PPT is late getting to this story and we thank a reader for bringing it to our attention. Earlier this month, Amnesty International issued a statement about the regime's police issuing fines to "an Amnesty International staff member, along with three speakers and a panel moderator, for taking part in a panel discussion on 4…
4 August 2021, 15:02 UTC
Responding to the fining of an Amnesty International staff member, along with three speakers and a panel moderator, for taking part in a panel discussion on 4 July focusing on the enforced disappearances of Thai activists, including Wanchalearm Satsaksit, Amnesty International s Asia-Pacific Regional Director Yamini Mishra said:
“Our member of staff was simply doing her job to raise awareness in Thailand of international human rights law. The Thai authorities should not be fining her, the organizers or other panelists for simply speaking about the Thai authorities’ human rights obligations and the long history of enforced disappearances in this region.”
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image captionTong Ying-kit was found guilty of inciting secession and terrorism
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to nine years in prison after he rode a motorbike into police officers while flying a flag with a protest slogan.
Tong Ying-kit, whose flag bore the phrase Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times , was earlier found guilty of inciting secession and terrorism.
He was the first person to be charged under Hong Kong s controversial national security law.
Friday s verdict has set the tone for how future cases might be interpreted.
More than 100 people have been arrested since the law came into force in 2020.
Hong Kong man jailed for 9 years in first national security case
By James Pomfret and Sara Cheng
Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) -The first person convicted under Hong Kong s national security law was jailed for nine years on Friday for terrorist activities and inciting secession, judges said, in a watershed ruling with long-term implications for the city s judicial landscape.
Former waiter Tong Ying-kit, 24, was accused of driving his motorcycle into three riot police last year while carrying a flag with the protest slogan Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our times.
Tong s lawyer, Clive Grossman, told reporters outside the court the defence would appeal both the verdict and the sentence. He made no further comment.
Hong Kong protester sentenced to 9 years in prison in first case under China s national security law By Haley Ott
July 30, 2021 / 5:28 AM / CBS News
A Hong Kong man who was the first person charged under China s new National Security Law has been sentenced to 9 years in prison.
24-year-old Tong Ying-kit was found guilty earlier this week of inciting secession and terrorism. He was charged under the controversial new National Security Law after he ran into police on a motorbike while carrying a flag with a protest slogan during pro-democracy demonstrations.
His case could set a precedent for similar verdicts to be issued for more than 60 other pro-democracy activists who have been arrested since the law took effect, including former politicians, lawyers, health workers, union leaders and a journalist, who have been critical of Hong Kong s government and, by extension, China s leaders.