Hundreds of Hongkongers joined demonstrations against the Chinese regime in British cities including London and Manchester on Oct. 1, the 72nd anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) one-party rule. The “Resist the CCP Day” rallies were jointly organised by several Hong Kong groups and human rights bodies representing Tibetans and Uyghurs. Finn Lau, founder of Hong Kong Liberty and one of the organisers of the demonstrations, said the various persecuted groups chose to protest together on this “symbolic day” because “we are all suffering, we are victims under the CCP.” The human rights situation in the former British colony has deteriorated rapidly under a new national security law, which the Beijing regime imposed on Hong Kong in June 2020. Lau told The Epoch Times that his friends were among those who were imprisoned in the Hong Kong authorities’ intensified suppression of pro-democracy activists. But he said he will not give …
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