Richard Howitt, Member of the European Parliament and Labour Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, spoke out on police brutality at the Hong Kong protests during a parliamentary debate in the European Parliament on Wednesday, October 22. He recounted how a student protester had told him that the umbrella was not simply a symbol of their protest but their only defence against attacks by police and pro-establishment mobs. He further questioned why did his country United Kingdom , one of the signatory of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, would grant seven export licences to allow the export of £180,000 of tear and CS gas to Hong Kong that undoubtedly will be used against the protesters. 歐洲議會議員兼英國工黨外交事務發言人李察豪威特（Richard Howitt）在週三（十月二十二日）的歐洲議會內，提出討論香港警察暴力對待示威者的情況。豪威特轉述一位香港學生說，雨傘不單是他們抗爭的象徵，也是他們防衛警察和建制派襲擊的唯一工具。豪威特進一步質疑作為一九八四年中英聯合聲明簽署國，英國居然批准價值十八萬英鎊的催淚和CS氣體出口至香港，因為這無疑是為對付和平示威者而作的預備。 Video of the debate/ 議會辯論錄象: europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/plenary/video?intervention=1413991592849 eureporter.co/world/2014/10/22/plea-against-uk-tear-gas-exports-to-hong-kong-delivered-in-european-parliament/ #OccupyHK #UmbrellaMovement #UMHK #HKProtest
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