This would be the total death of #HongKong and a direct assault on the international rules-based order if it happens
#StandwithHK
Beijing to introduce national security law for Hong Kong https://t.co/sU3LshdUv1 via @scmpnews
The USA cannot let this stand. Today I will introduce a resolution in the Senate condemning this attempted crackdown & call on all free nations to stand with #HongKong
Sen. Rubio, @SenatorRisch, and @SenCoryGardner released the following statement regarding reports that the National People’s Congress will introduce legislation this week to implement Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law.
Read more here🔽
https://t.co/6yhN1tMkgF
#Beijing will introduce a draft resolution to allow the
National People's Congress to chart legislation for a
new #NationalSecurityLaw tailor-made for #HongKong
that will proscribe secessionist and subversive
activity, foreign interference and terrorism in the city.
Beijing supports ‘improvement’ of Hong Kong’s Basic Law; usual mention of ‘high degree of autonomy’ absent
https://t.co/a0AMsodOnH @holongsze #hongkong#china#twosessions
In Hong Kong, the symbolically charged boundary with the mainland has become yet another font of militant unrest after months of anti-government protest https://t.co/ofhxZ4KF6W
This must stop.
But it cannot and will not stop until the people are able to elect their representatives.
The international community must affirm its support for UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE in #HongKong urgently, and the people of #HK must be given that right, as they were promised.
Have you already forgotten, or are you just scared to remember?
Today marks six months since the 831 incident-police rushing into a train station and attacking passengers indiscriminately.
Never forgive nor forget.
#HKPoliceBrutality#HKPoliceTerrorists
I join the rest of Los Angeles in mourning the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and others.
One of the greatest basketball players of all time, Kobe had a grace and athleticism unmatched in the NBA.
My prayers are with his family and friends, and all Lakers fans.
Carrie’s record:
- Actively eroded Hong King’s autonomy and way of life.
- Presided over catastrophic loss of trust in HK civic institutions/ ruination of HK economy/ destruction of SAR international reputation
AND NOW:
- Failed to protect HK from the deadly #coronavirus
Arrest of teenage girl outside UK consulate in #HongKong has caused more angst in an already fearful city. The public request for on-record clarification from @foreignoffice is not unreasonable. And as @benedictrogers points out,her case shd be monitored https://t.co/cqc3GEcEMf