Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Communist Party's rule in China. Protestors in Hong Kong opened up about risking police violence to stand up for democracy — and they want Americans to pay attention.
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00:00光復香港! 時代革命! 香港人加油!
00:15They used their batons, their pepper spray against people who just happened to be travelling on a train.
00:20And they stormed into the train, they beat people up, and then they get out.
00:24They did not do any arrest to those people.
00:30We are in Paris. We have Hongkongers in Berlin. We have Hongkongers in Strasbourg, in London.
00:42All of us, all Hongkongers are calling for unity, for solidarity among Hongkongers around the world,
00:50and to call for local governments to act, to enact policies,
00:55to offer relief to freedom fighters at the other side of the world.
01:05President Trump, listen to Hongkongers calling from the other side of the world.
01:10Listen to Hongkongers on US soil calling for your government to act.
01:16Listen to American citizens calling on you
01:20to pass the Hongkong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
01:25Show that America is not to be bullied around by China.
01:31Show that America stands with people, with freedom, and with human rights.
01:51Hongkongers calling for unity
02:04It is difficult to leave Hongkong if the authorities have targeted you.
02:10They would use fabricated or not charges on you to get a court order on you,
02:19such that they can take away your passport, they can ban you from leaving the country.
02:23We do not announce our plans, we do not tell the world where we're going tomorrow, next day,
02:28or which flight we're taking, so we do not draw attention to ourselves before we make the trip.
02:33Hong Kong protests
02:45We hope that the situation would resolve sooner rather than later,
02:49but with the current response from the Hong Kong government and the Chinese government,
02:53we don't see the protests ending any time soon.
03:03We're sending a message to the world that this is a cry from the people of Hong Kong.
03:08It's not only about us, it's about the world.
03:12It's about people being oppressed, not being about Hongkongers.
03:16It's about places where atrocities are happening.
03:21Maybe it's people being oppressed in China, maybe it's the Uyghur people, maybe it's in other places.
03:26We're talking about people being oppressed and you need to find a way to get your voice heard.
03:32And we stand together and we would like to fight against any atrocities
03:36or human rights violations in the world together.