Anna Kwok
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| Anna Kwok | |
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| Native name | 郭鳳儀 |
| Born | 21 January 1997 (age 25) British Hong Kong |
| 🏫 Education | BA, New York University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
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Anna Kwok Fung Yee (Chinese: 郭鳳儀; Jyutping: Gwok Fuhngyìh; born 21 January 1997) is an activist from Hong Kong. She is currently Executive Director at the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group Hong Kong Democracy Council.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Kwok was born in Hong Kong in 1997. She received her secondary education at UWC Red Cross Nordic, a boarding school in Norway.[2][3]
In interviews, Kwok has mentioned that she first became politically engaged in 2014, during the Umbrella Movement protests.[4] During the 2014 and 2019 protests, Kwok engaged in international advocacy work for Hong Kong while attending college at New York University.[5]
Stand with Hong Kong at the G20 Summit campaign[edit]
During the 2019 Hong Kong protests, Kwok was the anonymous lead organizer of a crowdfunded international media campaign to appeal to G20 leaders to speak up against the planned 2019 Hong Kong extradition law during the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka.[6] The crowdfunding campaign raised over $5 million HKD in public donations to run ads in international print newspapers.[7]
On June 27 and 28, 2019, the campaign published full-page ads headlined “Stand With Hong Kong at G20” in 17 newspapers in 12 different countries, including in The New York Times, The Guardian, Asahi Shimbun, Chosun Ilbo, and Apple Daily.[8] The ads appeared alongside an open letter criticizing the Chinese government’s approach towards Hong Kong, advocating for the release of all prisoners detained during the 2019 protests, and calling for international pressure to conduct an independent police brutality investigation into the Hong Kong Police Force.[9]
Involvement with Hong Kong Democracy Council[edit]
In 2021, Kwok joined the Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization Hong Kong Democracy Council.[10] Kwok currently serves as the organization's Executive Director.[1]
In her capacity as an activist for the Hong Kong Democracy Council, Kwok has spoken up against the administration of Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, accusing him of architecting a sharp rise in police brutality.[11] Kwok has also called on Hong Kongers in the United States to participate in American politics as an opportunity to push for greater international support of democratization in Hong Kong.[12]
In October 2022, Kwok spoke at the Oslo Freedom Forum in New York, where she spoke about the need to build a political diaspora as part of a future democratic society in Hong Kong.[13]
In May 2023, Kwok testified before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on political prisoners and the rule of law in Hong Kong.[14] During the hearing, Kwok advocated for new pathways for Hong Kongers to immigrate to the United States, as well as for sanctions on prosecutors working on cases related to the Hong Kong national security law.
In July 2023, Hong Kong authorities accused Kwok and seven other overseas activists of national security offenses related to their work advocating for sanctions on Hong Kong officials.[15] The same day, Hong Kong police issued a warrant for Kwok's arrest accompanied by a HK$1 million (US$127,603) bounty.[16] In an interview with The Guardian, Kwok responded to the warrant by saying she would "never back down" and reiterating her call for international action on Hong Kong.[17]
Exile[edit]
Bloomberg reported in 2022 that Kwok was unable to return to Hong Kong, citing the legal and political risks posed to activists by Hong Kong's National Security Law.[18] In 2022, Kwok disclosed in a video interview with The Economist that she intended to remain in exile in the United States.[19] In July 2023, following the imposition of a Hong Kong police bounty for her arrest, Kwok told Reuters that she had applied for political asylum in the United States.[20]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anna Kwok". HKDC. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "About UWC Red Cross Nordic - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ Cluett, Edmund. "Graduation Ceremony 2016". UWC Red Cross Nordic. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ Han, Jeongyoon (2022-07-01). "The Hong Kong handover turns 25. So does an entire generation". NPR. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "25 years ago, Britain handed control of Hong Kong back to China". KPBS Public Media. 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "【專訪】郭鳳儀公開匿名眾籌登報經歷 擬政庇留美延續抗爭星火". Radio Free Asia (in 中文). Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "Hong Kong activists urge G20 leaders to help 'liberate' city". Reuters. 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "Hong Kong Timeline 2019-2022: Anti-Extradition Protests & National Security Law | Human Rights in China 中国人权 | HRIC". www.hrichina.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ Creery, Jennifer (2019-06-28). "'Stand with Hong Kong': G20 appeal over extradition law crisis appears in over 10 int'l newspapers". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "Who We Are | Hong Kong Democracy Council". 2021-09-24. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "John Lee's bid for Hong Kong leader signals Beijing's 'hard line'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "Smithsonian's Hong Kong ties rile pro-democracy activists". POLITICO. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "Oslo Freedom Forum in New York 2022". Oslo Freedom Forum. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ "One City, Two Legal Systems: Political Prisoners and the Erosion of the Rule of Law in Hong Kong | Congressional-Executive Commission on China". www.cecc.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ↑ Pomfret, James; Pang, Jessie; Pomfret, James; Pang, Jessie (2023-07-03). "Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants for eight overseas activists". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ↑ Yeung, Nectar Gan,Jessie (2023-07-03). "Hong Kong police condemned for issuing cash bounty for exiled democracy activists". CNN. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ↑ "Hong Kong: activist will 'never back down' despite bounty on her head – video". the Guardian. 2023-07-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ↑ "Hong Kong's Handover Generation Is Caught in China's Whirlwind". Bloomberg. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ↑ "How a free and open Hong Kong became a police state". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ Pomfret, James; Pang, Jessie; Pomfret, James; Pang, Jessie (2023-07-13). "Wanted Hong Kong activist fears for safety, hopes for US asylum". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
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