Press Release: For Immediate Release
WHAT: Visual Artists Guild calls for Action On Universal Human Rights Day December 10
WHEN: December 10, 2020
WHY:
It was Eleanor Roosevelt who in 1948 led the draft for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was signed on December 10 that year.
As a member of the United Nations, China is obligated to observe
          Article 19 of the Declaration which states that "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression" as well as
          Article 20 of the Declaration which states that "Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association".
Since China imposed its National Security Law on Hong Kong on July 1, the Hong Kong government has systematically violated the tenets of these two articles in charging and sentencing pro-democracy activists there.
            Among the recent activists who have been sentenced or detained are:
                      Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam who are in their early 20's sentenced to 7 to 13 months in jail.
                      Jimmy Lai, owner of Next Media and Apple Daily denied bail.