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Hong Kong University Axes Support For Student Union Amid Crackdown — Radio Free Asia By tweet Amid a city-wide crackdown on all forms of peaceful dissent, students at Hong Kong’s universities are fighting a rearguard action over freedom of speech after the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) withdrew recognition for the student union. Thousands of staff, students, and alumni signed an online petition on Friday supporting the union, Syzygia, following the announcement, with the petition garnering nearly 6,000 signatures by close of business on Friday. “We are deeply regretful and distressed to know that the university renounces its students,”...
