Sara Rydkvist
@sararydkvist.bsky.social
Amnesty International UK Programme Manager - HongKong. Tweet about Human Rights, photography, film & travel. Views all mine
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Angola: No accountability five years after protestor killing www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Angola: No accountability five years after protestor killing
On the fifth anniversary of the fatal shooting of Inocêncio de Matos, on his way to participate in a protest, in Luanda, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa V...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Angola: No accountability five years after protestor killing www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
China’s threat to academic freedom in the UK | China | The Guardian
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China’s threat to academic freedom in the UK | Letters
Letters: Sara Rydkvist, the Hong Kong programme director of Amnesty International, and Francis Bown on the threat from China to academic freedom on British campuses
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November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
China’s threat to academic freedom in the UK | China | The Guardian
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Atlas Mountains this morning ☀️⛰️
October 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Atlas Mountains this morning ☀️⛰️
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🚨REPORT: @samuelbickett.bsky.social & @franceshui.bsky.social spoke to 17 former prisoners to expose systemic abuse in #HongKong's prisons, incl:
- Prolonged & illegal solitary confinement
- Routine beatings & sexual violence
- Pro-Beijing political indoctrination
thecfhk.org/research/we-...
- Prolonged & illegal solitary confinement
- Routine beatings & sexual violence
- Pro-Beijing political indoctrination
thecfhk.org/research/we-...
'We Were Made to Suffer': Systemic Abuse and Political Control Inside Hong Kong's Prisons - The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
Drawing on in-depth interviews with former prisoners, corroborated by additional interviews and open-source records, this report reveals a prison system that has normalized abuse and neglect, suppress...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🚨REPORT: @samuelbickett.bsky.social & @franceshui.bsky.social spoke to 17 former prisoners to expose systemic abuse in #HongKong's prisons, incl:
- Prolonged & illegal solitary confinement
- Routine beatings & sexual violence
- Pro-Beijing political indoctrination
thecfhk.org/research/we-...
- Prolonged & illegal solitary confinement
- Routine beatings & sexual violence
- Pro-Beijing political indoctrination
thecfhk.org/research/we-...
NGOs urge the UK Culture secretary to halt sale of Telegraph over China links www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
NGOs urge Nandy to halt sale of Telegraph over China links
Letter from rights groups says RedBird Capital’s proposed takeover threatens media pluralism and transparency
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August 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
NGOs urge the UK Culture secretary to halt sale of Telegraph over China links www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
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Queues formed outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Monday morning ahead of an appeal hearing for 13 democrats in the city’s largest national security case, which involved tens of high-profile pro-democracy figures.
In full: buff.ly/gnL9Kvn.
Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
In full: buff.ly/gnL9Kvn.
Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
July 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Queues formed outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Monday morning ahead of an appeal hearing for 13 democrats in the city’s largest national security case, which involved tens of high-profile pro-democracy figures.
In full: buff.ly/gnL9Kvn.
Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
In full: buff.ly/gnL9Kvn.
Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
The Black Keys last night made London summer ☀️
July 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Black Keys last night made London summer ☀️
Five years on, Hong Kong’s national security law extinguishes last standing pro-democracy party www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Five years on, Hong Kong’s national security law extinguishes last standing pro-democracy party
League of Social Democrats disbands amid ‘the omnipresence of red lines and the draconian suppression of dissent’, days before anniversary of Beijing’s imposition of NSL
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July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Five years on, Hong Kong’s national security law extinguishes last standing pro-democracy party www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Southwold, Suffolk 🌊⚓️
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May 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Southwold, Suffolk 🌊⚓️
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UK: Campaigners call on Prime Minister to protect activists in UK from long arm of Hong Kong law via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
UK: Campaigners call on Prime Minister to protect activists in UK from long arm of Hong Kong law
HK activists in UK call for protection on first anniversary of Hong Kong passing repressive Article 23 law
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March 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
UK: Campaigners call on Prime Minister to protect activists in UK from long arm of Hong Kong law via @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
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States and companies are manufacturing, promoting and selling electric shock equipment that is being used for torture and other ill-treatment. New report calling for a global, legally-binding treaty to regulate the unchecked production of and trade in law enforcement equipment.
tinyurl.com/mpa5aady
tinyurl.com/mpa5aady
Global: Electric shock equipment widely abused by law enforcement agencies due to alarming lack of regulation
States and companies are manufacturing, promoting and selling electric shock equipment that is being used for torture and other ill-treatment, said Amnesty International, in a new report calling for a...
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March 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
States and companies are manufacturing, promoting and selling electric shock equipment that is being used for torture and other ill-treatment. New report calling for a global, legally-binding treaty to regulate the unchecked production of and trade in law enforcement equipment.
tinyurl.com/mpa5aady
tinyurl.com/mpa5aady
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We join 230+ organisations calling on all F-35 partners, like the UK gov, to take action in line with their legal obligations and immediately halt the direct and indirect transfer of F-35 parts and components to Israel.
Read more here: amn.st/3637
Read more here: amn.st/3637
February 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We join 230+ organisations calling on all F-35 partners, like the UK gov, to take action in line with their legal obligations and immediately halt the direct and indirect transfer of F-35 parts and components to Israel.
Read more here: amn.st/3637
Read more here: amn.st/3637
Sunrise at Ankor Wat, Siem Riep 🇰🇭 #travelphotography
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February 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Sunrise at Ankor Wat, Siem Riep 🇰🇭 #travelphotography
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February 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM