Groups call for action on Hong Kong

POTENTIAL SAFE HAVEN: A rights advocate said that the law should be changed to make it clear to those in need what they would need to do to resettle in Taiwan

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 14, 2020
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

A demonstrator yesterday waves a flag at a rally at Liberty Square in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei commemorating the first anniversary of the anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

Civic groups yesterday urged the government to set up a humanitarian assistance program for Hong Kongers in need and a mechanism for those seeking political asylum.

At a rally at Liberty Square in Taipei marking the one-year anniversary of the start of a Hong Kong protest movement against a now-withdrawn extradition bill in the former British colony, representatives from the groups displayed banners that read: “Taiwan and Hong Kong are partners together, the struggle remains unfinished.”

Other banners said that the fight was “against the expansion of Chinese imperialism,” and that “Taiwan should have programs to assist Hong Kongers after China approves new national security legislation.”

They highlighted “police brutality against Hong Kong protesters.”    [FULL  STORY]

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