Six Years Since 721｜Hongkongers in Birmingham Hold Street Exhibition, Hopes to “Tell the True Hong Kong Story” and Connect with UK Communities
721 六年｜伯明翰港人辦街頭展 盼「說真香港故事」連結英國社群
Six years after the Yuen Long 721 attack, Hongkongers overseas organised commemorative gatherings in various places around the world. Unlike previous years, however, no Hongkonger organisations in Manchester or London formally initiated public activities this year. In Birmingham, a central English city, Hongkongers held activities on Sunday afternoon (the 20th) and Monday evening (the 21st), local time. Among them, “a group of Hongkongers opposing authoritarianism and the UK-based Hongkongers’ Prisoners’ Rights Concern Group” organised a “Tell the True Hong Kong Story” street exhibition in the city centre, saying it hoped to “restore a history that has been smeared and awaken the collective conscience”.
元朗 721 襲擊事件 6 年，全球多地都有海外港人發起集會紀念，但有別於以往，英國曼徹斯特及倫敦今年未有港人組織正式發起公眾活動。至於在中部城市伯明翰（Birmingham），則有港人在當時時間周日（20日）下午及周一（21日）傍晚發起活動。其中「一群對抗極權的港人及移英港人囚權關注組」，在當地市中心舉辦「說真香港故事」街頭展覽，指希望「還原被抹黑歷史、喚醒集體良知」。