With the arrest of Jimmy Lai China is driving Hong Kong further down a dead end street. Nothing to do with national security but an attempt to rule without even a show of legitimacy, let alone democracy.
https://t.co/wrTNLcE8Wu
Crazy arrests. The end of freedom of press in Hong Kong. The national security law is quashing the freedom of our society, spreading politics of fear.
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under security law, bearing out 'worst fears' https://t.co/Bo9eUwa3ho
Sadly, the news out of Hong Kong this week confirms what we feared would happen for weeks.
The CCP cannot be allowed to violate basic human rights and disregard prior commitments with impunity. https://t.co/QnlHc6hZ18
Protesters and opposition politicians in Hong Kong were reeling yesterday as the authorities continued to aggressively implement the new national security law https://t.co/H7LF3hW4NB
Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the city's libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the finance hub
https://t.co/OOGUAaUiqa
Hong Kongers find creative ways to voice dissent after Beijing issues new security law and police begin arresting people displaying now forbidden political slogans, using word play, subverting Communist Party dogma, or even blank paper https://t.co/BfHY24N4wb
Hong Kong “is being absorbed into security & political apparatus of the Chinese mainland...for those of us lucky enough to live in free countries, we do have a choice over whether to accommodate Beijing’s demands...”
Powerful stuff from @CitySamuel:
https://t.co/GoCYR96SeB
First Tibetan Government in exile. Now Hong Kong in exile. When do the world wake up and face the reality? And clear and loud say: Human Rights are above financial interests. #StandWithHongKong#dkpol https://t.co/eqshzWAXsd
Canada is starting to respond to China’s attack on rights of HK people. In addition, #MagnitskyAct should apply to China appointed officials. #StandWithHK https://t.co/5jEcSfHe1A
I stand with the people of #HongKong opposing the oppression leveled against them by China and support the bipartisan Hong Kong Autonomy Act that provides sanctions on those suppressing freedoms granted to Hong Kong under the One Country, Two Systems agreement.
The #CCP’s new national security law is a clear attempt to quash democracy in #HongKong and divert attention from its own catastrophic failures. As a U.S. Senator & as Chairman of @IRIGlobal, I’m proud to say that we stand with #HongKongers in their fight for freedom.
Very much welcome this decision by Canada to end its extradition treaty with Hong Kong due to the CCP’s imposition of a National Security Law. Will also not permit the export of sensitive military items to Hong Kong
Would welcome @DominicRaab announcing same ban on extradition