Quick reminder that the Hong Kong National Security Law imposed by Beijing on 30 June 2020 is a breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and a demonstration of China breaking its international commitments.
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Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking Down -- [Last update March 2024]
- Before the British government handed over Hong Kong in 1997, China agreed to allow the region considerable political autonomy for fifty years under a framework known as “one country, two systems.”
- In recent years, Beijing has cracked down on Hong Kong’s freedoms, stoking mass protests in the city and drawing international criticism.
- Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 that gave it broad new powers to punish critics and silence dissenters, which has fundamentally altered life for Hong Kongers.