On 5/26/20 6:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > From: > Yosem Companys <[email protected]> > Date: > 5/25/20, 6:55 PM > > To: > Eric FU <[email protected]> > CC: > LT <[email protected]> > > > Of course. But this is not a push model. Local actors have already > asked for our help. They have asked we brainstorm ways in which > Liberationtech could help them do things that have not been done in > the past. >
I present my apologies in advance for *this quick penning,* and for presenting the following multi-dimensional content to the group -- in the way that I estimate the content must be, and has been presented below. The question in the 'subject-line' of the original message Yosem had dispatched to the list read: "What could we at Liberationtech do to help pro-democracy HK activists protest China's new security law?" Subsequently, Yosem shared more information in a message to Eric Fu, stating, "They have asked we brainstorm ways in which Liberationtech could help them do things that have not been done in the past." To this, some clarification might benefit all. WHAT is the problem "in reality," that Liberationtech could assist brainstorm-on, and possibly as a "crowd-resource"? Is it, to reveal more effective ways of "demonstrating" the opposition's position, or are there "other" implied/undeclared objectives upon which a "brainstorming" must be had? I present the following open-source media reporting as a basis for asking the aforementioned questions. Permit me to further highlight the issues "on the ground", as reported. Since 9/11, police forces around the world have increasingly become para-militarized. Consequentially, in this and other instances, when established instruments of "power-systems" meet/confront citizens-on-the-street (as it has in Hong Kong), on such matters as the seemingly 'inexorable' political condition there (as the *AFP* story indicates below), the confrontations with Police forces will increasingly become brutal and destructive. But, this is NOT just a post 9/11 condition, it is historical. *(**Comments Continue below the link)* *Hong Kong police stamp out national anthem law protests* AFP 27 MAY 2020 https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/hong-kong-police-stamp-out-national-anthem-law-protests-doc-1sa9dv7 ---> Also, considering that the U.S. State Department has "hurriedly communicated" to US Congress that conditions in Hong Kong are no longer tenable/in compliance with findings and declarations under "22 USC Ch. 66 - Subchapter 1 - Policy (United States-Hong Kong Policy)" [ https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title22/chapter66&edition=prelim AND https://www.state.gov/prc-national-peoples-congress-proposal-on-hong-kong-national-security-legislation/ ] and therefore, recommending that the standing US policy be revoked, only complicates matters *(enormously)* for ALL residents of Hong Kong. Adjacently, in media reporting from the Sub-Continent, NDTV has noted the sentiments of a Hotel Manager and a female protester as follows: /"I'm scared ... if you don't come out today, you'll never be able to come out. This is legislation that directly affects us," said Ryan Tsang, a hotel manager.// // /AND/ // //"Although you're afraid inside your heart, you need to speak out," said Chang, 29, a clerk and protester dressed in black with a helmet respirator and goggles in her backpack.// / Street demonstrations aside, how are the residents of Hong Kong to productively determine their future, and can they? Is "showing-up" on the street, the adequate measure to be taken? *(**Comments Continue below the link)* *Riot Police Deployed In Hong Kong Over Protests Against Chinese Anthem Bill* The anthem bill is set for a second reading on Wednesday and is expected to become law next month. NDTV May 27, 2020 11:37 am IST https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/riot-police-deployed-in-hong-kong-over-protests-against-chinese-anthem-bill-2235785 ---> Given the escalations we are witnessing, what is the strategy (if any) of/for residents and their political future in Hong Kong? What, if anything, can Liberatontech do to support in that regard, is a question that could - more concretely - be posed.... (personal view)... External to that, WHAT precisely must/can Liberationtech 'brainstorm', and with what goal for Hong Kong in mind? A few more recent open-source media reports that might bre more informational for the membership.... *Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing defends China's plans for security law* CNN Digital Rebranding 2013 By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Updated 8:08 AM ET, Wed May 27, 2020 https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/business/li-ka-shing-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html --> *China's Hong Kong law set to bar foreign judges from national security cases: sources* Yew Lun Tian REUTERS MAY 26, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-security/chinas-hong-kong-law-set-to-bar-foreign-judges-from-national-security-cases-sources-idUSKBN2321CW BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing’s planned national security legislation for Hong Kong is set to block its foreign judges from handling national security trials, people familiar with the matter said, which would exacerbate concerns about the city’s judicial independence. -- /Dr. Robert Mathews, D.Phil. Principal Technologist & //Distinguished Senior Research Scholar// //Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications (OSIA)// //University of Hawai'i/
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