Human Rights Watch: China - New Hong Kong Law a Roadmap for Repression
July 29, 2020
July 29, 2020
NEW YORK, July 29 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Hong Kong authorities have rapidly begun to apply the new National Security Law to prosecute peaceful speech, curtail academic freedom, and generate a chilling effect on fundamental freedoms in the city, Human Rights Watch said. The law, which China's government imposed on June 30, 2020, is Beijing's most aggressive assault on Hong Kong people's freedoms since the transfer of sovereignty in 1997.
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Hong Kong authorities have rapidly begun to apply the new National Security Law to prosecute peaceful speech, curtail academic freedom, and generate a chilling effect on fundamental freedoms in the city, Human Rights Watch said. The law, which China's government imposed on June 30, 2020, is Beijing's most aggressive assault on Hong Kong people's freedoms since the transfer of sovereignty in 1997.
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