(HK Girl A: fuck, I’m getting fucking angry just talking about it). OK, I’ll report on what we’ve done until now, and what we still need.
First, we’ve finished drafting the first submission. Attached is the preview of a certain page:
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Inside, we’ve done a Day. By. Day accounting with the cops, including but not limited to – Admiralty 6.12, Shatin 7.14; Sheung Wan-Yuen Long 7.21; Sheung Wan-Western 7.28; Tsim Sha Tsui-Mong Kok-Wong Tai Sin 8.3; All Districts in Hong Kong 8.5; Kwai Fong-Sham Shui Po-Tai Koo Shing 8.11; Yuen Long 8.21; Kwun Tong 8.24; Tsuen Wan-Kwai Chung 8.25; Prince Edward 8.31; Mong Kok 9.2; Airport 9.7 and Tai Po.
Within them, we’ve categorized the different victims/complainants into 14 main categories, and these 14 main victim/complainant categories are based on articles contained within the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)**, which we can prove that the HK Police violated and infringed upon.
1. Whosoever suffered actual bodily harm resulting from releasing tear gas from close-quarters or in enclosed spaces (violating Art. 7, 19 ,21);
2. Protestors and Reporters who have not suffered actual bodily harm, but were affected by releasing tear gas from close-quarters or in enclosed spaces (violating Art. 19, 21)
3. Whosoever suffered actual bodily harm resulting from being hit by pepper spray/bullets or various bullets (violating Art. 7, 19 ,21);
4. Whosoever was attacked and injured during the 7.21 terrorist attacks and experienced a situation where police did not help (violating Art. 7, 19, 21);
5. Protestors and Reporters who were present during the 7.21 terrorist attacks, but have not suffered actual bodily harm (violating Art. 19, 21);
6. Anybody arrested without reason (violating Art. 9, 19, 21);
7. Anybody attacked at close quarters from water-cannon vehicles (violating Art. 19, 21);
8. Anybody attacked by police brutality resulting in actual bodily harm on 8.31 (violating Art. 7, 19, 21);
9. Any Protestor or Reporter present in Prince Edward on 8.31 and without actual bodily harm (violating Art. 19, 21);
10. Any detainee who, in the course of their arrest, had their human rights infringed upon or were even tortured (violating Art. 7, 14);
11. Any detainee who, in the course of their arrest, was the victim of unreasonable or even private violence (violating Art. 7);
12. Any participant in a legal assembly who was subject to unjustified forceful clearance by police (violating Art. 19, 21);
13. Any participant in a lawful assembly but arrested and prosecuted under “illegal gathering/assembly” or “rioting” crimes;
14. Witnesses of any of the above
Currently we’ve received about 100 joint signatures, of which 3 were cases of direct victims. These numbers remain on the low side, especially for victim cases. We can say that we have enough factual and legal analysis, what we lack are victim cases. These sort of cases are those that can most effectively support and demonstrate our submission and the content of our complaint, which means the UN won’t assume that our whole submission was written on hearsay.