Kevin Yam 任建峰
@keviinkfyam.bsky.social
PhD candidate, @melblawschool. Senior Fellow @GeorgetownCAL
. Activist/ex-lawyer, #HongKong. Cricket tragic. @hawthornfc fan. Foodie. Views my own.
. Activist/ex-lawyer, #HongKong. Cricket tragic. @hawthornfc fan. Foodie. Views my own.
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Kevin Yam 任建峰
@keviinkfyam.bsky.social
· Feb 19
I posted this on X shortly after Trump won. Sadly it aged rather too well.
Another strong response from Senator Penny Wong after Ted Hui also got the same sorts of threatening letters that I received. Ted and I are lucky to have the support of Australian Government and media - when are their UK counterparts … (1/2)
Weblink: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Weblink: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Another strong response from Senator Penny Wong after Ted Hui also got the same sorts of threatening letters that I received. Ted and I are lucky to have the support of Australian Government and media - when are their UK counterparts … (1/2)
Weblink: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Weblink: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
MAGA is not compatible with values.
March 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
MAGA is not compatible with values.
The fact that Americans seem surprised and disappointed with how big US commercial law firms have caved in the face of Trumpist authoritarianism shows how little Americans have noticed how their corporate and legal titans have behaved overseas. Examples from Hong Kong include the following:
March 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The fact that Americans seem surprised and disappointed with how big US commercial law firms have caved in the face of Trumpist authoritarianism shows how little Americans have noticed how their corporate and legal titans have behaved overseas. Examples from Hong Kong include the following:
Personally I should thank
@thetimes
for letting its British audience know about my plight. But why didn’t it and many of the major UK media cover identical things happening in the UK to
@carmenkamanlau
and
@TonyChungHonLam
@thetimes
for letting its British audience know about my plight. But why didn’t it and many of the major UK media cover identical things happening in the UK to
@carmenkamanlau
and
@TonyChungHonLam
March 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Personally I should thank
@thetimes
for letting its British audience know about my plight. But why didn’t it and many of the major UK media cover identical things happening in the UK to
@carmenkamanlau
and
@TonyChungHonLam
@thetimes
for letting its British audience know about my plight. But why didn’t it and many of the major UK media cover identical things happening in the UK to
@carmenkamanlau
and
@TonyChungHonLam
Norris didn’t say “Chinese Taipei” or “Taiwan, China”. He said “Taiwan”.
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Norris didn’t say “Chinese Taipei” or “Taiwan, China”. He said “Taiwan”.
It says a lot for Australian sporting culture that rival fans can mix with together at the stadium and passionately support their respective teams, and then leave and take public transport together after the game without rancour regardless of the game’s r result. #AFLBluesHawks
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It says a lot for Australian sporting culture that rival fans can mix with together at the stadium and passionately support their respective teams, and then leave and take public transport together after the game without rancour regardless of the game’s r result. #AFLBluesHawks
Islamophobia is a scourge on Australian society (alas a not insubstantial number of Hong Kong migrants that I have come across have Islamophobic tendencies, hence I know first hand how real such prejudices are). It must be tackled and eradicated. x.com/chrisminnsmp...
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x.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Islamophobia is a scourge on Australian society (alas a not insubstantial number of Hong Kong migrants that I have come across have Islamophobic tendencies, hence I know first hand how real such prejudices are). It must be tackled and eradicated. x.com/chrisminnsmp...
Thank you to
@theage
for publishing my op-ed on the wider implications for Australia-China relations arising from the latest threats against
@tedhuichifung
and me.
Web version: theage.com.au/national/i-h...
(1/2)
@theage
for publishing my op-ed on the wider implications for Australia-China relations arising from the latest threats against
@tedhuichifung
and me.
Web version: theage.com.au/national/i-h...
(1/2)
I have a price on my head. I hope my neighbours won’t try to cash in
This week, letters arrived at homes in Melbourne offering a $200,000 bounty on my head. It would be claimable if I was taken to Hong Kong. In short, the letters call for me to be kidnapped.
theage.com.au
March 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Thank you to
@theage
for publishing my op-ed on the wider implications for Australia-China relations arising from the latest threats against
@tedhuichifung
and me.
Web version: theage.com.au/national/i-h...
(1/2)
@theage
for publishing my op-ed on the wider implications for Australia-China relations arising from the latest threats against
@tedhuichifung
and me.
Web version: theage.com.au/national/i-h...
(1/2)
Specifically in relation to “who did it” to
@tedhuichifung
and me, note that the Chinese Foreign Ministry threw all manner of diversionary invective but did not actually deny anything. (2/2)
@tedhuichifung
and me, note that the Chinese Foreign Ministry threw all manner of diversionary invective but did not actually deny anything. (2/2)
March 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Specifically in relation to “who did it” to
@tedhuichifung
and me, note that the Chinese Foreign Ministry threw all manner of diversionary invective but did not actually deny anything. (2/2)
@tedhuichifung
and me, note that the Chinese Foreign Ministry threw all manner of diversionary invective but did not actually deny anything. (2/2)
theage.com.au/politics/fed...
My “no comment” on specific circumstances stands, but I believe that UK’s hitherto tepid responses to similar incidents involving
@carmenkamanlau
and
My “no comment” on specific circumstances stands, but I believe that UK’s hitherto tepid responses to similar incidents involving
@carmenkamanlau
and
$200k to betray a neighbour: The Hong Kong letters pursuing dissidents in Australia
The office of Foreign Minister Penny Wong has raised concerns with Chinese authorities after letters appeared on Australian doorsteps offering large sums of money for information about dissidents.
theage.com.au
March 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
theage.com.au/politics/fed...
My “no comment” on specific circumstances stands, but I believe that UK’s hitherto tepid responses to similar incidents involving
@carmenkamanlau
and
My “no comment” on specific circumstances stands, but I believe that UK’s hitherto tepid responses to similar incidents involving
@carmenkamanlau
and
The people of Hong Kong have not forgotten the importance of a free and independent press.
March 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The people of Hong Kong have not forgotten the importance of a free and independent press.
It’s not just RFE - it’s also
@RadioFreeAsia
and
@VOANews
, which have been bulwarks against CCP propaganda across Asia. What a gift this is to the CCP.
@RadioFreeAsia
and
@VOANews
, which have been bulwarks against CCP propaganda across Asia. What a gift this is to the CCP.
March 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
It’s not just RFE - it’s also
@RadioFreeAsia
and
@VOANews
, which have been bulwarks against CCP propaganda across Asia. What a gift this is to the CCP.
@RadioFreeAsia
and
@VOANews
, which have been bulwarks against CCP propaganda across Asia. What a gift this is to the CCP.
Last Friday and tonight have shown the value of
@HawthornFC
’s reconstituted back line in absorbing pressure when the opposition finds ways to slow Hawthorn’s dynamic centre and forward lines. #AFLHawksBombers
@HawthornFC
’s reconstituted back line in absorbing pressure when the opposition finds ways to slow Hawthorn’s dynamic centre and forward lines. #AFLHawksBombers
March 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Last Friday and tonight have shown the value of
@HawthornFC
’s reconstituted back line in absorbing pressure when the opposition finds ways to slow Hawthorn’s dynamic centre and forward lines. #AFLHawksBombers
@HawthornFC
’s reconstituted back line in absorbing pressure when the opposition finds ways to slow Hawthorn’s dynamic centre and forward lines. #AFLHawksBombers
Full moon at the MCG, #AFLHawksBombers
March 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Full moon at the MCG, #AFLHawksBombers
Let’s stick it right up the Bombers, boys! #AFLHawksBombers
March 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Let’s stick it right up the Bombers, boys! #AFLHawksBombers
This is a repeat of 1930s Sudetenland talk.
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is a repeat of 1930s Sudetenland talk.
These young Tigers are very skilful even if their execution is a bit patchy at times. A well deserved victory! #AFLTigersBlues
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
These young Tigers are very skilful even if their execution is a bit patchy at times. A well deserved victory! #AFLTigersBlues
This one hell of an article. And for my part it raises issues about (1) how these myths get used and misused in relation to Hong Kong; and (2) how Chapter III case law in Australia perpetuates these myths and warps how Australian lawyers think about the rule of law.
March 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This one hell of an article. And for my part it raises issues about (1) how these myths get used and misused in relation to Hong Kong; and (2) how Chapter III case law in Australia perpetuates these myths and warps how Australian lawyers think about the rule of law.
This one hell of an article. And for my part it raises issues about (1) how these myths get used and misused in relation to Hong Kong; and (2) how Chapter III case law in Australia perpetuates these myths and warps how Australian lawyers think about the rule of law.
March 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This one hell of an article. And for my part it raises issues about (1) how these myths get used and misused in relation to Hong Kong; and (2) how Chapter III case law in Australia perpetuates these myths and warps how Australian lawyers think about the rule of law.
Mahmoud Khalil is the Voltairean Test of our time. (FWIW I despise his views)
Actually even in self-interest terms Khalil should be defended even by those who have problems with his views. If they can do it to Khalil today, they (or another mob) can do it to you one day too. x.com/meyerlabin/s...
Actually even in self-interest terms Khalil should be defended even by those who have problems with his views. If they can do it to Khalil today, they (or another mob) can do it to you one day too. x.com/meyerlabin/s...
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x.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Mahmoud Khalil is the Voltairean Test of our time. (FWIW I despise his views)
Actually even in self-interest terms Khalil should be defended even by those who have problems with his views. If they can do it to Khalil today, they (or another mob) can do it to you one day too. x.com/meyerlabin/s...
Actually even in self-interest terms Khalil should be defended even by those who have problems with his views. If they can do it to Khalil today, they (or another mob) can do it to you one day too. x.com/meyerlabin/s...
And if you think what the Chinese Communist Party is doing to me is nasty, look at what they’re doing to Ted Hui - they are trying to exploit Australia’s social divisions for transnational repression purposes. Real evil stuff.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fake pamphlets accusing former Hong Kong legislator of being a pro-Israel lawyer sent to Adelaide mosques
Exclusive: Lawyer Ted Hui says leaflet’s claims are ‘totally incorrect’ as Australian authorities raise concerns with China
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
And if you think what the Chinese Communist Party is doing to me is nasty, look at what they’re doing to Ted Hui - they are trying to exploit Australia’s social divisions for transnational repression purposes. Real evil stuff.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I have no comments on this report save for the following:
1. I thank Senator Penny Wong and Senator James Paterson.
2. I will continue to live my everyday life.
3. I will not voluntarily return to Hong Kong before it is free.
4. I will not kill myself.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
1. I thank Senator Penny Wong and Senator James Paterson.
2. I will continue to live my everyday life.
3. I will not voluntarily return to Hong Kong before it is free.
4. I will not kill myself.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Melbourne residents receive letter offering $200k for information on Hong Kong pro-democracy activist
Exclusive: The anonymous ‘wanted’ letter contained a photograph of Kevin Yam, a lawyer who has criticised the crackdown on dissent in the territory
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I have no comments on this report save for the following:
1. I thank Senator Penny Wong and Senator James Paterson.
2. I will continue to live my everyday life.
3. I will not voluntarily return to Hong Kong before it is free.
4. I will not kill myself.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
1. I thank Senator Penny Wong and Senator James Paterson.
2. I will continue to live my everyday life.
3. I will not voluntarily return to Hong Kong before it is free.
4. I will not kill myself.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Mahmoud Khalil is the Voltairean Test of our time. (FWIW I despise his views)
Actually even in self-interest terms Khalil should be defended even by those who have problems with his views. If they can do it to Khalil today, they (or another mob) can do it to you one day too.
Actually even in self-interest terms Khalil should be defended even by those who have problems with his views. If they can do it to Khalil today, they (or another mob) can do it to you one day too.
"Virtually every statement from the Trump administration has made clear that this was done because of Khalil’s speech and other First Amendment activities."
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social on the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
www.lawdork.com/p/what-is-ha...
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social on the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
www.lawdork.com/p/what-is-ha...
What is happening to Mahmoud Khalil is chilling — and intended to chill all opposition
We know that because that's exactly the message Donald Trump and others in the Trump administration have sent over the past three days since Khalil's arrest.
www.lawdork.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Mahmoud Khalil is the Voltairean Test of our time. (FWIW I despise his views)
Actually even in self-interest terms Khalil should be defended even by those who have problems with his views. If they can do it to Khalil today, they (or another mob) can do it to you one day too.
Actually even in self-interest terms Khalil should be defended even by those who have problems with his views. If they can do it to Khalil today, they (or another mob) can do it to you one day too.
It’s time major parties in Australia grasp the historic opportunity of luring world class researchers to Australia, a country with academic freedom (unlike China and parts of Asia), good weather and living environment, lower cost of living, relatively safe cities etc.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It’s time major parties in Australia grasp the historic opportunity of luring world class researchers to Australia, a country with academic freedom (unlike China and parts of Asia), good weather and living environment, lower cost of living, relatively safe cities etc.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Mediating between police and protesters to try and prevent escalation makes you a rioter in Hong Kong. The absurdity never ends.
HK social worker Jackie Chen has been found guilty of rioting during a protest in 2019, following a retrial that came after the government's appeal.
In full: buff.ly/3Pwcmaw
In full: buff.ly/3Pwcmaw
HK social worker Jackie Chen found guilty of rioting after retrial
HK social worker Jackie Chen has been found guilty of rioting during a protest in 2019, following a retrial that came after the government's appeal.
buff.ly
March 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Mediating between police and protesters to try and prevent escalation makes you a rioter in Hong Kong. The absurdity never ends.