Weeks ago I said I'd get intel on the ground in HK, well, no answer from friends there, so the most recent update I found is this compassionate article about protestors'
“last letters”, in case they don’t return from the frontline.
“I have no regrets, not for a moment, even though missing or dead, I will never stay silent in the face of injustice.” (Billy H.C. Kwok)
9,216 people have been arrested during the 12 months of protests, a figure much larger than the total prison population of 7,023. This discrepancy, combined with a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances that have been explained as suicides or accidents, has made protesters wary of their own safety. So the letters serve to say, “I will not be another suicide statistic.”
In June 2020, Beijing introduced a special national security law that has effectively outlawed public dissent. This sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing grants the authorities to crack down on opposition at home and abroad. The authorities are already using the national security law to enforce limits on free speech.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/hong-kong-china-protest/