Stand with Hong Kong

Stand with Hong Kong is an independent political organization dedicated to fighting for freedom in Hong Kong. Being found during the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests by the activist Finn Lau, it mainly aims to rally the international community to support Hongkongers in their fight for democracy.[1] Some of its major campaigns included its global rally across 15 countries in August 2019 and the sanction report in November 2019 in response to the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.

Stand with Hong Kong
攬炒團隊
Formation2019 (2019)
FounderFinn Lau
Founded atHong Kong
PurposeLiberation of Hong Kong
Websitehttps://standwithhk.org/

Campaigns

On 20 June 2019, the Financial Times featured an article written by the Stand with Hong Kong team named “Leaderless Hong Kong movement thrives on open use of technology”, describing how the Hong Kong youths utilized technology to encourage the public to participate in politics and made their voice heard by the international community.[2]

In July 2019, the Stand with HK team crowdfunded a campaign to advertise on street ads in the UK and on multiple major UK newspapers including the Guardian, the Evening Standard, the Spectator, and the New Statesman, accusing in the advertisement that the CCP was violating the Sino-British Joint Declaration.[3] In August, the Stand with Hong Kong team, together with another protestor organization named G20 team, crowdfunded to advertise on foreign newspapers in multiple countries including Japan, South Korea, America, Canada, Spain, Germany, French, Switzerland, and Danmark, in order to expose how the Hong Kong government were oppressing the dissidents in Hong Kong.[4][5]

In mid-2019, the team wrote to the United Nations and International Amnesty to accuse the Hong Kong Police Force of violating the International Bill of Human Rights in the 12 June 2019 Hong Kong protest. Furthermore, the team has also written to the EU requesting it to impose an arms embargo on Hong Kong.[1]

On 16 August 2019, the team collaborated with several student unions of higher education institutions to host a campaign named “Stand With Hong Kong, Power to the People Rally”, aiming to call the UK’s attention to China’s violation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and to urge the US to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.[6]

In late 2019, the Stand with HK team hosted a seminar in Japan displaying the tear gas shells and rubber bullets used by the HK Police Force in order to push for a Japanese version of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.[7]

After the US legislated the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act in November 2019, the Stand with HK team collaborated with the Hong Kong Higher Institutions International Affairs Delegation to compile a sanction report, listing the names of about 140 government officials and pro-China personnel who abused human rights in Hong Kong, along with detailed accounts of their actions.[8][9][10]

On 19 January 2020, the Stand with HK team worked together with the activist Ventus Lau to launch a global rally in 22 cities across 12 countries including the US, the UK, and Australia, urging their governments to impose sanctions on Hong Kong in order to pressure the Hong Kong government.[11][12][13]

In May 2020, the team put forward a crowdfunding proposal with a target budget of US$1,750,000, intending to launch lobbying campaigns in different countries and to publish advertisements to counter the propaganda spread by the Hong Kong government. The team emphasized that its members would not take any remuneration or salaries and that the budget will be used only for the necessary traveling, advertisements, and promotion expenses.[14]

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