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“Don’t You Dare Sing The Song” Says the Hong Kong Government 🇭🇰

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June 06, 2023 • Read in: 5 minutes

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“Don’t You Dare Sing The Song” Says the Hong Kong Government 🇭🇰

The Hong Kong government is seeking a court order to ban the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”.

The song became an unofficial anthem for the 2019 pro-democracy protests and has been mistakenly played as Hong Kong’s anthem at several international sporting events.

Why Ban the Song? 

  • The lyrics contain slogans that have been ruled by the court as “constituting secession” or “promoting independence.”

  • The government outlawed the protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times” in 2020 for being “secessionist” and “subversive.”

Scope of the Ban: The injunction seeks to prohibit anyone from:

  • Saying the phrase “Glory to Hong Kong” to advocate for the separation of Hong Kong from China.

  • Suggesting that Hong Kong is independent.

  • Broadcasting, performing, printing, publishing, selling, offering for sale, distributing, disseminating, displaying, or reproducing the protest song in any way.

What the Government Claims: 

“[We] respect and value the rights and freedoms protected by the Basic Law (including freedom of speech), but freedom of speech is not absolute.”