On March 8, the eve of International Women’s Day, a prominent art projection on the exterior of a tall building in Manhattan, New York, displayed a number of female political prisoners in Hong Kong. The message was to urge the Hong Kong government for their release immediately.
On the night of March 8, five female portraits were projected by CFHK on the exterior of a Manhattan Building in New York. They included former Legislative Council member Claudia Mo Man-ching, former Stand News reporter Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam, barrister and former Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Alliance Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, spokespersons of now disbanded Student Politicism spokespersons Wong Yuen-lam and Chu Wai-ying.
The projection also shows that the democratic figures have been detained for over 500 days. Among them, Gwenyth Ho Kwai-lam and Claudia Mo Man-ching for 739 days.
The light projection displayed an image of Hongkongers holding up yellow umbrellas to fight for freedom, with the words “Freedom is on trial in Hong Kong.”
In both Chinese and English, the message was urging the Hong Kong government to release the Hong Kong political prisoners.
The trial of The Hong Kong 47 Case in Hong Kong has been in session. After the 2019 preliminary primaries, 47 democratic politicians, journalists, and lawmakers were arrested and charged with conspiracy to subvert state power under the National Security Law.
It is the largest case since the Hong Kong and Beijing government implemented the National Security Law.
CFHK recently launched a political prisoner database, pointing out that Hong Kong has the world’s highest proportion of female prisoners.
Frances Hui Wing-ting, the political and advocacy coordinator of CFHK, pointed out that, at present, the youngest female political prisoner in Hong Kong is only 14 years old.
Hui said,” The situation is shocking. The Chinese Communist Party imprisons far more female political prisoners than any other regime.” That was why the organization held the event in New York on the eve of International Women’s Day. The organization wanted the world to know their names and urged the regime to release them immediately.
CFHK Chairman Mark Clifford said women account for a large ratio of the nearly 1400 political prisoners in Hong Kong. Clifford described it as an insult.
Clifford expressed that it was imperative to remember those female political prisoners in Hong Kong. He added, “We should learn from these women who continue to stand tall for freedom and democracy while in prison. They have not been forgotten.”
