反修例風波持續，半年間有約80個教師及教學助理被捕，教育局上月向學校發信，建議將涉及暴動罪等的被捕及被檢控教師停職；局長楊潤雄早前接受內地傳媒訪問時表示，如學校不配合教師調查，局方有權取消校長資格，引起教育界反彈。
教協會長馮偉華批評，教育局連串施壓是威嚇教育界，製造白色恐怖。今晚發起集會，向政府表明業界堅拒政治干預，捍衛教師專業；亦計劃發起眾籌，支援被打壓老師，以法律形式抗衡無理判罪。
教協會長馮偉華表示，在反修例風波下，政府漠視民意，管治出錯，激起民憤，理應改善失誤，但如今卻反其道而行，更以教育界做代罪羔羊，將問題歸咎通識科、針對教師發表的言論、阻礙大學撥款等。他批評，教育局連串施壓是威嚇教育界，製造白色恐怖，表明業界不會忍氣吞聲，藉集會向政府表明堅拒政治干預，捍衛教師專業。
教協今晚在中環舉行教育界「無懼白色恐怖，堅守教師專業」集會。晚上7時，數千人逼滿中環愛丁堡廣場，有人豎立「Free HK（光復香港）」大型光牌。有人舉Pepe公仔持「捍衛尊業 守護良知」牌，數千人到場，抗議教育局施壓威嚇教育界。
The anti-extradition protests continued. About 80 teachers and teaching assistants were arrested in the past six months. The Education Bureau sent a letter to the schools last month, suggesting that the arrested and prosecuted teachers involved in riots should be suspended. Kevin Yeung, Secretary for Education, said in a recent media interview that if the school does not cooperate with the investigation of teachers, the Bureau had the right to cancel the principal’s qualification, which caused a backlash in the education sector.
Fung Wai-wah, President of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union (HKPTU), criticized the repeated pressure from the Education Bureau to intimidate the education sector and create white terror. A rally tonight was organised to show the government that the sector resists political interference and defends the professionalism of teachers. It also plans to launch a crowdfunding campaign to support suppressed teachers to counter unreasonable prosecution.
HKPTU’s Fung said that during the anti-extradition protests, the government ignored the public’s opinions with wrong assessments, aroused public indignation, and should correct its mistakes, but now it is doing the opposite – blaming general education, teacher remarks, impediments to university funding, and more. He criticized the repeated pressure from the Education Bureau to intimidate the education sector and create white terror, indicating that the sector would not be muffled, and rally to resist political interference and defend the teacher profession.
Tonight, HKPTU held a “Anti-White Terror in Education” rally in Central. At 7 pm, a large number of citizens filled the Edinburgh Place outside City Hall in Central. A large “Free HK” light panel was erected. A Pepe doll holding a plague “Defend our profession, Safeguard our conscience” was raised. Thousands arrived to protest against pressure from the Education Bureau to intimidate the education community.
