The rise of militant activism was a direct response to the escalation of police violence from the violent crackdown of the Umbrella Movement in 2014 and Fishball Revolution in 2016.
The world -
Dissidents targeted by the Hong Kong Govt are not facing transnational repression
Transnational repression is an invisible pressure experienced by overseas and diasporic individuals - resulting in the practice of self censorship.
Now
5 years since Hongkongers stormed the Legislative Council.
For over a century, the city of Hong Kong was denied political autonomy.
LegCo was never representative of Hongkongers. Designed by our oppressors & colonizers