R to @hkdc_us: Marc Rowan of @apolloglobal is scheduled to share the stage w/ US-sanctioned John Lee at #HongKong government's finance summit just a few miles from where #JimmySham & hundreds of other #PoliticalPrisoners are held. Mr Rowan, pls withdraw! Avoid complicity in #HumanRights abuses. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1720142772584198449#m
R to @hkdc_us: #JimmySham is one of the defendants in the #HK47 trial & has been remanded in custody since March 2021. This is one of the few glimpses we've had of him in two & a half years, exiting the prison van on June 29 on his way to the Court of Final Appeal, which issued today's ruling. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1699019269533585477#m
When #JimmySham started his challenge to the HK gov't over same-sex marriage in 2018, little could he or anyone else imagine that he & nearly all other #HongKong pro-democracy leaders would be in prison when it concluded 5 years on. #Oppression #LGBTQ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/09/05/breaking-lack-of-legal-same-sex-relationship-recognition-in-hong-kong-a-rights-violation-top-court-rules/ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1699018410955296965#m
#Activist #Detained in #HongKong Begins #Final #Appeal for #Recognition of His #Overseas #SameSexMarriage.
#JimmySham, a prominent pro-#democracy #activist during the 2019 protests that roiled #HongKong, first asked for a #judicialreview five years ago seeking a #declaration that the #city's #laws, which don't #recognize #foreign #samesexmarriages, violate his #constitutionalright to #equality.
