瓦舉行普遍定期審議，檢視中國（包括香港及澳門）的人權狀況。香港議題在是次審議中受到相關關注，共有八個國家作出提問，其中荷蘭、瑞士、英國及美國皆要求中國政府交代何時根據聯合國人權事務委員會的建議廢除《香港國安法》(《國安法》)。
12 Jan 2024獨媒#2805
【台灣大選】黃丹晴網上申簽證一度被拒 解說區會工作及交代在台行程後獲批
Several former pro-democracy councillors’ applications for visas to travel to Taiwan were previously rejected, prompting speculation that this was related to their status as district councillors and their oath-taking. Lemon Tan Ching Wong’s application for a Taiwan entry visa also encountered difficulties. Last spring, he planned to travel to Taiwan, but his online application for an entry permit was rejected, requiring him to pay Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency to apply for a visa. During the process, the Taiwanese authorities asked about his work and itinerary in Taiwan. He said: “I said [the District Council was] a consultative non-governmental organisation, so it had no power to allocate funding or any public power. At that time, I really felt that the District Councils Ordinance was very useful.”
早前有多名前民主派議員申請簽證赴台時被拒，外界質疑與區議員身分及宣誓有關。黃丹晴的入台簽證亦幾經周折，去年春季，他打算到台灣旅遊，惟網上申請入台證被拒，需向台灣移民署付費申請簽證。過程中，台方曾查問其工作內容及在台行程，黃笑言：「我話（區議會是）諮詢性嘅非政權機構，所以冇任何撥款嘅權力，或者公權力嘅，呢個時間真係覺得《區議會條例》十分好用。」
12 Jan 2024獨媒#2807
民建聯等團體到英領 抗議辛偉誠妄議黎智英案
Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and three companies, including Apple Daily, are facing charges including conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, and the case has entered the trial stage. A British peer recently made public a letter from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak replying to former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten and others, in which Sunak said the Hong Kong government’s prosecution of Lai was “politically motivated” and praised Lai as a “champion of free speech”. The Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, the civic “patriotic groups” Anti-Black Gold and Anti-Hong Kong Independence and the General Association for Safeguarding Hong Kong with One Heart, among others, protested today outside the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong, accusing Sunak of making unwarranted comments on the Lai Chee-ying case and interfering with the rule of law in Hong Kong.
壹傳媒集團創辦人黎智英與《蘋果日報》等3間公司，被控「串謀勾結外國勢力」等罪，案件踏入審訊階段。有英國上議員日前公開首相辛偉誠（Rishi Sunak）回覆前港督彭定康（Chris Patten）等人的信件，指港府起訴黎智英是出於「政治動機（politically motivated）」，又讚揚黎智英是「言論自由的捍衛者 （champion of free speech）」。民建聯、民間「愛國團體」反黑金反港獨及同心護港總會等，今日到英國駐港總領事館抗議，斥辛偉誠妄議黎智革案，干預本港法治。
12 Jan 2024光傳媒#2809
《2024世界人權報告》：香港各項自由遭大幅削減 發布毫無根據通緝令
Human Rights Watch published its 2024 World Report yesterday (11th), saying that China has gained complete control over Hong Kong since implementing the National Security Law, and that freedoms in Hong Kong have been sharply curtailed. The report criticised the Hong Kong government for issuing baseless arrest warrants for eight political figures and social activists, and warned that if authoritarian governments can carry out cross-border repression, no place is safe.
國際組織「人權觀察」（Human Rights Watch）昨日（11日）發表《2024世界人權報告》，指中國實施《國安法》後，已完全掌控了香港，香港各項自由遭大幅削減。報告批評港府對8名政治人物、社運人士發出毫無根據通緝令，又提醒如果專制政府可以跨境鎮壓，那麼沒有任何地方是安全的。
11 Jan 2024大城誌#2801
台灣大選︳港人首次入閘 72歲前區議員徐百弟參選立委 盼港人身分引討論「開一條路」
Taiwan’s presidential election will be held on 13 January. Many Hong Kong people are coming to Taiwan to observe the election, hoping to experience an atmosphere of equal elections abroad. A small number of Hong Kong migrants have also become first-time voters and taken part in the election from the sidelines. But one Hong Konger is going all in by running for office, opening the way for Hong Kong people to stand for election. He is Pak Tai Chui, who served as a Hong Kong district councillor for 17 years and was formerly a member of the Democratic Party. He moved to Taiwan 11 years ago and had shed his political armour, but decided in this election to challenge New Taipei City, the largest electoral stronghold in Taiwan.
台灣總統選舉將會在1月13日舉行，不少港人來台觀戰，望在外感受平等選舉氣氛，亦有少量移台港人成為「首投族」，擦邊參與選舉，但有一位香港人「瞓身」參選，打開港人參選先河。他是徐百弟，曾當上17年香港區議員，亦是前民主黨黨員。本來早在11年前移台，並卸下從政的盔甲，今屆決定挑戰全台最大的票倉——新北市。
5 Jan 2024光傳媒#2775
黎智英國際律師團隊向聯合國緊急申訴 指李宇軒遭嚴刑逼供作證
Jimmy Lai’s international legal team filed an urgent appeal yesterday (the 4th) with the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, alleging that key prosecution witness Andy Li was subjected to severe torture and forced to give evidence in China. The team said that evidence obtained through torture and coercion could not be relied upon. British King’s Counsel Caoilfhionn Gallagher, who leads the legal team, said that relying on such testimony would amount to indirectly legitimising torture and tarnish the judicial system.
黎智英的國際律師團隊昨（4日）向聯合國酷刑問題特別報告員提出緊急申訴，指案件中的控方關鍵證人李宇軒在中國曾被嚴刑逼供，絕對不能依賴基於酷刑和脅迫獲得的證據。帶領律師團隊的英國御用大律師加拉格爾（Caoilfhionn Gallagher）指出，若依賴這些證供將等同間接合理化酷刑，玷污了司法體系。
5 Jan 2024光傳媒#2776
英議員致函卡梅倫促制裁李家超
The Jimmy Lai case continues to attract international attention. After the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), comprising lawmakers from 33 countries, condemned Hong Kong’s National Security Law for infringing on freedoms and called for sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials, six British political figures also wrote to British Foreign Secretary Cameron urging sanctions against Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee.
黎智英案繼續引起國際關注，繼由全球33國議員組成的「對華政策跨國議會聯盟（IPAC）」譴責香港《國安法》侵害自由，呼籲制裁中港官員後，英國6名政要亦致函英國外相卡梅倫，促請制裁香港特首李家超。
30 Dec 2023明報#2752
立場停運2年 24國聯署關注港新聞自由，港府回應
A Hong Kong government spokesperson said that Hong Kong residents enjoy freedom of the press and freedom of expression protected by the Basic Law and the Hong Kong Bill of Rights, and that “Hong Kong’s media environment remains vibrant.” The spokesperson said freedom of expression and freedom of the press are not absolute, and that journalists, like everyone else, have an obligation to comply with all laws. The government issued a further statement in the evening, expressing strong dissatisfaction with and firm opposition to the alliance’s statement, and saying that any foreign denigration of the Hong Kong SAR would never succeed.
港府發言人回應說，香港市民擁有《基本法》和《香港人權法案》保障的新聞和言論自由，又稱「香港的傳媒環境蓬勃依然」。發言人說，言論和新聞自由並非絕對，新聞從業員與其他人一樣有義務遵守所有法律。政府晚上再發稿表示對聯盟聲明強烈不滿和堅決反對，又說任何外國詆毁香港特區絕不會得逞。
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