• Hong Kong, Joshua Wong: "Minister Di Maio has disappointed me"
  • Hong Kong, China convenes the US ambassador: "Enough interference"
  • Hong Kong, democratic forces win local elections. Record turnout
  • Students barricaded in the Hong Kong Polytechnic. Ambassador: "China will not stand by and watch"
  • Hong Kong, a policeman shoots and seriously injures a 21-year-old protester

Share

28 November 2019 "For five months we have been experiencing the brutality of the police, which now uses firearms against the protesters. Moreover, there are also Italian companies that contribute, and provide them with means, including cars. I believe that a responsible country like the Italy should demonstrate how much it cares about freedom and take appropriate measures in this regard ". This was stated by Joshua Wong, leader of the protests in Hong Kong, in his speech in a video link to a press conference in the Senate.

"Italy adopts measures similar to the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act", the pro-demonstrator law, which signed the US president, Donald Trump, unleashing the strong condemnation of Beijing, says the activist speaking at the conference organized by Brothers of Italy and the Radical Party. The leader of the democratic movement in the former British colony, Wong was supposed to be in Italy these days, but he was not given permission to travel to Europe

"Invitation to take initiatives, as regards the export of anti-riot weapons and the means used by the police in Hong Kong, and to adopt measures similar to the measure approved by the United States, with a clear message from Italy to stop the violations human rights ", he underlined.

"Disappointed by Di Maio's indifference"
"I was rather disappointed to read the indifferent statements by the Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on the terrible human rights situation in Hong Kong," Wong reiterated in his speech in a video link to a press conference in the Senate. "I am aware that entrepreneurs and political leaders are afraid of raising concerns about human rights with Beijing, fearing that this may somehow go against their economic interests. My humble request is that Italy remains faithful to the promises made at the European Union, EU that has sworn that human rights are at its base and that it will never encourage human rights violations. I ask the European Union and Italy not to close our eyes to the Hong Kong humanitarian crisis ".

"The Pope does not remain silent"
"Given the interests of the Vatican with China, I am not so surprised by the words of the Pope who spoke in favor of peace and social justice, but I am regretted by what he said," he continued in his Wong speech. "I understand that it is difficult for him to express himself in support of the protesters in Hong Kong," he continued, "but seeing the young people being tortured and arrested, he should not and could not remain silent precisely in his role as religious leader. the clashes will go on, I hope the Pope can reconsider his position and express more about the protesters and the violation of human rights ".