After days of closure, web services company Wix has restored the "2021 Hong Kong Charter" website which is home to a letter calling for the Hong Kong's "democratic transformation, to realize the freedom, autonomy and democracy that were promised to Hong Kong."
The letter details how China has been "tightening its totalitarian grip on Hong Kong" and calls for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to "stop all political oppression," "stop with its digital totalitarianism" (through its mass digital surveillance systems), "stop the cultural cleansing and genocide in Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang and against other ethnic minorities," and "stop its military intimidation against Taiwan."
It has been signed by over 50 pro-democracy Hong Kong organizations and hundreds of individuals.
But on March 31, the 2021 Hong Kong Charter site was suddenly shut down by Wix after Hong Kong police told the company that the site's materials violated its controversial "National Security Law" - a far-reaching law that criminalizes "secession," "subversion," and "collusion with foreign forces" and has been used to punish those who support democracy in Hong Kong.
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