Hong Kong National Security Law

Beijing has torn up Hong Kong’s freedoms and now threatens the security of Hong Kongers and their supporters around the world. It must not be allowed to get away with this with impunity. 

Hong Kong authorities seek to silence exiled dissidents by pursuing arrest abroad and intimidating their families at home.

“Jimmy Lai’s life story is the story of Hong Kong.”

International governments must seriously consider how to adequately respond to both the sentencing of Hong Kong democrats and the trial of Jimmy Lai.

China promised “resolute countermeasures” if the full Congress passes a bill that would shutter Hong Kong’s representative offices over the city’s reduced autonomy.

Hollowed out by Beijing, the city, once the world’s freest society, should be viewed as an example of the state of post-authoritarianization.

Hong Kong's vague and ambiguous concept of “national security,” imported from the mainland, is applied to arts and culture.

As the anniversary approached, authorities heaped new charges on a jailed vigil organizer. 

Prosecutors had accused them of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government by securing the legislative majority necessary to veto budgets.

In 2021, 47 pro-democracy activists were charged under the Beijing-imposed national security law for their involvement in an unofficial primary election. The first verdicts are due this week.

The U.S. must safeguard its nationals and business interests in Hong Kong as well as reevaluate the city’s status on the international stage.

CCP concepts and terminology are taking center stage in the city’s lawmaking.

Despite the presence of the “omnipotent” NSL, China felt the need to embed another layer of control in the territory.

Hong Kong’s new national security law will incentivize self-censorship by creatives of all kinds – including those far beyond Hong Kong’s borders.

The Safeguarding National Security Bill gives the government even more power to curb dissent, expanding on a previous law imposed by Beijing in 2020.

For decades, Hong Kong’s geopolitical neutrality was the very foundation of its freedom, autonomy, and prosperity. That’s no longer possible.

The proposed law, which is expected to pass easily, includes stiff penalties and more power to suppress dissent, building on the 2020 National Security Law imposed by Beijing.

The proposed bill would go even further than the National Security Law in restricting political freedoms and civil society. 

Critics worry authorities will use a local national security law as another tool to crack down on dissidents, building on the law imposed by Beijing in 2020.

The oppression of rights and political participation in Hong Kong marked new milestones at the end of 2023. The international community must hold Beijing to account at its upcoming UPR.

The Hong Kong government’s arbitrary use of powers against Chow, who has not yet faced trial, further confirms that politics is above the law.

As Hong Kong’s basic freedoms have been dismantled, freedom of religion or belief – perhaps the last liberty still just about standing – is under ever-increasing threat. 

Current members should seriously consider how Hong Kong's National Security Law would impact their investments under the trade deal.

Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers left amid a crackdown on dissent. But Hong Kong is still freer than the mainland, making it attractive for Chinese professionals.