On March 4, the first day of the two sessions of the Chinese Communist Party‘s National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, 47 pro-democracy activists were charged with “conspiracy to subvert state power” and 15 of those previously released on bail were “reviewed” by the Department of Justice. On March 5, the Department of Justice suddenly “released” them, and only four of them are now temporarily free. The current phenomenon of the Hong Kong government cooperating with the Chinese Communist Party in forcibly stifling the political careers of Hong Kong people is an unprecedented storm in the Hong Kong political arena.
Yang Jinxia (right) asks participants of the “Hong Kong 228: The Great Political Persecution” event to hold up the heads of 47 detained pro-democracy activists in front of her.
On March 7, 2021, people braved low temperatures to hold banners in support of the 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in custody in Times Square in Manhattan, New York.
Michael Davis, a professor at Columbia University who has served at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for more than 10 years, also attended the event to show his support for the 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in detention, saying that many of them are his students.
People hold “Save Hong Kong” signs in solidarity with the politically persecuted people of Hong Kong on March 7, 2021.
Following the solidarity event with 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in Vancouver, Canada on Saturday, New York Concern Hong Kong (NY4HK) convener Yang Jinxia, along with nearly 100 Hong Kong people, the China Democratic Party, the New York and New Jersey chapters of the Tibetan Youth Association and other rights groups, also organized “Hong Kong 228: The Great Political Persecution” in Times Square in New York City on Sunday.
Yang Jinxia said in an interview, in addition to continuing to connect with civil solidarity with Hong Kong people, the Hong Kong Committee is also working in Washington, D.C., actively seeking the help of the U.S. political arena, hoping that the House and Senate can pass the Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act and the Hong Kong People’s Freedom and Choice Act.
Candy from Lion Rock Cafe in New York attended the event to show solidarity with the 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in custody.
Candy from LionRockCafe in New York said, “We are standing here to make our voices heard and to keep fighting. This is only the second year and there is still a long way to go; but as long as we stand together, I believe the tide will change and the victory will be ours.”
Nearly 100 Hong Kong people stand in solidarity with the 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in custody at Times Square in Manhattan, New York on March 7, 2021.
The temperature in New York City was only about 39 degrees (about 4 degrees Celsius) on the day of the spring chill, but the number of participants in the event did not decrease but gradually increased that day. When the Music of “May the Glory Return to Hong Kong” started, people hummed along and shouted slogans such as “Restoration of Hong Kong Times Revolution”.
Chinese Democrat Cui Yong attends “Hong Kong 228: The Great Political Persecution” on March 7, 2021, shouting “Down with the Communist Party of China”.
Cui Yong, a member of the Chinese Democratic Party, said that compatriots overseas should show solidarity with Hong Kong people because we are all persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party, and that “we want to end the dictatorial and corrupt tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party” and shouted “Down with the Chinese Communist Party. Another unnamed mainland student said she started to follow Hong Kong in 2019, and although she could feel that everyone was a bit tired by now, she still chose to come out in solidarity with Hong Kong people that day, and she thought she should do her part regardless of the outcome.
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