Nostr notes by Sepia

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2026-02-23T13:10:16Z

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> The three-judge panel dismissed appeals from the 12, including ex-lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, former journalist Gwyneth Ho and Gordon Ng, an Australian citizen. The campaigners smiled and waved from the dock to their supporters in the public gallery, which included defendants in the same case who had finished serving time.
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> Pro-democracy activist Chan Po-ying, wife of defendant Leung, said the outcome was "absurd" and that judges "presumed that the defendants wanted to subvert state power." Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas spokesperson Fernando Cheung said the court had "missed a critical opportunity to correct this mass injustice."
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> Aged between 28 and 69, the group included democratically elected lawmakers and district councillors, as well as unionists, academics and others ranging from modest reformists to radical localists. In 2024, the court convicted 45 people and acquitted two.
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> The 45 convicted campaigners were given sentences ranging from four years and two months to 10 years, depending on their role and whether they received reduced penalties. After Monday's defeat, the appellants can take their case to Hong Kong's top court, though they have yet to confirm if they will.
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> [Archive link](https://archive.ph/c3Gz4)

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2026-02-23T12:54:09Z

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> [Archive link](https://archive.ph/0mXsp)

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2026-02-09T10:53:30Z

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> On 9 February 2026, Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison under Hong Kong’s draconian National Security Law, including spurious charges of "collusion with foreign forces” and conspiring to publish “seditious” material. Prosecutors cited more than 160 Apple Daily articles as examples of “seditious publications.” Forced to close by Hong Kong authorities in June 2021, Apple Daily was the territory’s largest mainstream independent newspaper, known for delivering independent reporting. His guilty verdict was delivered on 15 December 2025, but sentencing has been delayed by two months.
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> Jimmy Lai was tried alongside six former senior staff at Apple Daily. CEO Cheung Kim-hung received six years and nine months in prison; chief editor Ryan Law Wai-kwong, 10 years; executive editor-in-chief Lam Man-chung, 10 years; associate publisher Chan Pui-man, seven years; managing editor of the English edition Fung Wai-kong, 10 years; and lead editorial writer Yeung Ching-kee, seven years and three months. Two other co-accused, pro-democracy activist Chan Tsz-wah, and activist Andy Li, were respectively sentenced to six years and three months, and seven years and three months. Li is believed to be forcibly held in a high-security psychiatric institution in Hong Kong.
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> Since 2020, the Hong Kong government has prosecuted at least 28 journalists, eight of whom are currently detained. Hong Kong is ranked 140th in the 2025 RSF World Press Freedom Index, having plummeted down the rankings from 18th place in just two decades. China ranks 178th of the 180 countries and territories surveyed.
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> [Web archive link](https://web.archive.org/web/20260209075524/https://rsf.org/en/jimmy-lai-sentence-exposes-collapse-press-freedom-hong-kong)

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2026-01-20T18:50:40Z

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> Here is the [Canadian government's release](https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2026/01/minister-sidhu-announces-launch-of-mutual-recognition-agreement-for-architects-between-canada-and-european-union.html).
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> The EU and Canada have concluded a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) on the recognition of professional qualifications of architects. The MRA became binding on 18 December 2025 and is now in force. The MRA allows EU architects to obtain a Canadian architect’s license. It also allows Canadian architects to obtain a license in an EU Member State. To do so, they must meet certain qualification and experience-based criteria.
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