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The Causeway Bay Books disappearances are a series of international disappearances concerning five staff members of Causeway Bay Books, a former bookstore located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Between October and December 2015, five staff of Causeway Bay Books went missing. At least two of them disappeared in mainland China, one in Thailand. One member was last seen in Hong Kong, and eventually revealed to be in Shenzhen, across the Chinese border, without the travel documents necessary to have crossed the border through legal channels.

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  • The Causeway Bay Books disappearances are a series of international disappearances concerning five staff members of Causeway Bay Books, a former bookstore located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Between October and December 2015, five staff of Causeway Bay Books went missing. At least two of them disappeared in mainland China, one in Thailand. One member was last seen in Hong Kong, and eventually revealed to be in Shenzhen, across the Chinese border, without the travel documents necessary to have crossed the border through legal channels. It was widely believed that the booksellers were detained in mainland China, and in February 2016 Guangdong provincial authorities confirmed that all five had been taken into custody in relation to an old traffic case involving Gui Minhai. While response to the October disappearances had been muted, perhaps in recognition that unexplained disappearances and lengthy extrajudicial detentions are known to occur in mainland China, the unprecedented disappearance of a person in Hong Kong, and the bizarre events surrounding it, shocked the city and crystallised international concern over the possible abduction of Hong Kong citizens by Chinese public security bureau officials and their likely rendition, and the violation of several articles of the Basic Law. In his report to the British government and parliament in early January 2016, foreign secretary Philip Hammond said the incident was "a serious breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong and undermines the principle of one country, two systems". Following the international focus on the disappearances, there were virtual reappearances by two of the missing men, Lee Bo, in the form of letters and photographs, and Gui Minhai, in a confessional video broadcast on national television, in which they insisted that their return to mainland China was voluntary but which failed to account for their movement across national borders. These efforts were widely derided by commentators as a farce and a charade, as they failed to satisfy concerns over the breach of "one country, two systems" and its practical and constitutional implications. On 16 June 2016, shortly after he returned to Hong Kong, Lam Wing-kee gave a long press conference in the presence of legislator Albert Ho in which he detailed the circumstances surrounding his eight-month detention, and describing how his confession and those of his associates had been scripted and stage-managed. Lam indicated the involvement of the Central Investigation Team, which is under direct control of the highest level of the Beijing leadership. His revelations stunned Hong Kong and made headlines worldwide, prompting a flurry of counter-accusations and denials from mainland authorities and supporters. (en)
  • Las desapariciones en Causeway Bay Books de 2015 son una serie de desapariciones internacionales que afectan a cinco miembros del personal de Causeway Bay Books, una antigua librería situada en Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, entre octubre y diciembre de 2015. Al menos dos de ellos desaparecieron en China continental, y uno en Tailandia. Otro de los miembros fue visto por última vez en Hong Kong, y finalmente se reveló que estaba en Shenzhen, al otro lado de la frontera china, sin los documentos de viaje necesarios para haber cruzado la frontera por vías legales. Se creía en general que los libreros estaban detenidos en la China continental,​​ y en febrero de 2016 las autoridades provinciales de Guangdong confirmaron que los cinco habían sido detenidos en relación con un antiguo caso de tráfico en el que estaba implicado Gui Minhai.​ Si bien la respuesta a las desapariciones de octubre no fue gran cosa, tal vez debido a la frecuencia de las desapariciones forzosas y detenciones extrajudiciales en China,​ el hecho de que esto se replicase en Hong Kong, y los extraños acontecimientos que acontecieron, conmocionaron a la ciudad y cristalizaron la preocupación internacional por el posible secuestro de ciudadanos de Hong Kong por funcionarios de la Oficina de Seguridad Pública de China, así como la violación de varios artículos de la Ley Básica. En su informe al Gobierno y al Parlamento británicos a principios de enero de 2016, el Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores Philip Hammond dijo que el incidente era "una grave violación de la Declaración Conjunta Sinobritánica sobre Hong Kong y socava el principio de un país, dos sistemas".​​ Poco a poco, los cinco libreros fueron reapareciendo, y, tras confesar en televisión haber conspirado para publicar falsedades sobre el Presidente Xi,​ se les permitió volver a Hong Kong a renunciar a sus derechos y cerrar sus casos de desaparición.​ Aunque posteriormente la mayoría volvieron a China, uno de ellos, Lam Wing-kee, refundó causeway books en el exilio en Taiwán,​ y otro, Gui Minhai, ha sido condenado a diez años de cárcel​ por revelar secretos oficiales tras ser secuestrado frente a los diplomáticos suecos con los que viajaba.​ (es)
  • 銅鑼灣書店股東及員工失蹤事件是於2015年10月至12月期間,香港「銅鑼灣書店」(現今店址位於台灣)五人陸續失蹤之事件。失蹤5人是該店母公司巨流傳媒有限公司的股東桂民海與呂波、業務經理張志平、銅鑼灣書店經營者李波以及店長林榮基。失蹤半個月到3個月後,全部人員證實身處中國大陸並受有關當局控制。特別是李波失踪案,因為除了他其他4人是在泰國與中國大陸失蹤的,但由於李波是在香港境內失蹤,因此格外受到香港與澳門社會的廣泛關注,質疑他是否被人強行由香港境內擄至中國大陸,及有否牽涉中國大陸官方人員跨境綁架。事件令香港人擔憂「一國兩制」、言論自由、出版自由及人身自由受到破壞。事件轟動國際,美國、加拿大、歐盟及日本等紛紛發表聲明表示關注,並要求中國解釋及釋放失蹤人士。2019年11月23日,自稱中共特工的王立強叛逃澳洲,在訪問中透露有六名特工將李波從香港銅鑼灣書店的書庫帶走,直接帶往中國大陸。他自己則負責談判,並執行後續任務。 (zh)
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  • The entrance of Causeway Bay Books. It has been closed since the disappearance of its fifth staff member, Lee Bo. (en)
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  • October 2015 – December 2015 (en)
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  • Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (en)
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  • Causeway Bay Books Disappearances (en)
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  • 銅鑼灣書店股東及員工失蹤事件是於2015年10月至12月期間,香港「銅鑼灣書店」(現今店址位於台灣)五人陸續失蹤之事件。失蹤5人是該店母公司巨流傳媒有限公司的股東桂民海與呂波、業務經理張志平、銅鑼灣書店經營者李波以及店長林榮基。失蹤半個月到3個月後,全部人員證實身處中國大陸並受有關當局控制。特別是李波失踪案,因為除了他其他4人是在泰國與中國大陸失蹤的,但由於李波是在香港境內失蹤,因此格外受到香港與澳門社會的廣泛關注,質疑他是否被人強行由香港境內擄至中國大陸,及有否牽涉中國大陸官方人員跨境綁架。事件令香港人擔憂「一國兩制」、言論自由、出版自由及人身自由受到破壞。事件轟動國際,美國、加拿大、歐盟及日本等紛紛發表聲明表示關注,並要求中國解釋及釋放失蹤人士。2019年11月23日,自稱中共特工的王立強叛逃澳洲,在訪問中透露有六名特工將李波從香港銅鑼灣書店的書庫帶走,直接帶往中國大陸。他自己則負責談判,並執行後續任務。 (zh)
  • The Causeway Bay Books disappearances are a series of international disappearances concerning five staff members of Causeway Bay Books, a former bookstore located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Between October and December 2015, five staff of Causeway Bay Books went missing. At least two of them disappeared in mainland China, one in Thailand. One member was last seen in Hong Kong, and eventually revealed to be in Shenzhen, across the Chinese border, without the travel documents necessary to have crossed the border through legal channels. (en)
  • Las desapariciones en Causeway Bay Books de 2015 son una serie de desapariciones internacionales que afectan a cinco miembros del personal de Causeway Bay Books, una antigua librería situada en Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, entre octubre y diciembre de 2015. Al menos dos de ellos desaparecieron en China continental, y uno en Tailandia. Otro de los miembros fue visto por última vez en Hong Kong, y finalmente se reveló que estaba en Shenzhen, al otro lado de la frontera china, sin los documentos de viaje necesarios para haber cruzado la frontera por vías legales. (es)
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  • Causeway Bay Books disappearances (en)
  • Desapariciones en Causeway Bay Books (es)
  • 銅鑼灣書店股東及員工失蹤事件 (zh)
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