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AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai (apnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're pro-democracy in an authoritarian state you kind of have to collude with foreign democracies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Being pro democracy is as vague as it gets. What was he actually fighting for or against?

[–] NOT_RICK 2 points 1 year ago

This article explains what Hong Kong Democracy advocates were calling for before they were put down by the government

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/13/what-do-the-hong-kong-protesters-want

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

Are you a broken record or what.