Human Rights Watch: China - Beijing Forces Out Hong Kong Opposition Lawmakers
November 12, 2020
November 12, 2020
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
China's top legislative body should reverse its decision effectively disqualifying four pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong, triggering the resignation of 15 others, Human Rights Watch said today. Beijing's action marked a watershed moment, giving the Hong Kong government arbitrary power to remove any legislator whose views it dislikes, turning the semi-democratic Legislative Council, or LegCo, into a rubb . . .
China's top legislative body should reverse its decision effectively disqualifying four pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong, triggering the resignation of 15 others, Human Rights Watch said today. Beijing's action marked a watershed moment, giving the Hong Kong government arbitrary power to remove any legislator whose views it dislikes, turning the semi-democratic Legislative Council, or LegCo, into a rubb . . .