Lee Cheuk-yan awarded SOLIDAR’s Silver Rose Lifetime Achievement Award 

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Lee Cheuk-yan, the former HKCTU General Secretary and the former Hong Kong Alliance Chairperson, was awarded SOLIDAR’s Silver Rose Lifetime Achievement Award last month for his dedication and contribution to the Hong Kong’s human rights and independent labour movement. SOLIDAR is a network of European and worldwide NGO network organisation. 

The Silver Rose Award was established in 2000 with the goal of recognising civil society organisations and individuals who make significant contribute to social justice and solidarity throughout the world. Previous recipients of the award include Juan Somavia, the former General Director of the International Labor Organization, the Sudan Organisation Against Torture, and Aminatou Haidar, Western Sahara human rights defender.

SOLIDAR underlined that since the National Security Law was inplemented in Hong Kong, many activists and disssident, including Lee Cheuk-yan, have been incarcenated for simply excercising their fundamental freedoms. “Their only crime is  they dare to speak up against such repression with conscience” SOLIDAR said in the statement. “This award is a recognition to all the people who fight for human rights and civil liberties in Hong Kong.” 

Lee Cheuk-yan’s outstanding contributions and perseverance in building the independent trade union movement in Hong Kong were recognised by the award’s jury. “He serves as an example for all of us and the need for personal commitment, dedication and struggle to advance our progressive values.” 

Lee Cheuk-yan has been imprionsed for more than 19 month, since April 2021, for his involvement in peaceful protests. Lee is now being held in custody for his role in the Hong Kong Alliance as a former chairperson. One of the five operational goals of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance was to “end authoritarian one-party rule” in China. Lee has been charged with subversion of state power under the Hong Kong National Security Law.  

SOLIDAR stressed that as progressive family, we stand in solidarity with Lee, the independent labour movement in Hong Kong and all the political prisoners in Hong Kong. 

李卓人獲頒銀色玫瑰終身成就獎終身成就獎

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上月,前職工盟秘書長及支聯會主席李卓人獲歐洲公民社會網絡組織SOLIDAR頒發「銀色玫瑰」(Silver Rose)終身成就獎,表揚他為香港人權及勞工權利所作貢獻。 

此獎項創始於2000年,專門表揚長期致力爭取社會公義,在世界上作出非凡貢獻的組織或個人。以往曾獲頒此殊榮者包括國際勞工組織總幹事胡安.索馬維亞(Juan Somavia)、蘇丹反酷刑組織 (Sudan Organisation Against Torture)、西撒哈拉人權捍衛者阿米娜扎.海達爾(Aminatou Haidar)等知名人士及組織。 

SOLIDAR在公告中提及,香港自國安法立法後,很多人像李卓人一樣因履行基本權利而被監禁,「他們唯一的罪狀是忠於自己的良知,發聲反抗壓迫」。表示「此次頒獎是要肯定所有在香港爭取人權和自由的人」。評審團又表揚李卓人在推動香港自主工運的傑出貢獻及毅力,形容他作為工運人士不惜代價勇敢地捍衛民主,是以個人獻身及抗爭在社會上提倡進步價值的典範。 

李卓人自2021年4月起因參與和平集會被囚禁至今超過19個月,現時就支聯會綱領「結束一黨專政」被控「煽動顛覆國家政權」一案,繼續被還柙等待審訊。 

SOLIDAR表示,作為國際社會進步大家庭的一員,會繼續與李卓人、香港自主工運及所有在囚政治犯堅定同行。