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Beyond Lennon Walls: Ways to support the Hong Kong protests from afar

Setting up a Lennon Wall or joining in a rally may be the most visible way to help the Hong Kong protests from abroad, but it isn't necessarily the best. Below are some other ideas on how to support the protest from afar.

Last updated 23 December 2019. Based on anonymous submissions. Maintained by Jason Li and Lokman Tsui.


This document in other languages: 繁體中文, Português, Italiano, Español, Deutsch, Français, Русский, 日本語, 한국어, Nederlands, ไทย


💰 Donate

Donate to groups that are supporting protestors on the ground (both groups' PayPal accounts are not working at the moment):

Donate to these legislator-backed crowdfunding campaigns:

Donate to groups supporting journalists on the ground:

Donate to these non-profit, independent news organizations so they can continue to provide coverage of Hong Kong:

Donate to these civil society research organizations:

Pitch in for supplies that protect people during police operations:

🧓🏻 Organize within your community

  • 🆕 Persuade your organization to sign this letter urging the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women "to examine gender-based violence committed by the Hong Kong Police Force."

  • If you’re part of a community group, association or organization, publish a statement in support of the protestors. If possible, band together with other groups to sign a joint statement.

  • Hold discussions within your diaspora communities, with folks who are on the fence or self-identified centrists. But approach with caution if folks are already staunchly against the protests.

🇺🇸 For US residents/citizens

Call your representatives (find their number on callmycongress.com):

  • Tell them you are very concerned about the situation in Hong Kong.
  • Ask them to support the call to suspend future sales of munitions and crowd control equipment to the Hong Kong police.
  • Ask them to support passage of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (H.R. 3289) (S. 1838).

References:

🇨🇦 For Canadian residents/citizens

Contact your current MP and MP candidates (find the former here):

  • Tell them you are very concerned about the situation in Hong Kong.
  • Ask them to introduce a motion in Parliament in support of the Hong Kong protests.
  • Ask them to introduce legislation similar to US's Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.

Sign these petitions:

If you live abroad, remember you can still register to vote in Canada.

🇬🇧 For UK residents/citizens

Contact your representatives (WriteToThem helps you look who yours is):

Alternately, use Stand with HK to send an pre-written email to your MP that asks them to uphold the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration.

Also, donate to Hong Kong Watch, "a UK-based registered charity which researches and monitors threats to Hong Kong’s basic freedoms, the rule of law and autonomy as promised under the ‘one country, two systems’ principle..."

🇪🇺 For EU residents/citizens

Contact your representatives:

🇨🇭 For Swiss residents/citizens

Contact the EDA or Ignazio Cassius, or your representatives in the National Council or Council of States:

  • Tell them you are very concerned about the situation in Hong Kong.
  • Urge them to make a statement in support of the protesters in Hong Kong and against the excessive police violence there.

🇯🇵 For Japanese residents/citizens

Sign these petitions:

🇰🇷 For South Korean residents/citizens

Contact members of the parliament to express concern about and solidarity with the protesters of Hong Kong:

Post a petition to the Blue House.

🇦🇺 For Australian residents/citizens

Sign the parliamentary petitions below. (Note: they "will not publish your information online, but your name will be included in the final petition presented to the House of Representatives.")

🇹🇼 For Taiwanese residents/citizens

Contact your legislator (find them using this or this website):

  • Tell them you are very concerned about the situation in Hong Kong.
  • Urge them to make a statement that they will protect Hong Kong's political offenders and protesters.

Donate supplies to Fridays for the Future, PCT (contact them) that has been batch mailing them to Hong Kong.

(Taiwan information via chihao & co.).

🇳🇱 For Dutch residents/citizens

Contact politicians to express your concerns and ask for support and solidarity. Ask for political support from the government for the protests in the form of a motion:

🤳🏼 Spread the word on social media

Some tips on spreading the word on social media:

  • Don't post unverified information.
  • Post trigger warnings before revealing images of blood and violence.
  • Think about your audience: Do your friends really want to read seven heavily-captioned posts, or do they prefer a single post summary?
  • Engage carefully with friends & family: Sometimes it's best to agree to disagree and move on for now.
  • Engage carefully (or not at all) with the trolls: Do you really need to win that argument on the internet with someone you don't know?

More about this by Reddit user @vikingbiochemist: Don't drown the signal in noise: Unsolicited advice for the fine people of this sub from a PR professional.


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