searchers. there are many times. there are many. make up your mind. for minds. but. my price tag was $100000.00 so if they cost me all maybe kidnap me all killed me then that some people could get paid 410-0000. been loud became a chinese enemy of the state overnight he is one of

a growing number of hong kong ours who are currently flaming to britain. the trend has been sparked by draconian laws introduced by china to massively restrict the rights of hong kong citizens. those who demonstrate against china such as photographer jim on face harsh police measures criminal charges and imprisonment. this is a. everybody just knowing about this media and all of them believe this stuff. from their london exile internationally known representatives of the hong kong democracy movements such as nathan law are trying to wake up europe my message to the european freedom loving people is don't take freedom for granted your liberal democracy exists on the calls on threats.

nathan law is one of hong kong's best known democracy activists. americas time magazine recently listed him as one of the 100 most influential people worldwide. after china effectively declared the democracy movement illegal last summer citing its so-called national security law 27 year old nathan fled to london and has since been pursuing his campaign in exile. this comes at a high price for him. 3

months ago when i had successfully and safely past the border control of hong kong airport and boarded the flight to london i reminded myself leaving is not the ending leaving marks a new start. you can also tell our comrades are leaving hong kong more and more for the u.k. due to political oppressions back home. and then they really have to button it if to say goodbye to my fellows and to my families because on the side that i will and then share them with to see that the one who suffer. not only the ones who are being prosecuted but their families. little nathan law has become cautious after he fled in june 2020 he kept his whereabouts a secret. many of the democracy activists are afraid that unknown assailants might ambush them harm them or kidnap them and take them to china. last speech in october

was his 1st public appearance in his new home. they don't know if they're going we don't even know if our personal safety would be threatened you know we can never be sure what random guys turning up and approaching us are going to do tell you something should you get put both i know that they hold. only gogol. was. in nathan laws native hong kong a battle has been raging between 2 systems for years and it's now escalating. when britain handed over its former crown colony to the people's republic of china in 1997 beijing guaranteed hong kong a certain amount of autonomy and democratic freedoms such as the right to vote. but

beijing has since been trying to restrict these freedoms with laws which undermine the freedom of expression and freedom of the press. nathan law has been fighting this since his student days he went into politics early and was the youngest politician ever to enter the city parliament much to the disgruntlement of the pro china hong kong government. law and his fellow activists were also involved in the mass protests against the growing influence of china and 2019. china finally stifled these protests in june 2020 with a draconian law which among other things allows for so-called dangerous persons to be extradited to china.

fleeing to london seems to be the only safe way out for many critics of china but not all of the make it these exiled hong kong ers are demonstrating for the release of 12 young democracy activists beijing had arrested them as they were trying to flee to taiwan they have been detained in china ever since. and humble the legacy and up to me. we will not give up we will do whatever we could do whenever we are. not immigrants. nathan law is considered a hero by many hong kong years and particular those who recently had to flee just like him the. people such as petaca for jim long see contact with him and ask his advice and want to be around him a lot more they are all for them more of this. for

a doll with a helmet gas mask and diving goggles. this is the gear worn by activists to protect themselves from tear gas and water cannons in hong kong. and for many of the refugee activists such encounters will be a highlight in the coming weeks of their life in exile. the tug referred jim was led to london 2 months after nathan long he too took part in the protests against china for which he faces a long prison sentence. this put him in a dilemma. neither stay in hong kong and live with the constant fear of going to jail or swap his life with family and friends for the loneliness and supposedly freedom. when i was

leaving i didn't tell anyone. including my families but when i. settled on the here i'm trying to tell my story to my friends to my families to them know. the situation off my. when i try to contact my family and the school that. this really is a serious problem because i never go back to hong kong and they just cry on the phone. long is currently waiting to be granted asylum. he has hardly any money no job and no new friends as yet. his calls to his girlfriend in hong kong are often the highlight of his day. how bad you are you planning to quit your job. not really i'm just waiting to get fired

. you were better off being fired you should discuss this with me if you were to leave are you planning to come here what's your plan or even that had been. it really depends on whether or not i get fired if i haven't signed the contract they would have fired me. over in meeting so we could only stay put and wait and see let's talk again later. for the moment you know when i get home. i thought that he . might want to move. the pain of separation home sickness and loneliness. the fact that jim was played in the middle of a pandemic where everyone in the world is keeping their distance makes everything

more difficult. when i 1st arrived in london i feel bitter because drink a covert 19 order country have been lost by i remember the fraud of that moment this is. gone crazy or the work gone crazy because they says so i mean we're. since the virus took a firm hold on london it's gone quiet in the metropolis. and . it's virtually impossible for new arrivals lifelong to meet people. he describes his new life in exile in a blog. to help the unemployed photographer make ends meet readers pay to read it.

his 1st blog entry shows his journey into exile. you can see this is the video when i was leaving hong kong. it just feels so unreal and so horrible and uncertain when i want to see hong kong again i can watch that video because that video means a lot to me. and there is no forever in the world when i look back at those things i feel it's still complicated. yeah i wish i could go back in that moment. i

am back to the time when he and all the others in hong kong still believed that they could succeed in their fight for democracy i was the 31st of august 29th teen was the day that shattered that belief. in dishonor ground station police action against the demonstrators was so brutal that hong kong hours have now turned the place into a memorial site for their protests. jim walsh is one of those who was seriously injured. i feel i will be that natural because where the scenes all the presents were stationed on that night he said horrible you know everybody can't hurt just like at the sauce this movie. this is a am i right. everybody just knows about this we do and

all of them they do this stuff was so you can see that still chasing. 5 of them and i just ran into their faces because the people who could protect me. the prosecutors accused wong of participation in an illegal gathering 8 further charges were added later he was threatened with up to 10 years in jail was where i realize that we are latino and i'm so desperate after 3 days i brought my ticket from the internet and tried to leave in the receipt quickly i don't even tell anybody just leave. the u.k. had previously granted hong kong a 6 month stay without a visa. in summer the british government announced that citizens of the former colony could stay for up to 5 years and then become naturalized this is why so many

of them are heading to the u.k. . this former employee of the british consulate in hong kong was accused of espionage by the chinese authorities he was abducted and tortured. today he lives in a shared flat in london the u.k. has granted him political asylum. simon chiang volunteered to work for the british consulate in hong kong when they were seeking local staff. his job was to report on the protests from the inside and document the activities on local social media channels he completely denies any allegations of espionage. from some of the people's perspective they thought that i'm spying but it just depends on your position i feel this color information as

you see this kind of things are all public information but if i want to collect those public information and let the british diplomat to get better to get a better understanding what's actually happening so why not. china saw it differently and arrested chang at hong kong airport in august 29th teen. when i've been outscored exemptions and almost immediately have been hanged called shackled. and life would. and then to trot me on to. the whole scenario put out the kidnapping and then stay true of me to unknown places and those that hold me up i cannot move just a little bit and in a few painful sort of shuffle when see a flu shot for the picture. there it may at the. light

is way towards. i can feel for many parents but it seems like it was. for 15 days nobody knew where cheney was. whether it was due to the public campaign or pressure from the british government china released him after various detours he arrived in london 6 months later. always have been like for example a chinese agent want to bring me back in the u.k. or i realize i'm certainly in hong kong always that sense of feel in home to. that will be the uncertainty and fear. from the last time i can. i was still the worker for the car so that's now. a refugee. i.

charge for the rest of my life back to my town. simon chang is currently living from his savings and sometimes writes for the media . he doesn't know how long things will continue why this. china's policies also affect hong kong 1st who have been living in london for a longer time. property expert finland now moved to london for a job in early 2019. as mass protests got going in hong kong nobody realized he was one of the organizers of the movement writing an online forms under his pseudonym launch out. last slogans the fight for

freedom and stand with hong kong have now become battle cries am i was. the man who nobody knew became an anonymous hero by day and conspicuous employee but after work and undercover force driving the democracy protests i cannot film. my friends is what they're doing and all the other mind him. so should they i would not let them through no too many if it goes against the safety issue so i'm struggling because i cannot tell you and you are what i say. his cover was blown in the summer of 2020. journalists discovered and revealed the

identity of the person behind the pseudonym mom chow virtually overnight the 26 year old became an enemy of the chinese state at 1st he didn't know what to do after truman is. calling the railfan and i just feel that i need to do so he's now a wanted man in hong kong now decided to be proactive and publish the video in october a declaration of war on china from exile greetings this is land chalo alias feed now yes this is my actual appearance it was never our aim to become refugees hong kong is scattered across the globe must demonstrate our words and strengths in impending the c.c.p. creating our own future and earning respect from our international allies in the meantime give us liberty or give us death. many of the hong kong democracy activists started getting organized in monday and

the fall. some of them are more radical like these demonstrators in front of the chinese embassy. but most of them are fighting a peaceful campaign for democracy in their native country like photographer jim long. a lawful focus know that protests on friday and every friday there would have a lot of the old guys coming to the u.k. from the hong kong and just want to. understand what the situation they are facing . in the regular fridays for freedom demonstrations during the winter have also increasingly become a networking event for the democracy activists. many of them are worried about their. livelihood's. i so you have been staying in the same place at the high level the same place and i've started looking for

a job. for you this shouldn't be much to worry about it's wiring i'm running out of money. it should be all right i should manage to find myself a job you shouldn't have any problem. oftentimes i go how about you at the head and if i have to beg for money these days. the former staffer of the british consulate in hong kong simon chang is part of the group. by simon the. way. was. it when. you see what. each one of us is in. such small pella and yet there is no difference between the ones who is standing in the front line and those who is the poor back stage we should encourage them to speak out if there were no he dares

to speak out on commies voices would be heard in transmit this is beyond the chinese communist party is trying to achieve so things are ok so it's all i see is i i then they start singing their secret national anthem glory to hong kong was now a days they could be arrested for singing this in hong kong the f.b.i. can speak for myself i can speak korean so that's the things how much money can buy so i was still feel lucky i'm still alive through the 3rd i was. there is no different from what i do while long and chad campaign for hong kong from exile events in their homeland have come to a head. hong kong's security forces are arresting more and more. democratic politicians and journalists who are critical of china. the whole democratic opposition has resigned and increasingly more famous activists such as joshua wong

are being given prison sentences. how do the activists in london react to such news from home. nathan law tweets his feelings. it is despairing to witness your dearest friends being imprisoned while you are living in exile yes you have your role overseas yet no matter how hard i work a sense of guilt always haunts me i feel like i owe them something that i cannot repay a speechless night. this is surely a reason why nathan law travels tirelessly throughout europe. here he has become one of the main activists of the democracy for hong kong mission.

when china's leadership is on a state visit like here in september in germany nathan law is not far away condemning the chinese regime and supporting local activists. but not written to the foreign minister some also saying that germany could take the lead to take the sanction of mccann is a main european union to implement the. chinese officials who are responsible for the humor i saw lation and you can see the countermeasures towards the national security law. back in london the autumn's 2nd coronavirus way may have restricted laws travelling diplomacy but it has not seen. him down in his mission. my message to the european freedom nothing people is don't take freedom for granted liberal democracies these under constant

threats by the most basic we fed them for the past that case so i'm urging you to really get your head straight to start working on constraining these author of tearing expansion and trying to implement policies that hold these people accountable there are millions of people there are suffering under these authoritarian regime and we're not going to pretend nothing happened. 2 doesn't talk about how he feels personally or how he's coping with his lonely life in london. he hasn't yet decided whether he will stay in london and apply for asylum. law makes a clear distinction between his political activism and his personal life. he does reveal this if we realize that there is

a probability that couldn't able to go back for at least that case it's not a good feeling. emotionally is very demanding but for me i see it as more than myself a lot about myself is about how we can advance the cause of holocaust movement even though i had to pay the price are i'm willing to do so. then organizer of the protest movement stand with hong kong also constantly wonders whether his mission is worth the sacrifice. my price tag was $100000.00 pounds so if he calls me all maybe kidnap me or cube. me some people could get paid for 100001st it will i was quite shocked after hearing such

a rumor but then i just at that to take the salt off fear. it doesn't stop me from all fighting. so what is next for the activists. jim wong has plans for a future in exile. as soon as his asylum is granted he wants to move to brighton on england's south coast to watch the ocean and hear the crashing of the way. look at that new. there's beauty of all is that. this is the 1st time i see the ocean. when i look at all since i feel he's holy. a lot of bad things.

i think i will try. to decide i'm also a son of my i'm a son off my father on my boyfriend my girlfriend and i are also on the forefront of i need to think of my future my girlfriend due to my family. to you. there will be another force open for you this is the concept that i need to have faith and i believe that the home risk and freedom. into field trip and the c.c.p. responsible. we've

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