「#他們朝頭部射擊，#卻不知革命其實在心中」緬甸詩人克席（Khet Thi）

緬甸軍方發動政變迄今已屆百日，前日驚傳反對軍政府政變的緬甸詩人克席（Khet Thi）於5/8遭軍方拘留，連夜審問後身亡，其體內器官甚至被摘除。

2月1日，緬甸軍方以選舉舞弊為由，將民選的翁山蘇姬所屬政府趕下台，重新掌權統治，引爆民眾大規模的示威抗議行動，軍方以武力鎮壓，使用步槍，手榴彈甚至火箭砲攻擊抗議民眾。根據緬甸援助政治犯協會（Assistance Association for Political Prisoners，AAPP）統計，政變至今（5/11）有多達781位平民喪命，克席是第3位在抗議行動中遭殺害的詩人。

克席曾是一名工程師，2012年辭去工作專注在詩詞創作，於政變發生 後寫下「我不想當英雄，我不想當烈士，我不想當弱者，我不想當傻瓜。我不想支持不公不義。如果我只有1分鐘可活，我希望我的良知在那一刻是純潔的。」

軍政府發言人至今仍未對克席之死的置評要求做出回應。

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緬甸是個詩的國度，詩歌發展歷史久遠，孩童也從小就接觸詩歌，用詩歌理解與背誦字母，詩歌、詩人與政治的關係密切，甚至透過詩歌反映緬甸從獨裁威權邁向民主開放的社會轉型歷程。唯，在言論審查與政權迫害下，在緬甸「寫詩」是危險的，但又是緬甸人民痛苦、必要且賴以維生的養分，甚至「能夠熬過獨裁統治，熬過如此糟糕的時代本身就是一首詩。」緬甸詩人昂稱如此說。

Openbook閱讀誌曾製作【專題・緬甸詩人的故事書】邀請專家從政治、詩歌歷史等不同面向為文，邀請讀者認識緬甸與其現代詩。

—【專題・#緬甸詩人的故事書】—
✊️緬甸詩》古典詩歌傳統：https://reurl.cc/Q7yp59
✊️緬甸詩》詩歌反映一個民族的思維方式：https://reurl.cc/XedX3M
✊️緬甸詩》17位不同世代緬甸詩人的故事，連結緬甸重大歷史事件：https://reurl.cc/ZQ0nZM
✊️聲援緬甸》法國漫畫編劇用非虛構漫畫聲援緬甸與盧安達：https://reurl.cc/XedXZ7

—【#閱讀緬甸，更多一點】—
📚《緬甸的未竟之路：種族、資本主義與二十一世紀的民主新危機》（馬可孛羅文化）
📚《緬甸詩人的故事書》（遠流粉絲團）
📚《緬甸小日子》（臉譜出版）

—【NEWS・#緬甸政變】—
✊️中央社》緬甸詩人遭軍方訊問一夜喪命：https://bit.ly/2RdCyDY
✊️AAPP》最新關押、傷亡統計數字：https://aappb.org/
✊️NYT中文網》政變後，緬甸回歸恐怖統治：https://reurl.cc/R6pdY9
✊️聯合新聞網》翁山蘇姬遭軍方軟禁，將於5/24親自出庭受審：https://reurl.cc/kVR5nb

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【Joshua Wong speaking to the Italian Senate】#意大利國會研討會演說 —— 呼籲世界在大學保衛戰一週年後與香港人站在同一陣線

中文、意大利文演說全文：https://www.patreon.com/posts/44167118

感謝開創未來基金會（Fondazione Farefuturo）邀請，讓我透過視像方式在意大利國會裡舉辦的研討會發言，呼籲世界繼續關注香港，與香港人站在同一陣線。

意大利作為絕無僅有參與一帶一路發展的國家，理應對中共打壓有更全面的理解，如今正值大學保衛戰一週年，以致大搜捕的時刻，當打壓更為嚴峻，香港更需要世界與我們同行。

為了讓各地朋友也能更了解香港狀況，我已在Patreon發佈當天演說的中文、英文和意大利文發言稿，盼望在如此困難的時勢裡，繼續讓世界知道我們未曾心息的反抗意志。

【The Value of Freedom: Burning Questions for Hong Kongers】

Good morning. I have the privilege today to share some of my thoughts and reflections about freedom, after taking part in social activism for eight years in Hong Kong. A movement calling for the withdrawal of the extradition law starting from last year had escalated into a demand for democracy and freedom. This city used to be prestigious for being the world’s most liberal economy, but now the infamous authoritarian government took away our freedom to election, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and ideas.

Sometimes, we cannot avoid questioning the cause we are fighting for, the value of freedom. Despite a rather bleak prospect, why do we have to continue in this struggle? Why do we have to cherish freedom? What can we do to safeguard freedom at home and stay alert to attacks on freedom? In answering these questions, I hope to walk through three episodes in the previous year.

Turning to 2020, protests are not seen as frequently as they used to be on the media lens, partly because of the pandemic, but more importantly for the authoritarian rule. While the world is busy fighting the pandemic, our government took advantage of the virus to exert a tighter grip over our freedom. Putting the emergency laws in place, public assemblies in Hong Kong were banned. Most recently, a rally to support press freedom organized by journalists was also forbidden. While many people may ask if it is the end of street activism, ahead of us in the fight for freedom is another battleground: the court and the prison.

Freedom Fighters in Courtrooms and in Jail

Part of the huge cost incurred in the fight for freedom and democracy in Hong Kong is the increasing judicial casualties. As of today, more than 10 thousand people have been arrested since the movement broke out, more than a hundred of them are already locked up in prison. Among the 2,300 protestors who are prosecuted, 700 of them may be sentenced up to ten years for rioting charges.

Putting these figures into context, I wish to tell you what life is like, as a youngster in today’s Hong Kong. I was humbled by a lot of younger protestors and students whose exceptional maturity are demonstrated in courtrooms and in prison. What is thought to be normal university life is completely out of the question because very likely the neighbour next door or the roommate who cooked you lunch today will be thrown to jail on the next.

I do prison visits a few times a month to talk to activists who are facing criminal charges or serving sentences for their involvement in the movement. It is not just a routine of my political work, but it becomes my life as an activist. Since the movement, prison visits has also become the daily lives of many families.

But it is always an unpleasant experience passing through the iron gates one after one to enter the visitors’ room, speaking to someone who is deprived of liberty, for a selflessly noble cause. As an activist serving three brief jail terms, I understand that the banality of the four walls is not the most difficult to endure in jail. What is more unbearable is the control of thought and ideas in every single part of our daily routine enforced by the prison system. It will diminish your ability to think critically and the worst of it will persuade you to give up on what you are fighting for, if you have not prepared it well. Three years ago when I wrote on the first page of prison letters, which later turned into a publication called the ‘Unfree Speech’, I was alarmed at the environment of the prison cell. Those letters were written in a state in which freedom was deprived of and in which censorship was obvious. It brings us to question ourselves: other than physical constraints like prison bars, what makes us continue in the fight for freedom and democracy?

Mutual Support to activists behind-the-scene

The support for this movement is undiminished over these 17 months. There are many beautiful parts in the movement that continue to revitalise the ways we contribute to this city, instead of making money on our own in the so-called global financial centre. In particular, it is the fraternity, the mutual assistance among protestors that I cherished the most.

As more protestors are arrested, people offer help and assistance wholeheartedly -- we sit in court hearings even if we don’t know each other, and do frequent prison visits and write letters to protesters in detention. In major festivals and holidays, people gathered outside the prison to chant slogans so that they won’t feel alone and disconnected. This is the most touching part to me for I also experienced life in jail.

The cohesion, the connection and bonding among protestors are the cornerstone to the movement. At the same time, these virtues gave so much empowerment to the mass public who might not be able to fight bravely in the escalating protests. These scenes are not able to be captured by cameras, but I’m sure it is some of the most important parts of Hong Kong’s movement that I hope the world will remember.

I believe this mutual support transcends nationality or territory because the value of freedom does not alter in different places. More recently, Twelve Hongkong activists, all involved in the movement last year, were kidnapped by China’s coastal guard when fleeing to Taiwan for political refugee in late-August. All of them are now detained secretly in China, with the youngest aged only 16. We suspect they are under torture during detention and we call for help on the international level, putting up #SAVE12 campaign on twitter. In fact, how surprising it is to see people all over the world standing with the dozen detained protestors for the same cause. I’m moved by activists in Italy, who barely knew these Hong Kong activists, even took part in a hunger strike last month calling for immediate release of them. This form of interconnectivity keeps us in spirit and to continue our struggle to freedom and democracy.

Understanding Value of freedom in the university battle
A year ago on this day, Hong Kong was embroiled in burning clashes as the police besieged the Polytechnic University. It was a day we will not forget and this wound is still bleeding in the hearts of many Hong Kongers. A journalist stationed in the university at that time once told me that being at the scene could only remind him of the Tiananmen Square Massacre 31 years ago in Beijing. There was basically no exit except going for the dangerous sewage drains.

That day, thousands of people, old or young, flocked to districts close to the university before dawn, trying to rescue protestors trapped inside the campus. The reinforcements faced grave danger too, for police raided every corner of the small streets and alleys, arresting a lot of them. Among the 800+ arrested on a single day, 213 people were charged with rioting. For sure these people know there will be repercussions. It is the conscience driving them to take to the streets regardless of the danger, the conscience that we should stand up to brutality and authoritarianism, and ultimately to fight for freedoms that are guaranteed in our constitution. As my dear friend, Brian Leung once said, ‘’Hong Kong Belongs to Everyone Who Shares Its Pain’’. I believe the value of freedom is exemplified through our compassion to whom we love, so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our own.

Defending freedom behind the bars

No doubt there is a terrible price to pay in standing up to the Beijing and Hong Kong government. But after serving a few brief jail sentences and facing the continuing threat of harassment, I learnt to cherish the freedom I have for now, and I shall devote every bit what I have to strive for the freedom of those who have been ruthlessly denied.

The three episodes I shared with you today -- the courtroom, visiting prisoners and the battle of university continue to remind me of the fact that the fight for freedom has not ended yet. In the coming months, I will be facing a maximum of 5 years in jail for unauthorized assembly and up to one ridiculous year for wearing a mask in protest. But prison bars would never stop me from activism and thinking critically.

I only wish that during my absence, you can continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong, by following closely to the development, no matter the ill-fated election, the large-scale arrest under National Security Law or the twelve activists in China. To defy the greatest human rights abusers is the essential way to restore democracy of our generation, and the generation following us.

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週末又要到了！讀書好時光也到了！

推薦一下這本-世界是怎麼改變的？地理來解答

這是一本不單純是地理的地理書，連結了地理、歷史、政治與發展，成為完整圖像，並讓實際生活的國際事件與書本上的知識完美結合，完全打破求學過程中對地理的刻板印象，我很喜歡❤️

有興趣可以看我的心得(https://www.parenting.com.tw/article/5087125-/?fbclid=IwAR28it_K3XbTElJ5ROdY1PMon85_fCxBBetsfPtIqUeIy3zB0bcO1pZG0BE)，也可以上博客來(https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010867869?sloc=main)看更完整的介紹。

*我常常接到推薦新書的邀約，但很少接受，可能愛書人龜毛點更多，這是少數看書稿就吸引我的書，希望大家也會喜歡這本好書

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