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.
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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