Hong Kong Watch annual crowdfunding 2025

Hong Kong Watch is aiming to raise £50K to develop our international human rights work in the year to come. We invite you to join us as we continue to defend the freedom and rights of Hong Kongers around the world.

Our future plans

Hong Kong Watch strives for viable solutions to challenging problems. Looking ahead to 2026, your generous support could help us:

  • Fight for the retention of the ‘5+1’ pathway to citizenship for BNO Hong Kongers following the Immigration White Paper.

  • Fight for home fee status at all UK universities for BNOs.

  • Tackle transnational repression against the Hong Kong diaspora, including the withholding of Hong Kongers’ MPF savings.

  • Work with the British Parliament and government to fix the gap in the BNO visa scheme for Hong Kongers born before the 1997 handover.

  • Work with the Canadian Parliament and government to resolve the Hong Kong Pathway backlog issue.

  • Engage, educate and empower the Hong Kong diaspora through our civic and political engagement series, youth and grassroots training programmes, and community events.

  • Engage with private and business sectors to raise awareness of business risks posed by Hong Kong’s national security laws.

  • Inform the international community of our in-depth research on Hong Kong’s special privileges in law, and Hong Kong’s ‘patriotic education’ reforms.

  • Speak up for political prisoners in Hong Kong and ensure that governments continue to speak out about human rights abuse in Hong Kong.

Our achievements

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we were able to achieve the following in 2025:

  • Worked with Canadian parliamentarians and government officials to expedite approvals for dozens of permanent residency, open work permit and study permit applications under the Hong Kong Pathway.

  • Conducted high-level meetings with US policy-makers, including White House officials, who asserted that the release of Jimmy Lai is a top priority.

  • Rallied a mass response to proposed changes to the Immigration Rules which might affect the BNO scheme, with a petition signed by over 34,000 Hong Kongers and articles in national news media.

  • Led and contributed to efforts to counter transnational repression and foreign interference, including by speaking at the G7 Dialogue on Transnational Repression, organising events in the UK Parliament with leading international human rights lawyers, and coordinating impactful joint letters.

  • Launched a groundbreaking new report on business and human rights and engaged with policy-makers in Washington DC, London and Brussels on legislative and regulatory solutions to the relevant issues.

 

香港監察年度眾籌2025

香港監察期望籌集£50K，用以發展來年的國際人權工作。邀請你與我們同行，一起繼續捍衛世界各地香港人的自由與權利。

未來計劃

香港監察致力就難題尋求切實可行的解決方案。展望2026年，你的慷慨支持能夠幫助我們：

  • 因應英國移民白皮書，爭取維持BNO簽證計劃的「5+1」入籍途徑。

  • 爭取給予BNO港人英國大學本地生學費資格。

  • 對付針對海外港人社群的跨國鎮壓，包括扣押港人強積金儲蓄問題。

  • 與英國國會及政府合作修補BNO簽證計劃的漏洞，將1997年主權移交前出生的港人納入在內。

  • 與加拿大國會及政府合作解決「Hong Kong Pathway」申請積壓問題。

  • 透過公民及政治參與系列、青年及民眾培訓計劃和社區活動，鼓動、教育並賦權海外港人社群。

  • 會晤私營及商業界別，提高對香港國安法例所帶來商業風險的認識。

  • 深入研究香港法律特權和香港「愛國教育」改革，並向國際社會解說。

  • 為香港政治犯發聲，並確保各國政府繼續就香港侵害人權問題發聲。

工作成果

有賴捐助者慷慨解囊，我們在2025年得以取得下列成果：

  • 與加拿大國會議員和政府官員合作，加快審批多宗「Hong Kong Pathway」永久居留、開放式工作簽證和學生簽證申請。

  • 與美國政策制訂者展開高層會議，包括會見白宮官員，官員強調釋放黎智英是華府的首要任務。

  • 號召群眾回應可能影響BNO計劃的移民規則（Immigration Rules）提議修訂，包括統籌獲超過34,000名港人簽署的請願信，以及協助新聞傳媒報導議題。

  • 帶領及參與對抗跨國鎮壓和外國干預的工作，包括在「七國集團跨國鎮壓對話」上發言、與國際人權律師籌辦英國國會活動，以及統籌有影響力的聯署信。

  • 在華盛頓、倫敦和布魯塞爾發布新一份商業與人權報告，並與當地政策制訂者會面，探討解決相關議題的立法及監管方案。

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