Hong Kong National Security Law

The EU body overwhelmingly adopted a resolution citing the deterioration of Hong Kong’s freedoms since the imposition by Beijing of a sweeping national security law in 2020.

Abuduwaili Abudureheman was reported missing after texting that he was interrogated by police at Hong Kong’s airport.

It is unclear whether the U.K. government is willing to translate its words about human rights into action and hold Chinese officials responsible for serious human rights violations. 

COVID-19 set the precedent for blocking the march, then Beijing delivered the final blow.

The government is eager to tell “a good Hong Kong story” – but actions speak louder than words.

Hearings this week gave activists an unusual opportunity to air criticism in the presence of Chinese officials.

Hong Kong’s legal prosecution of opposition figures puts it in the company of authoritarian regimes worldwide.

A December 31 decree from Beijing finally killed the last vestiges of judicial independence in Hong Kong.

Already serving a 20-month term for other offenses, the 74-year-old Lai could face up to life in prison if he is convicted under the new National Security Law.

Lai, former publisher of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, has been targeted in a series of prosecutions apparently aimed at punishing him for his past activism.

The U.K. legal establishment must stop clinging to fictions about the state of the rule of law in Hong Kong.