#hk12 — Public Fediverse posts

R to @hkdc_us: Now 10 of the #HK12/#12港人 have been sentenced to total 21 years & 9 months in prison; one's been remanded pending sentencing for 2.5 years to testify for prosecution in Jimmy Lai trial; another will be sentenced on Feb 26; 3 await trial; 2 are released on bail pending appeal. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1752313081449914524#m

Quinn Moon, of the #HK12/#12港人 who were caught by Chinese authorities while fleeing by boat to Taiwan, has been sentenced to 5 years & 1 month in prison. She's already spent 2 years in Chinese prison & 1.5 years on remand in #HongKong. https://bit.ly/3HE3umZ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1752308838928122078#m

R to @hkdc_us: The ordeal of the #HK12/#12港人 goes on: -Tang Kai-yin, Quinn Moon & Andy Li await sentencing -3 remanded awaiting trial -2 released on bail pending appeal of 31-month sentences -3 serving prison sentences of 49, 39 & 20 months -1 serving sentence in juvenile training centre https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1749419150198366700#m

Tang Kai-yin, of the #HK12/#12港人 who tried to flee HK by boat to Taiwan & were caught by Chinese coast guard, plead guilty today to possession of items that could be used to make petrol bombs in Sep 2019 Sentencing Feb 26. Already 3 years in prison in China, 5mo on remand in HK https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1749419148063408538#m

Quinn Moon, of the #HK12/#12港人 who tried to flee to Taiwan by boat, plead guilty to perverting course of justice & explosives possession (boyfriend's pipebomb, tennis ball w/ matchheads). Already 41 months in prison (24 in China, 17 on remand in HK). Sentencing Jan 31. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1745403255201390841#m

#TangKaiYin, last of the #HK12/#12香人 to be returned from Chinese prison to #HongKong after they were caught trying to flee to Taiwan, will plead guilty on Jan 22 to reduced charge for 2019 protests, faces another charge on Jan 24 linked to the escape. https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/21/last-of-12-hongkongers-caught-by-china-during-escape-bid-to-plead-guilty-to-2019-protest-charge/ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1737790540035289229#m

R to @hkdc_us: Hemant Taneja of @generalcatalyst is scheduled to share the stage w/ US-sanctioned John Lee at the #HongKong gov't finance summit just a few miles from where #TangKaiYin of #HK12 & hundreds of other #PoliticalPrisoners are held. Pls withdraw! No complicity in #HumanRights abuses! https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1721373013923213633#m

Chinese human rights lawyer #LuSiwei, who helped the #HK12 when they were imprisoned in China, was repatriated by Laos to China last week. The international community should continue to call for his release so that he can reunite with his family in the US. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/laos-lawyer-09142023140433.html https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1702679820352585837#m

Last week, Tang Kai-yin, the last of the #HK12 imprisoned in China, was handed over to HK police & is now remanded pending trial. Today his brother posted a message from him: Things are better than expected, he's optimistic & asks people to write to him. https://www.instagram.com/p/CwfHR8uPei7/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=596a8ad7-d645-4922-ab78-0dc90662297d https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1696162999453585668#m

Chinese lawyer #LuSiwei, who tried to help the #HK12, is still detained in Laos, where he was arrested in July while fleeing China. Eva Pils: “China’s increased its reach into neighboring states & well beyond that. Nowhere is safe” #TransnationalRepression https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/world/asia/china-rights-lawyer-arrested-laos.html?unlocked_article_code=Qp51N2z8XxYNlk9eHyYuyKzbrB9QCiq6-Tt76nlQHucmhlA-xwHu408BF-hiuqXwTANm7UrZuBtnscFzUYb_KoyqIoe7Byy3k2SclC3Q_HKP- [...]

Tang Kai-yin, who on Tue became the last of the #HK12 to be returned to #HongKong from China, was brought to court today. His trial's adjourned until Nov 2. He remains in custody. He served 3 years in China & now faces an arson charge from Sep 2019 + a probable new charge #12港人 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1694288253933727890#m