6萬人逼爆遮打 集會促國際行動 60,000 Rally at Chater Garden Call On International Actions

大專學界及連登團隊，發起於中環遮打花園「英美港盟 主權在民」集會，已獲警方批出不反對通知書。集會有兩大訴求，包括促請英國政府單方面宣布中國違反《中英聯合聲明》，及促請英美立法制裁侵害香港自由的人士。集會開始前，參與人士已逼爆遮打花園，部分市民選擇站在終審法院對出一段昃臣道行人路，人潮更逼出遮打道及皇后像廣場，大喊「Stand with Hong Kong！Fight for Freedom！」（與香港並肩同行！為自由而戰！）

《中英聯合聲明》為香港在1997年從英國返回中國後的統治方式奠定了藍圖。中國已經表示，它認為該聲明是一份不再具有實際意義的歷史文件，而英國則認為該聲明是一項法律上有效的條約，它致力於維護該聲明。

大專學界國際事務代表團發言人張崑陽在晚上約10時宣布，集會有6萬人參與，並表明未來學界會繼續支持運動，絕不割席，在這場無大台的運動上，會與香港人並肩而上。

60,000 people gathered at Chater Garden in Hong Kong on Friday night (Aug 16), in the latest mass demonstration in the city.The participants had flooded Chater Garden. Some chose to stand in the pavement outside the Court of Final Appeal. The crowds overflowed to Chater Road and Statue Square and shouted “Stand with Hong Kong! For Freedom!”

Organised by several Hong Kong university student unions, the “Stand with Hong Kong – Power to the People Rally” called for actions from foreign governments.

Among the protesters’ demands is a call for the United Kingdom to declare that China has breached the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration.

The treaty laid a blueprint over how Hong Kong would be ruled after its return to China from Britain in 1997.

China has said it considers the declaration a historical document that no longer has practical significance, while the UK said it is a legally valid treaty to which it is committed to upholding.

Protesters also called on the United States and the UK to enact sanctions on those “responsible for/complicit in the suppression of rights and freedoms in Hong Kong”.

楊必興 P H Yang

專業攝影師。人生上半場在IBM、惠普和匯豐銀行等跨國公司擔任高級技術及管理層的IT人。數十年後，楊必興改變了軌跡，選擇追求他對攝影的終身熱愛。他屢獲殊榮，在三藩市、華盛頓、北京和香港曾舉辦十多場個人攝影展，包括香港PMQ開幕攝影展。作品經常在國際媒體的首頁刋登，包括CNN、CrowdSpark（前Newzulu、Citizenside）、Demotix、《三藩市紀事報》、Hong Kong Free Press、香港01、《信報月刊》、《明報》、《蘋果日報》、TVB等。他的作品授權《Lonely Planet旅遊指南》和港龍航空機上雜誌《絲路》刊登。2015年榮獲香港人權藝術獎。

Professional photographer. After decades working as an IT professional in senior technical and management positions with multinationals such as IBM, HP and HSBC, P H Yang changed tack and chose to pursue his life-long passion in photography. Award-winning photographer Yang is an exhibited and published artist in North America and Asia. His work is frequently featured on the front page of international media – CNN; CrowdSpark (formerly Newzulu, Citizenside) and Demotix; San Francisco Chronicle; Hong Kong Free Press; Hong Kong 01; Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly; Ming Pao; Apple Daily; TVB...His work is licensed by Lonely Planet travel guides and Dragonair's in-flight magazine Silkroad. Yang has held over 10 solo exhibitions in San Francisco, Washington DC, Beijing and Hong Kong including PMQ's opening photo exhibition. Yang won the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize in 2015.

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