香港邊城青年、華人民主書院協會和香港人權陣線等团体于2015年10月1日中国国庆日在台北自由广场牌楼下联合举行集会，以"不庆祝极权"为主题，通过"打小人"街头行动剧表达对极权统治的抗议1。香港人權陣線創辦人湯偉雄介紹，"打小人是香港的民間傳統"，在香港國安法通過以前市民常以此方式表達不滿1。香港邊城青年秘書長馮詔天指出，"這些民間習俗與集體記憶，過去在香港是他們的日常，今天已較難公開進行"1。
多位人权工作者在集会上就极权压迫与跨境镇压议题进行演讲1。華人民主書院協會專案經理蔡智豪表示，"威權對人的壓迫不是因為跨過了一條國界就會自動停止"1。湯偉雄並提及香港宏福苑大火案例，指該火災"去年11月奪走168條人命"，而市民僅因幫助災民發聲而遭到逮捕1。此次集会旨在呼吁台湾與民主社會警惕跨國威權威脅1。
Hong Kong groups based in Taiwan held a joint rally at Taipei Freedom Square on October 1st to protest authoritarian rule without celebrating China's National Day 1. The gathering, organized by Hong Kong Bordering Youth, the Chinese Democracy Institute Association, and the Hong Kong Human Rights Front, featured a street performance of "beating the devil"—a traditional Hong Kong folk practice—to express dissent against Chinese authorities 1.
Hong Kong Human Rights Front founder Tang Wei-xiong explained that "beating the devil is a Hong Kong folk tradition" that citizens previously used to voice discontent before the Hong Kong National Security Law took effect 1. He also referenced the Hongfu Garden fire from November of the previous year, which claimed 168 lives, noting that residents were arrested simply for helping disaster victims speak out 1. Hong Kong Bordering Youth secretary-general Feng Zhao-tian remarked that "these folk customs and collective memories were once part of daily life in Hong Kong, but are now difficult to practice openly" 1.
The rally brought together human rights workers to discuss authoritarian oppression and cross-border repression 1. Cai Zhi-hao, a project manager at the Chinese Democracy Institute Association, warned that "authoritarian oppression of people does not automatically stop simply because one crosses a national border," emphasizing the need for Taiwan and democratic societies to remain vigilant against transnational authoritarian threats 1.
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