Jojje OlssonI samma stund som jag höll pÄ att sammanstÀlla veckans tweet om Kina, sÄ började dagens protester i Hongkong att urarta ordentligt. Ett tag funderade jag pÄ att göra ett inlÀgg bestÄende endast av tweets om hÀndelserna dÀr, men jag nöjer mig nu med att lÄta Hongkong uppta första halvan av veckans sammanstÀllning.
Protesterna i Hongkong Ă€r nu mindre men mer regelbundna – och nya till formen. Under veckan har de koncentrerats frĂ€mst till Kowloon och New Territories, omrĂ„den dĂ€r mĂ„nga kinesiska besökare turistar och handlar.
Dagens protester i Sha Tin tog under kvÀllen formen av de kanske vÄldsammaste hittills, med flera personskador pÄ demonstranter och attacker mot polis. Dussintals arresteringar genomfördes, och flera av filmerna nedan visar att polis anvÀnde ett större mÄtt av vÄld Àn vad som tidigare varit fallet.
I övrigt har det Äterigen hettat till kring Xinjiang. Efter att 22 lÀnder lÀmnat en gemensam skrivelse till FN angÄende Kinas övergrepp dÀr, lyckades Kina snabbt frammana 37 lÀnder som skrev under ett brev till FN vilket hyllade Kinas politik i Xinjiang som ett slags framsteg för globala mÀnskliga rÀttigheter.
Jag har i veckan skrivit om bÄda dessa brev pÄ InBeijing, hÀr och hÀr.
Annars har en hel del ocksÄ hÀnt pÄ Kinafronten i Sverige. Högsta domstolen har beslutat att inte lÀmna ut den korruptionsanklagade tjÀnstemannen Qiao Jianjun till Kina, varpÄ Kinas ambassadör gick till attack mot det svenska rÀttsystemet.
Vidare har Adam Hofmann, chef för pr-byrÄn Scandhof, via Twitter avslöjat att det nÀsta Är i Almedalen blir en Äterupprepning av China Day. AlltsÄ det event som Scandhof hjÀlpte Kinas ambassad att arrangera, sÄ att ambassadören dÀr kunde sprida partiets version om Àmnen som Xinjiang och Gui Minhai.
This is just the front of todayâs protest in Sha Tin, a residential district in Hong Kong pic.twitter.com/iljkw35o71
— Julia Hollingsworth (@juliaholli) July 14, 2019
Completely unreal scenes from inside of the New Town Plaza shopping mall as riot police charge at protestors inside, who respond by throwing umbrellas and other implements at police – pepper spray then out in full force as protestors are literally forced into Sha Tin MTR station. pic.twitter.com/qM7FhbLBHM
— Jack Hazlewood (@JackHHazlewood) July 14, 2019
Blood stain inside Sha Tin New Town Plaza @SCMPNews pic.twitter.com/P8kQIsvo6m
— Phila Siu (Bobby) (@phila_siu) July 14, 2019
A group of riot police charged into New Town Plaza, prompting so far at least 2 rounds of clash. Pepper spray and batons were used. #AntiELAB protesters hurled objects on police. #ShaTin pic.twitter.com/YP8vuh2iBi
— Xinqi Su (@XScmp) July 14, 2019
This is absolutely unbelievable – absolute anarchy in the New World Plaza shopping mall – police have lost all control of the situation after charging at protestors. We're now living in a city where the police can just act with total impunity. #ćéäž #AntiELAB #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/JELiMxxzt6
— Jack Hazlewood (@JackHHazlewood) July 14, 2019
This police officer was beaten up by protesters. From Facebook pic.twitter.com/eWHEyiwzYF
— Grace Tsoi (@gracehw) July 14, 2019
A police officer was besieged and hit by #AntiELAB protesters. A journo saved him, shouting: "No, he is also a HongKonger!" #ShaTin pic.twitter.com/d02je3Q1ZR
— Xinqi Su (@XScmp) July 14, 2019
Approximately 36 temporarily detained. Police said they will be taken away to police station later. #antiELAB #HKprotests pic.twitter.com/ngRGabC7WA
— Alvin Lum (@alvinllum) July 14, 2019
It has never happened before to China: 22 governments at the UN Human Rights Council have issued a joint statement pressing Beijing to end its mass arbitrary detention and related abuses against Uighur and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. https://t.co/7QDY2lpn38
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 10, 2019
Saudi Arabia â the land of Mecca and Medina â and Pakistan, the first Islamic republic of the postcolonial era, are among 37 states that have written to the UN supporting China's anti-Muslim crackdown in Xinjiang. Signatories include all Arab Gulf states. https://t.co/gW9wSACh8A
— Brahma Chellaney (@Chellaney) July 13, 2019
Just got back from China.
The mass detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang is like some big awful secret that no one dares mention.
— Paul Scharre (@paul_scharre) July 13, 2019
âItâs a cultural genocide.â Thatâs how Nury Turkel, a Uighur activist, describes Chinaâs oppression of Muslim Uighurs https://t.co/XvtJQkG00C pic.twitter.com/6Fsm3wzImE
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 10, 2019
Big week for US-Taiwan ties, with $2bn in arms sales approved Monday and Tsai Ing-wen 'transiting' in the US for 3days/2nights starting Thursday. Informed chatter here says she's going to NYC — will be interesting to see who she meets and what she does.https://t.co/kmShrEuLX5
— Chris Horton äœèČŽæŁź (@heguisen) July 9, 2019
#Taiwan is part of #China. No attempts to split China will ever succeed. Those who play with fire will only get themselves burned. Period.
— Cui Tiankai (@AmbCuiTiankai) July 12, 2019
70 year-old human rights lawyer Ji Sizun dies in hospital two months after release, two months after his release. Less than five hours later, authorities cremated his body, only notifying two family members.https://t.co/Y83xxRXWQw pic.twitter.com/xQzIHBLTMn
— ChinaAid (@chinaaid) July 12, 2019
BREAKING: Swedish Supreme Court refuses extradition to China for wanted fugitive. Extradition is in violation of both Swedish extradition law *and* the European Convention on Human Rights. https://t.co/QSerAgzDHM
— Safeguard Defenders (@SafeguardDefend) July 9, 2019
Kinas ambassadör har gÄtt frÄn att attackera journalister till att ge sig pÄ det svenska rÀttsystemet. Menar att Högsta domstolen "saknar respekt för lagen" och vill se beslut om kinesisk flykting Àndras. https://t.co/jHbOZ43bA3 @patrikoksanen @KurdoBaksi @cbperlenberg
— Jojje Olsson (@jojjeols) July 8, 2019
Du, Jojje gubben, chilla lite nu. Jag arbetar för svenska intressen mot utlÀndska bolag exempelvis i Estland och Kina. China Day har ingenting med politik att göra. Varmt vÀlkommen nÀsta Är.
— Adam Hofmann (@hofmann_adam) July 11, 2019
