LIVE Webinar: Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement Anniversary (US) Live streaming on Hong Kong Watch FB
Date: 3 June 2020 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:00-11:30am EST // 3:00pm-4:30pm UK // 4:00pm-5:30pm Belgium// 10pm -11:30pm Hong Kong
Hosts: Victim of Communism Memorial Foundation ( Washington DC based) & Hong Kong Watch
OPENING REMARKS:
Rep. Ted Yoho, US Congressman
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY REMARKS:
Alistair Carmichael MP, Member of Parliament of the UK
Miriam Lexman MEP, Member of the European Parliament
PANEL CO-CHAIR:
Marion Smith, Executive Director, Victim of Communism Memorial Foundation
Benedict Rogers, Chair and Co-founder of Hong Kong Watch
SPEAKERS:
Alan Leong Kah-Kit SC, Civic Party Chairman and former member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
Ray Wong Toi-Yeung, First Hong Kong political refugee in Germany and a researcher at GfbV Society for Threatened peoples, Germany
Johnny Patterson, Director of Hong Kong Watch, will present the insights from Hong Kong Watch's new report “Why Hong Kong Matters”. https://static1.squarespace.com/…/Why+Hong+Kong+matters_web…
Hong Kong Watch and the Victim of Communism Memorial Foundation will host a panel of distinguished speakers to commemorate the anniversary of the 2019 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. Following Beijing’s decision to unilaterally impose a National Security Law on Hong Kong, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has certified to Congress that Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from China. The implication of this assessment could see Hong Kong losing its special trading status with the US and its standing as an international financial hub.
The panel of speakers will share their insights into Hong Kong’s resistance against the authoritarian regime, shed light on China’s reliance on Hong Kong as a financial centre and as a backdoor for China's global expansion, and discuss the implication for Hong Kong losing its special trading status with the US and its international financial status.
This will be followed by an open floor discussion considering international solidarity and potential actions in support of the pro-democracy movement.
