If They Are Guilty, Then I Am Guilty, Too.

On July 3, 2023, Hong Kong police announced bounties of one million Hong Kong dollars apiece for information leading to the arrests of eight advocates of Hong Kong democracy who are living overseas. The Hong Kong National Security Law, imposed by Beijing on June 30, 2020, vaguely provides that any person anywhere in the world who advocates “secession” from China, “subversion” of the central government, or “collusion with foreign forces” is in violation of the law. The eight Hong Kong activists have been entirely peaceful. Their offenses have been to say things that were perfectly legal to say before the National Security Law arrived but that Beijing now declares to be criminal.

In solidarity with them, and in defense of the universal human right of free speech, we have signed the following statement and invite you to do so as well:

“If Ted Hui, Anna Kwok, Dennis Kwok, Finn Lau, Nathan Law, Siu-tat Mung, Kevin Yam and Elmer Yuen have broken the law, then we have too and are also “guilty.”’

July 17, 2023

*Disclaimer: Views are personal and do not necessarily represent the affiliated organisation.

Header Photo Credit: Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP.

    Join us to sign on the letter in solidarity with the eight Hong Kong overseas activists targeted by the Hong Kong authorities.

    * Signing on means that you are agreeing to take a public stand in solidarity with the eight targeted activists.

    聯署:如果他們有罪,我們都有罪(中文版)

    香港警方於7月3日宣布以每人100萬港元,懸賞通緝八名流亡海外的香港民主倡議者。中共政權於2020年6月30日實施港區國安法,當中含糊指出任何人在世界任何地方進行「分裂國家」、「顛覆國家政權」或「勾結外國勢力」的行為即屬違法。這八名海外倡議者在過去一直和平抗爭,所言所行均受基本人權保障,但到今日卻被北京當局以言入罪。為了聲援他們,並捍衛言論自由等普世人權價值,我們簽署以下聲明,並呼籲你加入我們:
    「如果許智峯、郭鳳儀、郭榮鏗、劉祖迪、羅冠聰、蒙兆達、任建峰和袁弓夷犯了法,那麼我們也犯了法,我們都一樣『有罪』。」

    2023年7月17日

    *免責聲明:簽署人觀點僅代表個人意見,並不代表所屬組織

    Signatories

    (updated on a rolling basis)

    Frances Hui, The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
    Olivia Enos, The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
    Mark L Clifford, The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
    Tsz Chung Tang 
    Chloe Cheung
    Dean Bacendaoe, Publisher
    Julie Millsap, Uyghur Human Rights Project
    David Eaton
    Domingo Siu    
    Kinen Kao, Penn State Students For Hong Kong
    Samuel Bickett
    Chen Jung Tai
    Arne Melsom, Hong Kong Committee in Norway
    Stuart Russell, International Association of People’s Lawyers Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers
    Grace Y., The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
    Edward Li    
    Simon Cheng 鄭文傑, Hongkongers in Britain (英國港僑協會)
    Eamon deValera
    左若禺
    Jessica Chiu, Hong Kong Committee in Norway
    Catherine Li    
    John Robertson    
    El Luk, Chicago Solidarity with Hong Kong
    Philly4HK
    刘一
    Bob Chan
    Kate
    田睿晨
    Johnny Cheng
    Hanna Kim
    Tenzin Kunga, Free Tibet
    Jennifer Anne Eagleton, Independent academic researcher
    B Cheng, Uniting HongKongers
    Sam Walton, Human Rights
    James Joseph, Yet Again UK
    Emily Hausheer    
    April Ponnuru, Ridgely|Walsh
    Nicholas Welch    
    Rushan Abbas, Campaign for Uyghurs
    SO Ka Ho Christopher    
    Deric Huen
    Angie L    
    Priscilla Lunn, Uniting HongKongers
    Tab, Vancouver Activists of Hong Kong (VAHK) 溫哥華手足
    Andy Kwok       
    Rosita Poon    
    Richard Lue, Western Australian Association for Pan-Asian Democracy
    Rebecca Hobbs    
    KyaHo Wong    
    Yeung Yunwah    
    Lyndsey Fraser    
    Jack Chan    
    Tanja Zondervan, China Alarm
    Winnie Ng, Toronto Association for Democracy in China 多倫多支持中國民運會
    Tan Yixiang    
    Nakita Wong    
    Bin Xie    
    Edmond Tse    
    Dominic Lam    
    Calum Waddell    
    Terry Glavin, Journalist
    Leanne Rogers
    Nate Link, Rutgers
    Feng Zhou
    Eero Kivistö    
    Edmond Chen    
    Tenzin Lodoe    
    Alan Chan    
    YUKARI KURATA    
    Quyen Nguyen    
    Gerard Lau    
    Keith Daw    
    Tiga Chiu    
    Feilong LIU    
    Alexander Fergusson    
    Amy Au 
    Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani, Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization in Malaysia (MERHROM)
    Tsang Elizabeth    
    Nereo Hua
    Kenneth Leung    
    Andrew Chen    
    L Wong
    Everett Chui    
    May Ng    
    Wang Dan   
    Stefan Siebenrock    
    Nakahara Kunihiko    
    Keiko Koike    
    TOMOKO ABO, RitaRitaProject   
    Geremie R Barmé, The Australian National University
    Jennifer Chou    
    Xiaokang Su    
    Jean-Philippe Beja, Ceri-sciences-po
    Victor H. Mair    
    Anita Chan    
    Ha Jin, Boston University
    Orville Schell, Writer
    Hu Ping    
    Christopher Leung          
    Caroline Tham    
    Andrew Nathan, Columbia University
    David Kwong    
    Tienchi M-Liao, Sino Euro Voices e.V.
    XIA CAI    
    Lobsang Choekyi    
    Miles Yu    
    Matt Pottinger, Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review
    Jeffrey Wasserstrom    
    David Livdahl
    Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution and FSI, Stanford University
    Aniessa Andresen, Hongkonger in Deutschland e.V.
    Yutong Su    
    Pauline Chen    
    Lhamo Wong    
    Yawen Shen    
    Takeshi Matsuo    
    Robert Barnett, University of London
    Yu Zhang, ICPC-WiPC
    Michael C Davis, Jindal Global University, Wilson Center
    Christopher R Hughes, LSE
    Stacy Mosher    
    Pan Yong Zhong, Sino Euro Voices
    Stephen M. Young, Retired diplomat
    Daniel Garrett    Securing Tianxia LLC
    C Ko    
    Hsieh Wen-Hua    
    Gill Boehringer, IAPL
    Tariq MARTINEZ, Killuminati
    Zili Yang, Citizen Power Initiatives for China
    XIANLI LIU    
    Jenny Xu    
    Frank Yu    
    Weikang Jiang    
    Xiaochu Chen    
    Christina    
    Clay Jiang    
    Felix Lo    
    Jone Wong    
    Ye Sun, 中國民主黨
    P Wong       
    JUN WANG    
    Terence Kwan    
    Jay Liu       
    Chung Yan Kit    
    TAN Huong    
    Tomoko Ako, The University of Tokyo
    John Zhou    
    Xiao Yun Wang    
    Feng Chongyi, University of Technology Sydney
    Chengzhi Zhu    
    Xiaosong ZHANG, APO China
    JOHN LIKU    
    Everett Chui    
    Feng Luu    
    Xiaoyang Guo    
    Chengzhen Meng    
    Xiao Lu    
    Kun Liu    
    Chloe Yu 喻千凝, China Democracy Party
    Wing Sum Leung    
    Stone Huang    
    Leo Chui    
    Chris Su    
    Perry Link, University of California, Riverside
    Che Hamen Deng    
    Irene Liang    
    Heng Zhou    
    Wen Cao    
    Baco Zhao
    Gary Schmitt, American Enterprise Institute
    Chen Jun Ting    
    Ruby Wong
    Zha Jianying    
    Kemin Shen    
    Yin Ming    
    Harlan W. Jencks, University of California (Retired)
    万涛柏    
    taobaiwan 
    Tung Lei Ho    
    Chiyu Chu    
    Ian Johnson    
    Connie Ma    
    Zhang Yu, 
    Allen Chen    
    Nuda Lio    
    CM Lay
    Naomi Chi, Hokkaido University
    Nick Qiu    
    Oliver Wong    
    James Tang    
    Renee Xia, Network for Chinese Human Rights Defenders
    Vera Schwarcz, History & East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University
    Joseph Cheng    
    Yiwu Liao, Writer, poet and musician
    Teng Biao, Scholar and human rights lawyer 
    Edward Friedman, Professor emeritus of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Ricky Wong    
    Xiaoru Zhao    
    Heiner Roetz    
    Ian Buruma, Bard College
    Kam Wai pong    
    Costanzia Tran    
    Willy Lam, Sinologist    
    Donald Clarke, Professor, George Washington University Law School
    Lelia Sun 
    Yin Lu    
    Herbert Chow    
    Ben Zabulis    
    James B    
    Ambassador James B Cunningham, Former US Consul General, Hong Kong
    Jacky Shi
    Kim Hanna    
    Kevin Carrico, Monash University
    Benjamin Fung    
    YIU WAH LAI    
    Hohn Leung    
    蔡文勇 Cai Wen Yong, Teacher in China

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