Britt Clennett
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Ukraine spy chief Budanov says to expect more attacks deep inside Russia.
“And Crimea?"
“Crimea is a part of Ukraine, we can use any weapon on our territory.”
'DEEPER AND DEEPER': Ukraine's spy chief tells ABC News'
@BrittClennett
that there will likely be more attacks deep into Russian territory.
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Italian health authorities don’t seem to be taking any chances with the coronavirus. Just landed in Milan from Hong Kong and every passenger is having their temperatures checked and providing contact details
#WuhanCoronavirus
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Hong Kongers in New York mark last year's police storming of Prince Edward MTR on August 31, laying flowers at a mock-up of the station (protest anthem ‘Glory to HK’ plays)
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In Hong Kong - where there is a 2-person gathering limit - police fined a small group of Ukrainians during their socially-distanced anti-war protest
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Apple Daily’s front page vows to fight on after police arrested
@JimmyLaiApple
and raided its office.
My local newsstand vendor says she’s sold 300 copies today. She usually sells 60.
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Apple Daily staff on the roof of the building - on the final night - shouting thank you and ‘ga yau’ to their supporters
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Rolling off the press for the last time. 1 million copies of Apple Daily’s final edition.
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The Hunger Games salute is making an appearance outside court today
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"Save HK 12" beams out from the top of Lion Rock for 12 activists who were caught trying to flee to Taiwan by boat late August. They’ve since disappeared into China’s murky judicial system
Photo:
@StandNewsHK
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Cutest thing you’ll see today: a little kid shouting “Hong Kongers!” from an overpass, to which thousands of protesters below him reply “add oil!”
#antiEALB
(TG)
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We made it official. Thrilled to be working with the best in the biz at
@ABC
(yes, the AMERICAN one).
So bloody grateful.
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2 years into the pandemic, 2 years to prepare for this day. Why are old people out in the cold waiting for a hospital bed?
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A soldier at the border gave me this badge from his uniform as I was leaving after a fourth deployment in this beautiful country
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The final print edition of Apple Daily: “Hong Kongers say a painful farewell in the rain”
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Here’s the moment
@DavidNakamura
gets KJU’s debut reply to a question from a foreign journo
#TrumpKimSummit
Here's video. Possibly the first time ever Kim Jong Un has answered a question from a foreign reporter.
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We all need a little cheering up. So in keeping with tradition, here’s the drunk gweilo who interrupted a TVB’s typhoon live cross
#T8gweilo
#neverforget
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*To be absolutely clear they were fined for the 2-person gathering rule not for protesting
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At long last — like many Aussies I’m finally being reunited with my fam after 2 years, as the walls come down on fortress Australia
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A ‘yellow’ cafe in Hong Kong shows support for the 12 detainees — it’s been 118 days since they were caught trying to flee to Taiwan by speedboat
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The protesters’ 5 demands:
- w̵i̵t̵h̵d̵r̵a̵w̵a̵l̵ ̵o̵f̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵e̵x̵t̵r̵a̵d̵i̵t̵i̵o̵n̵ ̵b̵i̵l̵l̵
- independent inquiry into alleged police brutality
- amnesty for arrested protesters
- retraction of protesters as “rioters”
- universal suffrage
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A must-read piece tracing how Muslim-Hindu riots in 2002 inflamed sectarian violence in India and laid the groundwork for Modi’s rise to power. Also
@RanaAyyub
is a badass
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The media village at Tham Luang cave is packed - there’s more than 1,000 of us - and yet the Thai volunteers here remain so patient and hospitable
#thaicaverescue
#ถ้ำหลวง
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Hong Kong is building Covid isolation facilities with COMMUNAL toilets. This place is cooked.
HK01 looked around the isolation units in Tsing Yi and found there were only communal toilets and most units were empty.
Chinese state media said the units be delivered by today (Feb 28)
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Asking the same question - I’m average height and needed to stand on a suitcase to interview
@Vitaliy_Klychko
who is a literal giant-sized GI Joe
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This disturbing footage released anonymously last week has now been verified by
@ASPI_org
It shows police leading away hundreds of shaved and shackled Uighur men at a train station in
#Xinjiang
LEAKED!
#Uyghur
#Muslims
shackled, shaved and blindfolded, up to 600 prisoners in “Korla”,
#Xinjiang
aka
#EastTurkestan
.
Footage is considered genuine according to a European security source that told Sky News.
Source:
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Just 3 days after it reopened, the June 4th museum has shut following a police raid and licensing investigation. Some snaps of it from yesterday...
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Hong Kong’ pro-democracy media outlet
@appledaily_hk
is now in English.
It’s founder
@JimmyLaiApple
has been arrested twice this year on illegal assembly charges linked to last year’s protests and is considered a potential target of the
#NationalSecurityLaw
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Live shots fired in Kowloon - Nathan Road near YMCA and Tsuen Wan, police source confirms
#HKprotests
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The vibrancy of the Taiwanese press reminds me of Hong Kong in the beforetimes
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It’s National Security Education Day here in Hong Kong! Kids as young as 5 or 6 will learn about things like subversion and collusion with foreign forces...
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Fellow CHRF member Bonnie Leung says Jimmy Sham was already acting more cautious after his first attack: "but obviously these mobs knew that he was going there for a meeting and waited for him. And that meeting was to discuss our next peaceful march!"
[Breaking] Jimmy Sham, convenor of Civil Human Rights Front, the HK group responsible for some of Hong Kong's largest peaceful marches in the past few months, was attacked on his way to the group's meeting
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I went back about an hour later (11am) She’s sold out.
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Scenes from the locked-down Kwai Chung housing estate: long testing queues with many elderly residents, mass piles of rubbish piled up at the back of the buildings
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Not sure passengers queuing up at Frankfurt Airport security care about the handover anni but sure 🤷🏼♀️
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As the central gov't shows its growing worry over HK, an ex-riot police officer tells me there's a whole playbook for escalating the posture of the force, "a well-resourced plan to use its full capabilities", which would kick into action before mainland agencies are deployed.
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There are whispers among HK public servants that Carrie Lam's third request for resignation has been accepted and that it will be announced soon. Maybe true...maybe a case of their wishful thinking.
#antiELAB
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“I really don’t know how much the people of Hong Kong understand about modern China...” and the Oscar for most condescending, ignorant take on the situation in HK goes to...
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HK cops are apparently fed up with police chief Stephen Lo and his handling of the protests, one officer colourfully describing that “he’s as popular as a fart in a spacesuit”. Righto.
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A reminder that Hong Kong ranks 80th on the World Press Freedom Index - in 2002 it was 18th
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Another subtle show of resistance: reading the pro-democracy Apple Daily
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After LeBron James' comments on Hong Kong, Aussie-Chinese artist
@badiucao
has deemed the LA Laker a "Beijing Licker"
Dear lebron James
@KingJame
welcome join
#BeijingLickers
！ I hope you like your new fit and tatoo.
Oh I also select ur new favorite number 11. You know 11 for XI in Roman numerals.
My toon on Leborn‘s kowtow statement about NBA and China.
#StandwithHK
#FreedomHK
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When covering important breaking news, such as a court case that’s promoted controversial changes to the city’s extradition law, one should probably opt for a neutral phone cover...
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In the chaos with
@karsonwhy
as HK police make their first arrests under the new security law
@ABC
.
@BrittClennett
reports from Hong Kong where protesters demonstrated against a new national security law passed by unanimous decision in China for Hong Kong.
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To my Aussie family & mates who are scared out of their wits to visit HK thanks to sensationalism & fear-mongering: it’s still safe.
(Take it from Harry Harrison
@SCMPNews
)
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This is Ukraine’s spy chief Budanov about to cut into a birthday cake in the shape of Russia
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“I don’t want to kill anyone and I don’t want to be killed,” says 27-yr-old Dmitry.
He’s one of tens of thousands of Russian men voting with their feet.
Our piece from the Georgian border
Long lines of Russians are waiting up to 50 hours at the Georgia border trying to escape mobilization. One man tells
@ABC
's
@BrittClennett
he’s walked for two days straight to get there.
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I’m hearing that the HK police force may be pulling ex-deputy commissioner Alan Lau out of retirement. Police sources say this is an admission that Stephen Lo and his team have failed in handling the
#antiEALB
protests.
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“Boycott” spray painted on Starbucks. It’s HK stores are run by Maxim’s Group which is being boycotted after the founder’s daughter criticised protesters
#HKprotests
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Impressed by the turnout despite the dreary weather - thousands of candles light up Victoria Park tonight to remember those who died in Tiananmen Square in 1989
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Just now on HK runway: airport service van hits Dragonair engine
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From hamstergate to hamsterkauf: this is the HK gov hanging on to zero Covid despite 34,000+ cases
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Apple Daily is on the frontlines in the battle for Hong Kong press freedoms.
@karsonwhy
and I spoke to journalists at the paper over several weeks — they’re determined to push on, despite the potential risks
@ABCNewsLive
@appledaily_hk
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tabloid has come under fire by Beijing, as China asserts its dominance in the region and puts their foot down on press freedom.
@BrittClennett
reports.
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Rescue workers frantically looking for survivors after one of this morning's Kamikaze drone attacks on innocent lives. At least 4 people killed -- including a pregnant woman...
Our
@GMA
report from the scene
Multiple drone blasts rock Kyiv.
@BrittClennett
reports as emergency workers search for survivors after Ukraine’s capital was attacked.
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A 1989 t-shirt made by Giordano, which was founded by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai
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Stateless Uyghurs say they feel trapped in the system without passports and worried they could be sent back.
#WhereDoUyghursBelong
is a new campaign by
@HalmuratU
to bring attention to their plight and pressure countries to help.
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No wonder Hong Kong has been able to contain the outbreak so well. From the covid test procedure on arrival at HKIA to the quarantine tracking process, it’s been airtight. My only complaint: the wristband is bloody bulky
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Our report from the site of the attacks on Kyiv
@IbtissemGd
@ABCWorldNews
PUTIN THREATENS NEW TARGETS: Vladimir Putin has threatened to expand his list of targets if the U.S and its allies send Ukraine longer-range weapons. Russian missiles slammed the capital of Kyiv, after weeks of relative calm.
@BrittClennett
reports.
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The Germans have a covid-time word for how this vaccine centre looked today - Geisterveranstaltung - a ghost event. Time to incentivise?
#HKTwitterGetsVaxxed
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Beijing banning BBC on the mainland has little impact as it was restricted anyway...but banning the beeb on HK's public broadcaster is a significant blow to the city's media freedom
#BREAKING
Radio Television Hong Kong will not broadcast BBC World News starting from Friday 11.00 p.m. (local time), according to FTHK.
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A residential building obliterated by a Kamikaze drone in downtown Kyiv - at least 3 people killed
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Apple Daily founder
@JimmyLaiApple
says his team of journalists and editors will need to be careful: “I cannot protect them. But they are very motivated because they know now is the time to test their integrity”
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"[Carrie Lam] said the government will announce later this year how it plans to manage the teaching of liberal studies" Sounds like she's paving the way for another 'national education' push
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Normal country
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Bumping into a pregnant
@clarissaward
in Kyiv last week was a good dose of hope. For female correspondents covering war zones, it’s always assumed that at one stage we need to choose…
There are many journalists who have travelled to war zones while pregnant (like my good friend
@lynseyaddario
). But, perhaps understandably, it continues to be a topic of discussion (and in some places debate). My piece for the Sunday Times-
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A Christmas eve feast and a table of empty chairs for the soldiers missing or held captive
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Relatively apologetic tone from Beijing now: “China regrets that the airship strayed into the United States due to force majeure. China will continue to maintain communication with the United States to properly deal with this unexpected situation caused by force majeure”
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It reveals so much about the erosion of press freedom in Hong Kong when a top official plainly says its public broadcaster should stop doing journalism.
RTHK should stop providing news, says Regina Ip
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Please stop saying things like: "The flu kills more people every year..." and "It's all panic and hysteria". There are many high-risk people out there. These comments are ignorant and dangerous
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Can anyone explain this toilet paper shortage in HK? The
#coronavirus
has sparked a panic buying frenzy. A friend just sent me this from two local supermarkets - no rice, no TP!
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As someone who started off in local journalism in Hong Kong and met so many amazing, tenacious local journalists along the way, this piece is heartbreaking: “There is no point being a journalist anymore.”
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In my decades as an Aussie expat in Hong Kong, I never thought I’d see such a strong travel warning for the city. It’s now advised for travellers to exercise a “high degree of caution”.
#antiEALB
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Police source: “Clearly, the cunning plan was to forfeit LegCo to turn public sentiment. I don’t favour that because it also sends a message of weakness or unwillingness to confront illegal acts. It's a double edged sword.”
#antiEALB
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It’s world mental health day, for those in Hong Kong - a city that’s undergone so much over the last few years - this is a good guide for accessing mental health support if needed
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