Sunday, 26 November @ 3pm
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the UK
49 Portland Place, London W1B 1JL
On November 27, the final stage of the trial of the “Hong Kong 47” will begin. On the eve of this final trial, on November 26, the Workers Against the CCP (WACCP) is organising a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in London and invites everyone, including the trade union members and activists to support and show their solidarity with the 47 people in Hong Kong, who face jail sentences simply for organising a democratic protest. The protest also aims to express solidarity with all those who are fighting for labor, democracy and justice in Hong Kong.
- Release Carol Ng, Winnie Yu, Leung Kwok-hung, Wu Minyi, Yu Huiming, Liang Guoxiong and everyone else in HK47!
- Release Li Zhuoren, Deng Yan’e, Free Lee Cheuk-yan, Elizabeth Tang and all those imprisoned and suppressed for organizing workers and democratic activities!
- Freedom to organize independent trade unions and political opposition in Hong Kong and China!
- The UK welcomes refugees: providing asylum to all those fleeing persecution fighting for labor and democratic justice – whether they are Hong Kong refugees or refugees from other countries!
As trade unionists and activists, the WACCP stands in solidarity with all those in Hong Kong and around the world who are fighting for democracy and organizational freedom. This cause is as important as oxygen to the labor movement and its struggle for the rights and power of the working class. When one person suffers, everyone suffers!
As trade unionists and activists, the WACCP stands in solidarity with all those in Hong Kong and around the world who are fighting for democracy and organizational freedom. This cause is as important as oxygen to the labor movement and its struggle for the rights and power of the working class. When one person suffers, everyone suffers!
Background
47 people in Hong Kong were charged with subversion simply because they participated in the pro-democracy primary elections in June 2020. They hope to win seats in Hong Kong’s semi-democratic parliament (Legislative Council) and, if elected, represent the demands of the pro-democracy movement. Those facing jail include union leaders Wu Min’er and Yu Huiming, as well as veteran socialist Liang Guoxiong (“Long Mao”).
Their trial, which had dragged on for years, finally entered its final stages this November. We demand their immediate release and the dropping of all charges.
They are not the only labor and democracy activists facing repression, harassment and imprisonment by Beijing’s puppet government. Under strong pressure and intimidation from the state, most independent trade unions were forced to dissolve. Lee Cheuk-yan, the former leader of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions, was jailed for organizing unauthorized protests under a British colonial-era public order law. Another former Hong Kong Labor Union leader, Deng Yin-ng, secretary-general of the International Domestic Workers Federation, was arrested this year under a totalitarian “national security law” imposed by Beijing. The Social Democratic Alliance is one of the few democratic dissident parties still openly protesting in Hong Kong, but faces constant harassment and police repression. HSBC, a British financial giant with significant operations in Hong Kong, closed the SDL’s bank account to disrupt its organizing activities.
The repression even spread to exiles. This year, the Hong Kong police issued an arrest warrant for Christopher Mung, a senior organizer of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, for meeting with French trade unions, and offered a reward of HK$1 million for instigating an attempted kidnapping.
We demand the release of all political prisoners and we particularly support our persecuted trade union, socialist and progressive brothers and sisters. Unity knows no borders!
About Workers Against the CCP
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Our new coalition brings together a range of activists and existing groups to work together, including:
Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities (GATPM) 