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In Pictures: Oslo Solidarity Assembly with Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Movement

by Ka Man Mak

On Sunday 25th August, between 12pm and 6pm, a group of Hongkongers organised a solidarity assembly at Eidsvolls plass, in front of the Norwegian Parliament. They set up a stand with posters, a makeshift Lennon Wall, a display of a protestor outfit and tables with computers screening videos about Hong Kong and the ongoing protests.

The same group of Hongkongers created the Oslo Lennon Wall at the University of Oslo in July as a symbolic gesture to show solidarity with Hong Kong protestors and to help raise awareness of the anti-extradition bill movement.

The event description on Stand with Hong Kong – Norway Facebook page said, “Since June 9, Hongkongers have demonstrated their opposition to the extradition bill by various means. They have clear demands, yet the Hong Kong Government has still been turning a deaf ear to the voices of its people. The Hong Kong Police even brutally attacked the protesters and press.

We support Hongkongers for fighting for their freedom and democracy; we condemn the abuse of power within the Hong Kong Police Force; we connect and stand with Hongkongers!”

Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Covering the eye with one hand has become a tribute to a young female medic who might lose her sight in one eye after the police fired a beanbag round in Hong Kong. Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Merethe Lind Jodalen, Deputy Leader of the Norwegian Tibet Committee talking to Jessica Ka Yi Chiu, Leader of the Hong Kong Committee in Norway. Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Jessica Ka Yi Chiu, Leader of the Hong Kong Committee in Norway and event organiser talking to a passerby. Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
Covering the eye with one hand has become a tribute to a young female medic who might lose her sight in one eye after the police fired a beanbag round in Hong Kong. Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
(From Left to Right)Katrina Herting, event organiser; Jessica Ka Yi Chiu, Leader of the Hong Kong Committee in Norway; Merethe Lind Jodalen, Deputy Leader of the Norwegian Tibet Committee; and Steven Huiching Yip, event organiser. Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
(From Left to Right) Magnus Krogstad Bauer, supporter who wrote a commentary in Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen on the current Hong Kong protest; Jessica Ka Yi Chiu, Leader of the Hong Kong Committee in Norway and event organiser; Steven Huiching Yip, event organiser; Professor Halvor Eifring in China Studies; and Katrina Herting, event organiser. Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
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Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
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Jessica Ka Yi Chiu, Leader of the Hong Kong Committee in Norway and event organiser talking to Steven Huiching Yip, event organiser. Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
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Jessica Ka Yi Chiu, Leader of the Hong Kong Committee in Norway and event organiser holding a placard. Photo Credit: Ka Man Mak/The Oslo Desk
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Ka Man Mak

Ka Man is an investigative journalist, documentary photographer, and social entrepreneur, as well as the founder of The Oslo Desk. She is a British-born Hong Konger residing in Oslo, Norway. She holds a Master in Environmental Geoscience and have taken numerous diplomas including child psychology, and a course in big data analytics at OsloMet. Made numerous publications in newsletters, magazines and Norwegian newspapers. Interested in edtech, constructive journalism, women in migration, Cantonese language, alternatives to capitalism and asylum policy.