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Hong Kong: Arbitrary detention of Tonyee Chow Hang Tung 02/07/2021 Arbitrary detention / July 2, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Hong Kong. Description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Tonyee Chow Hang Tung, a lawyer, labour rights defender, pro-democracy activist, and Vice-Chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China [1], in connection with the organisation of peaceful commemorative demonstrations. On June 4, 2021, Tonyee Chow Hang Tung was arrested on charges of advertising or publicising unauthorised assembly under Section 17A(1D) of the Public Order Ordinance in connection with her involvement in the organisation of the annual peaceful candlelight vigil marking the June 4, 1989, Tiana

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