Hong Kong Democracy CouncilMar 30, 2023
R to @hkdc_us: Once #612HumanitarianReliefFund went down & its trustees, including #CardinalZen & #DeniseHo were arrested on #NSL charges, no big org was left to assist political defendants. Some lawyers still work pro bono, but for most protesters, another part of the calculation is legal fees https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1641437871574859776#m
Hong Kong Democracy Council (@hkdc_us)

Once #612HumanitarianReliefFund went down & its trustees, including #CardinalZen & #DeniseHo were arrested on #NSL charges, no big org was left to assist political defendants. Some lawyers still work pro bono, but for most protesters, another part of the calculation is legal fees

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Hong Kong Democracy CouncilMar 30, 2023
R to @hkdc_us: After police froze HK$70 million in #SparkAlliance funds (donated by #HongKongers to help arrested protesters) in Dec 2019, #612HumanitarianReliefFund shifted to keeping the lowest possible balance of the HK$236,383,746.67 donated by HKers, but could see its days were numbered. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1641437689022148614#m
Hong Kong Democracy Council (@hkdc_us)

After police froze HK$70 million in #SparkAlliance funds (donated by #HongKongers to help arrested protesters) in Dec 2019, #612HumanitarianReliefFund shifted to keeping the lowest possible balance of the HK$236,383,746.67 donated by HKers, but could see its days were numbered.

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Hong Kong Democracy CouncilMar 30, 2023
R to @hkdc_us: On top of all that, lawyers are expensive, & these days, there's almost no legal aid. It used to be groups like #SparkAlliance & #612HumanitarianReliefFund covered legal fees of protesters. That's why the Hong Kong government smashed them. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1641437201404952576#m
Hong Kong Democracy Council (@hkdc_us)

On top of all that, lawyers are expensive, & these days, there's almost no legal aid. It used to be groups like #SparkAlliance & #612HumanitarianReliefFund covered legal fees of protesters. That's why the Hong Kong government smashed them.

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Hong Kong Democracy CouncilMar 9, 2023
R to @hkdc_us: These 2 are the 1st reported NSL arrests since May 2022–6 members of #612HumanitarianReliefFund were the only NSL arrests of 2022. Some suspect the arrests are CE John Lee’s response to Xia Baolong’s call to “nip NS threats in the bud” at their recent meeting in Beijing. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1633864818632572928#m
Hong Kong Democracy Council (@hkdc_us)

These 2 are the 1st reported NSL arrests since May 2022–6 members of #612HumanitarianReliefFund were the only NSL arrests of 2022. Some suspect the arrests are CE John Lee’s response to Xia Baolong’s call to “nip NS threats in the bud” at their recent meeting in Beijing.

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Hong Kong Democracy CouncilMar 8, 2023
R to @hkdc_us: On #WomensDay2023 we remember our #heroes: @hoccgoomusic, singer & long-time democracy activist. Arrested twice for being on the board of #StandNews & being a trustee of #612HumanitarianReliefFund; technically still “under investigation” & barred from leaving #HongKong. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1633456406224404481#m
Hong Kong Democracy Council (@hkdc_us)

On #WomensDay2023 we remember our #heroes: @hoccgoomusic, singer & long-time democracy activist. Arrested twice for being on the board of #StandNews & being a trustee of #612HumanitarianReliefFund; technically still “under investigation” & barred from leaving #HongKong.

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Show threadHong Kong Free Press HKFPNov 25, 2022

3/ The consequences of the case, Ng said, was also "extremely important about the freedom of association in Hong Kong under Societies Ordinance."

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Hong Kong court convicts Cardinal Zen and 5 others over failing to register protester relief fund as society

Ninety-year-old Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen and five other pro-democracy figures were found guilty on Friday over failing to register a now-defunct protester relief fund as a society and fined up to HK$4,000 each. Zen, barrister Margaret Ng, ex-lawmaker Cyd Ho, scholar Hui Po-keung, singer-activist Denise Ho, and Sze Ching-wee appeared in front of Principal […]

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