Ahh so. Thank you for thinking about this and sharing the results of your deliberation. SJ
On Tue., Jun. 18, 2019, 10:36 a.m. Ted Chien, <htch...@wikimedia.tw> wrote: > Hi all, > > Regarding to the recent Hong Kong Extradition Bill, Wikimedia Taiwan has > issued the following statement, please have a read. > > *** > > Wikimedia Taiwan requests the attention of Wikimedia Foundation and global > communities of Wikimedia movement to the Hong Kong Extradition Bill related > issues and to draft out related policy accordingly. > > To our knowledge, the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region > recently has made a legal amendment about extradition to Taiwan, China, > Macau, etc. Nevertheless, the draft of the amendment creates distrust from > local residents and international stakeholders. After the major scale of > protest, Hong Kong SAR Government announced the bill will be suspended for > the moment. > > Wikimedia Taiwan has no comment regarding the internal affairs of Hong > Kong. However, Hong Kong is a common transit location for the Wikimedia > community members from Taiwan to attend international events. In 2015, the > staffs of an independent bookstore in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, were > disappeared. That incident and the intent of the current amendment cause us > as a Wikimedia chapter is worrying about the safety risk while traveling > abroad. > > Therefore, we have three requests: > > 1. To Wikimedia Foundation’s legal and safety department, please stay > tuned regarding this incident, and co-op with Hong Kong User Group and > Wikimedia Taiwan to provide possible support on legal and strategic > issues > in order to ease the risk concern for the Wikimedia volunteers who > contribute in the region. > 2. Even though the legal concern is relieved temporarily, we still would > like to ask for any Wikimedia organizations hosting an international > event > while making the travel arrangements to avoid arranging the Taiwanese > participants to travel by airlines owned by China or Hong Kong, nor > making > the transit at Hong Kong or any other airports within China. > 3. The ongoing discussion about Wikimedia movement strategy should > include evaluation about the possible influence of illiberal democratic > regime’s threat to free knowledge. These regimes may bring damage such > as > legal intimidation, violent threat, and monopoly of ideology. From the > recent experience of Chinese Wikipedia, we cannot anticipate openness > and > inclusion could passively defend from these kinds of sabotage. Instead, > it > needs a more powerful strategy and action to respond on. > > > - This statement is open for all Wikimedia volunteers from Taiwan to > cosign as individual or communities in the following link: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Declaration/The_statement_of_Wikimedia_Taiwan_regarding_the_Extradition_bill_of_Hong_Kong > > This statement is also announced on our Facebook fan page: > > > https://www.facebook.com/wikimedia.tw/photos/a.593864927316487/2171318986237732/ > > On behave of Wikimedia Taiwan > -- > > Regards, > Ted Chien > Member of Supervisory Board, Wikimedia Taiwan > -- > Think Different, Do Smarter, Work for Joy! > -- > About Me: http://about.me/htchien > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
