10.1 Global Day of Action - HKDC - Hong Kong Democracy Council US

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HKDC - Hong Kong Democracy Council US

As part of the 10.1 Global Day of Action - Resist CCP: Freedom Now, rallies are held in different states in the U.S. co-organized by Hong Konger, Taiwanese, Uyghur, Chinese, Tibetan, and Souther Mongolian groups. The HKDC team will be attending rallies held in Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, and California.

Our Board Chair, Alex Yong-Kang Chow, will be attending and the Washington, D.C. rally, organized by DC4HK, International Tibet Network, Uyghur Human Rights Project, Capital Area Tibetan Association, Uyghur American Association, Students for a Free Tibet, and Hong Kong Democracy Council.

Our Strategy and Campaign Director, Anna Kwok, will be attending the rally in New York, organized by Students for a Free Tibet, The US-Tibet Committee, NY4HK - New Yorkers Supporting Hong Kongers, Regional Tibet Youth Congress, and NY & NY(RTYC NYNJ).

Our Senior Policy and Research Fellow, Jeffrey Ngo, will be attending the rally in Chicago, organized by Chicago Solidarity with Hong Kong, Formosa Association of Public Affairs, Thai free Youth program, Taiwanese Association of American Greater Chicago, Tibetan Alliance of Chicago, and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Illinois Division.

Our Policy Advisor, Sunny Cheung, and Senior Communications Associate, Huen Lam, will be attending the rally in Los Angeles, California, organized by the Hong Kong Forum LA, International Tibet Network, Uyghurs LA, LA China Democracy, Tibetan Association of Southern California, Visual Artists Guild, China Democracy Party, Association for Talent Development Thailand, Formosa Association of Public Affairs, Los Angles Myanmar Movement, and the Democratic Party of China.

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【二零二零年十月一日:十一國殤 】
【October 1, 2020: National Day of Bloodshed】

自中共建國，殺戮及腐敗不斷。十月一日絕無值得慶賀之故，反之理應受到人民唾棄，千夫所指。在19及20年香港運動期間，香港人在國殤日上街討伐中共政權，卻被黑警鎮壓。血海深仇在前，我們勢必緊記它所犯下的滔天罪行。

⺠間人權陣線申請於港島區舉辦遊行，並呼籲身穿黑色衣服以聲援 12 名 被拘留在中國的香港人，但警方安全考慮以及限聚令為由再次發出反對 通知書。
當日警方動用大量人力於不同地區截查並恫嚇路過市⺠。當日有86人被 捕，包括4名區議員，有年輕網媒記者亦被票控違反限聚令。

同日晚上，有人發起在獅子山舉行「和你燈」活動，警員一早到山上戒備。活動其間有百多名市⺠在山頂上唱《願榮光歸香港》、高呼「光復
香港，時代革命」口號，山頂一度有逾百人聚集。

警方以山上有非法集結為由，在晚上約9時半封鎖獅子山出入口，禁止市 ⺠上山。所有下山人士均需要搜身、搜袋和記錄身份證。

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Since the founding of the CCP, there has been continuous bloodshed and corruption. The CCP’s National Day is not worth celebrating. During the 2019 and 2020 Hong Kong Movement, Hong Kongers took to the streets to reprimand the CCP’s regime on National Day, but were brutally suppressed by the Hong Kong police force. 10.1 is not a cause for celebration. We must bear in mind the heinous crimes the CCP have committed.

Citing security concerns and an anti-coronavirus ban on public gathering, the police issued a notice of objection to the Civil Human Rights Front regarding a march on Hong Kong Island.They originally called for participants to wear black, a sign to show solidarity with the 12 Hong Kongers detained in China.

At least 86 people that day, including four District Council members, on suspicion of taking part in an unauthorized assembly. A few young online media reporters were also charged with violating the gathering restriction order.

On the same night, citizens hiked up the Lion Rock peak waving flashlights, laser pointers, and a flag that read “Liberate Hong Kong, the Revolution of Our Times”.
Entrances to Lion Rock Park were sealed off by the police on the basis of unlawful assembly. Anyone entering or exiting the hiking trail was made to register their names with the police and were told that legal actions may be pursued.