If the struggle for democracy is a long battle, what is a f… - Benny Tai

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If the struggle for democracy is a long battle, what is a few months or years in prison if I can gain more resilience for the future.

Benny Tai

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Benny Tai Yiu-ting, MH(Chinese: 戴耀廷; born 12 July 1964) is a Hong Kong legal scholar and democracy activist. He is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong and is known for his initiation of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace, a non-violent civil disobedience campaign to pressure the Hong Kong government to implement full democracy in 2014, which turned into the massive pro-democracy protests.

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Alternative Names: Benny Tai Yiu-ting • Tai Yiu-ting • Tai Yiu Ting

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There will be darker times ahead for Hong Kong, but the sun will rise again. We need to keep strong.

We’re moving from a semi-democratic to a semi-authoritarian system and the central government wants to limit our freedoms.

I only said that independence was one theoretical option for Hong Kong if the party collapses, alongside a federal state or an EU-style confederation.

If the struggle for democracy is a long battle, what is a few months or years in prison if I can gain more resilience for the future. - Benny Tai

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