Samuel Chu 朱牧民
@samuelmchu
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Building movements and organizations. | founder/president @campaign4hk | senior advisor @mazonusa | formerly founder @ hkdc_us | DM or [email protected]
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Joined March 2009
Today, I woke up to media reports that I am a wanted fugitive. My alleged crimes? “Inciting secession” & “colluding with foreign powers” under HK's National Security Law. Except I am an American citizen & have been for 25 years.
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NOW: @JimmyLai, outspoken pro-democracy activist and owner of opposition newspapers @AppleDaily, has been arrested for "colluding with foreign powers" under the #NationalSecurityLaw in Hong Kong.
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HK police is targeting a US citizen for lobbying my own gov't. I might be the 1st non-Chinese citizen to be targeted, but I will not be the last. If I am targeted, any American/any citizen of any nation who speaks out for HK can-and will be-too. We are all Hong Kongers now.
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BREAKING NOW: Sources confirmed US to sanction Hong Kong Chief executive Carrie Lam for crackdown.
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We are all Agnes Chow. We are all Jimmy Lai. We are all Apple Daily. We are all Hong Kongers now. #WeAreAllHongKongers
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We are relieved, for now, that despite the presumption of no bail under the #NationalSecurityLaw - everyone (all arrested on Monday) is home tonight. Our watch continues.
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We condemn the arrests of 52 pro-democracy politicians who ran in the primaries last July that drew 600,000+ HKers. Among the arrested were veteran lawmakers, as well as Jeffrey Andrews, first ethnic minority social worker to run. They are charged with “subversion to the state”.
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His alleged crime? . detained on suspicion of "uttering seditious words". #TamTakChi #PowersPower #NationalSecurityLaw #WeAreAllHongKongers. Hong Kong opposition activist arrested by police’s national security unit via @scmpnews.
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"This sculpture is not about the past; it is about our aspiration for our future. Hong Kong might not be free today, but it will be again one day. This is the promise-this year we are here; next year in Hong Kong." -@samuelmchu @hkdc_us . #nextyearinhongkong #WeareallHongKongers
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I will not be silenced. Thank you @SecPompeo standing with Hong Kong.
The United States condemns the Chinese Communist Party’s attempt to prosecute pro-democracy advocates resident outside of China, including in the United States. We stand on the side of freedom.
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BREAKING NOW: @StateDept releases the first report mandated by Hong Kong Autonomy Act. TEN Chinese and Hong Kong officials named as "Foreign Persons Materially Contributing to the Failure of the PRC to Meet its Obligations Under the Joint Declaration and Basic Law"
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This is your daily reminder that 12 Hong Kongers are still detained without access to adequate legal representation or life-saving medicines and their families still have no information on their conditions. #save12hkyouths #Day22
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Feeling validated today. We fight on. ---> China uses Hong Kong security law against US-based American citizen
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The curtain is closing rapidly on what remains of Hong Kong's freedoms. Police arrested 7 this morning: @JimmyLaiApple, his two sons, and 4 top execs at @appledaily_hk. Over 200 police/detectives stormed Apple Daily (HK's largest opposition news) headquarter. #FreeJimmy #FreeHK
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Hong Kongers keep climbing. #SAVE12 lighted sign on Lion Rock to call for the rescue of 12 Hong Kongers. #save12hkyouths #save12hkyouth.
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I am heartbroken and indignant. Joshua Wong @joshuawongcf - 13.5 months.Agnes Chow @chowtingagnes - 10 months.Ivan Lam - 7 months. #WeAreAllHongKongers.
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"If Beijing thinks that this effort will silence those who stand for freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law, it is gravely mistaken: today we are all Hong Kongers." - @SenatorMenendez @RepEliotEngel
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The people of Hong Kong were supposed to be voting in the LegCo election today - but the government postponed the election and has continued to ban public protests and arrest pro-democracy activists. #weareallhongkongers.
HKFP_Live: Police have deployed in force around Kowloon after denying permission for a protest on what would have been the now-delayed legislative election day.
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We can definitely get behind this ----> BBC News - Agnes Chow: Hong Kong activist hailed as the 'real Mulan' #RealMulan #AgnesChow #FreeAgnes.
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China is "wiping out a whole generation of Hong Kongers," rights group warns, after activists jailed for protests
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The Hong Kong police is issuing an arrest warrant against an American citizen for advocating and lobbying my own government,” Chu, whose Washington-based org has lobbied US lawmakers to support numerous Hong Kong-related bills, said in a statement.
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How many Hong Kongers does it take to choose their next leader?. Answer: zero.
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NOW: Goods made in Hong Kong for export to the US will be labeled as #MadeinChina after 9/25. Hong Kong companies will be subjected to the same tariffs levied on mainland Chinese exporters if they make products subject to those duties.
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Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow Arrested, Says Fellow Activist
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Americans have watched from a distance — but the warrant out for me has now made threats of censorship, suppression, & arrest real not just for Hong Kongers in HK. It raises the possibility that it could now ensnare any American. Which makes all of us Hong Kongers now.
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Thank you for the endorsement! We can always count on the CCP to promote and validate the courage and resiliency of Hong Kongers.
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Joint statement by the US Secretary of State and the UK, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian foreign ministers on Hong Kong.
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2 weeks ago, @appledaily_hk daily printing was 70,000 copies. Today, they printed 550,000 copies and Hong Kongers lined up before dawn to buy them. #WeAreAllHongKongers #AppleDaily
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NOW: The United States Expresses Concern Over Hong Kong Democracy Activists Held in Guangdong Province - United States Department of State
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"You can google us, you can [see] exactly what we @hkdc_us are saying, we don’t use fake names, we don’t hide our faces. We are the ones that can speak freely, with at least minimal risk of being immediately taken or imprisoned." .
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Today's @appledaily_hk - "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." #AgnesChow #AgnesChowTing.
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Today is a good day to remember #JimmyLai could have kept his mouth shut. He could have enjoyed his wealth in peace. He could have left Hong Kong knowing that the CCP would come for him. He did not, has not, and will not. That's why I still believe in fighting for Hong Kong.
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"If Vatican chooses bishop blessed by Beijing. I put this in my last will & testament-that my bones shall not be placed in the cathedral, I do not want to be buried with such men. I will be buried in a simple cemetery with what remains of faithful people of God." @CardJosephZen
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Tomlinson: Everyday Americans, meanwhile, can join me by willfully violating China’s National Security Law and supporting pro-democracy activists. Xi can send my arrest warrant in care of the newspaper.
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A Hong Kong court just handed down prison sentences for @joshuawongcf (13.5 months), @chowtingagnes (10 months), and Ivan Lam (7 months) over "unauthorised assembly" in June 2019.
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Hong Kong issues arrest warrant for U.S. citizen @samuelmchu under new national security law via @nbcnews.
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If you are thinking about watching @DisneysMulan, first watch this video of @hkpoliceforce and then #boycottMulan. Hong Kong Police tackle 12-year-old girl to the ground
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Register and join the largest policy gathering for Hong Kong. Anywhere.
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My message to @yifei_cc "When they find out who you are, they will show you no mercy.” #BoycottMulan #weareallhongkongers . BBC News - Mulan: Why Disney's latest reboot is facing boycott calls
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What Americans must also understand is that under the National Security Law - 1.) there is a presumption of no bail under - in order to be granted bail, defendants are required to prove they will not breach the new law during their bail period.
Editorial Board of @nytimes: "Yet Mr. Xi is deluded if he thinks that turning the rule of law into a rule by law will erase the longing for elemental freedoms that is second nature to Hong Kong."
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More than 3,900 academics, students and members of the public have signed a petition calling on two Hong Kong universities to retract their decisions to sack a pair of academics over their involvement in the 2014 Occupy Central protests. via @scmpnews.
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通緝外國公民 香港自招報復- "朱牧民在美國定居二三十年，是百分百美國公民，專職從事政治游說工作，在國會山上薄有名氣，去年他成立了「香港民主委員會」（Hong Kong Democracy Council），成功游說美國參眾兩院制定《香港人權與民主法案》。"
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"Hong Kong. is never a lost cause. Many people are still struggling to express their discontent and protesting voices, while more and more protestors are sent to jail because of the government’s suppression. These are my people and they are not giving up the fight." @nathanlawkc
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Joshua Wong: ‘I Stand With Brave, Young People Fighting for Change Across Asia’ @joshuawongcf via @vice.
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JUST NOW: 47 of 55 pro-democracy activists arrested in Jan for taking part in "35+" LegCo primary last year charged for "subverting state power" under NSL. They were asked to report to police today and detained and denied bail and will appear tmr 3/1 after 11 am HKT.
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The purge in Hong Kong continues. In the largest single day of arrests (52) yet since the implementation of the National Security Law (NSL), the CCP and Hong Kong authorities sought to root out the whole of the pro-democracy political establishment and movement. #HongKong.
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We are aware of reports that pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong who participated in the LegCo democratic primaries in June are being arrested for subversion under the National Security Law. More to come. #HongKong.
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A year ago, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act was signed into law. A year ago was also the last time I was able to travel safely to Hong Kong. We will keep fighting until Hong Kong is free again. #WeareallHongKongers.#nextyearinhongkong
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A new "iron curtain" has fallen in Hong Kong as the "purge" continues. CCP/Carrie Lam arresting and detaining their own citizens @chowtingagnes @JimmyLaiApple etc. as retaliation and leverage against international sanctions is deplorable and cruel. #WeAreAllHongKongers
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"Five Demands, Not One Less." 🖐️☝️. "Five demands" chant may violate the national security law, police warn.
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When they plead guilty - it will not be a judgment on their courageous actions, but a judgment against a poisoned Hong Kong judiciary system no longer independent or capable of rendering justice. I stand with @joshuawongcf @chowtingagnes and Ivan Lam. #DemosisTrios
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「威權主義者需要聽話的公務員。他們的所作所為讓幾百萬人受到威脅，我們希望這會體現他們的盲從不會沒有後果。」---> BBC News 中文 - 美國宣佈制裁11名中港官員，林鄭月娥首當其衝
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tell me you are from hong kong without telling me you are from hong kong.
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HKDC 朱牧民在LA光時雕塑開幕禮：「和你約定，唔放棄，唔噤聲。香港呢一刻可能並唔自由，但一定會有再自由嘅一日。今年我哋呢度見，出年我哋香港見！」 . #我哋都係香港人 #weareallhongkongers. 加入戰線：.影片攝影：北加州香港會
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Hong Kongers chanted "光復香港，時代革命 / liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" - the slogan banned under the National Security Law - so loudly that they can be heard inside the court building where the 47 are being arraigned.
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News: The staff and I have resigned from HKDC. Annie Boyajian and Victoria Tin-bor Hui have also resigned from the Board, effective immediately. We are honored to have served and helped to create a powerful voice for Hong Kong in the US.
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Statement by @SpeakerPelosi on arrests of activists & journalists, firing & censoring of academics, disqualification of candidates & delay of elections, arrest warrants for activists overseas including an American citizen & sanctions against U.S. officials
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This is deeply alarming. Under the National Security Law, politically motivated charges also mean anyone charged is de facto "guilty" before trial. ---> Hong Kong Court Blocks Release of First Person Charged Under New Security Law
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Here is an interview during which I talked about #FISHBALLS. One day last month, Samuel Chu awoke to the news that the Chinese government wanted him in jail. via @slate.
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Will you light a candle on #June4th?. Hong Kongers, for 31 years, gathered to remember the #TiananmenSquareMassacre. Now the annual vigil has been banned and organizers jailed. If you are lighting a candle on 6/4, anywhere in the world, tweet and let us know! @hkdc_us @hka8964
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"Hong Kong was a safe harbor for pro-democracy activists from China then. But now, Hong Kongers need a safe harbor." - @samuelmchu @hkdc_us
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For freedom fighters - Mandela, King, Liu Xiaobo - prison has been the inevitable and necessary part of the path to democracy and liberation. I stand with @joshuawongcf @chowtingagnes #IvanLam and all who are imprisoned for their beliefs in Hong Kong and Mainland. #FreeHongKong
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From @qz: How Hong Kong’s protest movement went global:. 1️⃣ The fight for the future of Hong Kong has become the world’s fight. 2️⃣ To achieve this, Hong Kongers channeled street protests against encroaching Chinese influence into global politics.
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"We have to deal with China from a position of strength when we stand up for our values, when human rights are being abused in Xinjiang, or when democracy is being trampled in Hong Kong.” @ABlinken, Secretary of State nominee @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @hkdc_us
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I am deeply disappointed that the Senate failed to advance HR 8428, the Hong Kong’s People Freedom and Choice Act 2020, today under unanimous consent.
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4 years ago today, I was in Hong Kong for what turned out to be the last time. I remember the smells, the sounds, the chantings, the crowds. What I didn't know then was that I would not be able to return there again without being arrested and jailed. #NextYearinHongKong
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NOW: Bipartisan Group of U.S Lawmakers Nominates Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize @RepMcGovern @marcorubio @SenJeffMerkley @GaryPeters @RepTomSuozzi @SteveDaines @RepMalinowski @ToddYoungIN @RepHartzler @hkdc_us
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Xinjiang Hospitals Aborted, Killed Babies Outside Family Planning Limits: Uyghur Obstetrician
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I grieve for the #Save12 and families - their ordeal at sea, 128+ days of arbitrary detention, no contact with lawyers and families, forced letters of confession, closed courtroom, coerced guilty pleads - and now, prison. All because they longed to be free. #BringThemBack
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More than 50 pro-democracy politicians and campaigners have been arrested in Hong Kong under the national security law, over accusations they “subverted state power” by holding primaries and saying they intended to win a majority of seats.
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Congrats to @EdMarkey for his win tonight - and thank you for your early and unwavering support for the people of Hong Kong. (almost a year ago, Senator Markey met with a delegation of @joshuawongcf @nathanlawkc @jeffreychngo @BrianLeungKP @hoccgoomusic @samuelmchu)
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Hong Kong opposition activist Tam Tak-chi charged with sedition: "Prosecutor said the seditious remarks included chanting “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” and “Five demands, not one less”
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Last Friday I woke to news that HK authorities have issued an arrest warrant for me, an American citizen speaking out on American soil. Today, US strikes back by sanctioning HK's CE Carrie Lam and officials responsible for suppressing basic freedoms and the rule of law in HK.
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It was a pleasure to speak with @SenatorRomney today. No one thought the CCP would explicitly target an American on US soil under the National Security Law. But my arrest warrants make it clear CCP’s intention to use the law extraterritorially. This is deeply alarming.
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This much is clear - the CCP and Hong Kong authorities are much more scared of Hong Kongers than Hong Kongers are of the CCP and Hong Kong authorities. #FreeHongKong.
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NOW: @JimmyLaiApple along with two other Apple Daily executives were remanded in custody after a scheduled appearance in court Thursday. They were denied bail, and barring a successful appeal, they could be detained until their next court appearance scheduled for April 16, 2021.
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.@SenatorLankford: Since China refuses to respect basic human rights, American business and industry leaders should use their platforms to demand change or cut ties rather than be bullied by the Chinese. Why should we reward bad behavior with profit?
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I agree ----> #FreetheGames Uyghur Exile Group Urges IOC to Reconsider Holding Winter Games in Beijing, Citing Xinjiang Abuses
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Hong Kong courts have been hijacked as a political tool. The rush to detain/arraign the 47 en masse is a political stunt leading up to NPC 'two sessions' this week. What a disgrace to HK's once highly-regarded judiciary. We stand with the 47 as their hearing continues. @hkdc_us
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"For 50 days, Chinese authorities deprived them of the right to choose legal representatives. The health of the 12 activists is worrying since some of their medical needs are denied, and risk of facing torture in detention is high." @joshuawongcf #Save12 .
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Breaking: @StateDept & @USTreasury updated Hong Kong Autonomy Act report with expanded financial sanctions to 24 CCP/Hong Kong official for "materially contributing/contributed/attempt to materially contribute to failure of PRC obligations under Joint Declaration or Basic Law.
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NPCSC and HKSAR just handed down a death sentence to what remains of Hong Kong’s political system. By banning legal, legit tactics like filibuster and quorum calls, the CCP strips away the last shred of legitimacy of the government - turning #LegCo into a ‘rubber stamp’.
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.@Breakfaston1: Are you worried endangering your family in HK?. Me: My family & I made a choice to stand up knowing the risks. Hong Kongers living under threats they never chose for themselves or their families are the ones I need to protect the most.
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