{"id":17183,"date":"2018-03-10T14:24:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T06:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinaworker.info\/?p=17183"},"modified":"2018-03-11T20:19:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T12:19:56","slug":"german-mps-protest-authoritarian-policies-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2018\/03\/10\/17183\/","title":{"rendered":"German MPs protest authoritarian policies in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>International solidarity with Hong Kong\u2019s democracy struggle is spreading<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Socialist Action reporters<\/p>\n<p>Stop Repression in Hong Kong is a campaign initiated by Socialist Action with the support of international left organisations and individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHong Kong\u2019s hard won democratic rights are being shredded in the interests of the Chinese dictatorship which is simultaneously presiding over the most severe crackdown in China since the crushing of the 1989 mass democracy movement\u201d, says the group\u2019s online petition which is translated into ten languages. Among those who\u2019ve signed are leading trade unionists in Britain, Mexico and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17184\" src=\"http:\/\/media.chinaworker.info\/2018\/03\/12-Portr\u00e4t.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2018\/03\/12-Portr\u00e4t.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2018\/03\/12-Portr\u00e4t-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2018\/03\/12-Portr\u00e4t-83x55.jpg 83w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2018\/03\/12-Portr\u00e4t-310x207.jpg 310w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2018\/03\/12-Portr\u00e4t-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Five members of the German Bundestag (parliament) from the Left Party <em>Die Linke <\/em>have signed the petition, including Sabine Leidig (pictured). Six MPs in Ireland have also signed. The campaign plans to organize meetings at universities around the world to inform about the crackdown in Hong Kong. Protests in 22 cities around the world last October will be followed with more protests in coming months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hkrepression\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hkrepression\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520748610499000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHRngWXqaqhDwhEjkCpVx1EvFadww\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hkrepression<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stophkrepression.net\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.stophkrepression.net&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520748610499000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFvYHuqY-DKAcladMv5socvyMgMvQ\">http:\/\/www.stophkrepression.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International solidarity with Hong Kong\u2019s democracy struggle is spreading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":17184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[132,133,148,124],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-china","8":"category-hong-kong","9":"category-international","10":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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