HK: National Security Law & Its Impact (new post #15) (was: for HK has been Passed: 30 June 2020)
The National Security Law that Beijing threatened to impose on HK has been imposed today, 30 June 2020. I didn't doubt it would be, but it doesn't make accepting this any easier. I'm basically just enraged and numb and upset.
The National Security Law makes four things a crime:
In short: any action, speech, expression, collaboration with foreign and external businesses that are known to be anti-Beijing, can be seen as anti-government.
Therefore, these things can also be viewed as a crime.
But the huge problem here is that there's no details, there's no more information than all we've been given; the CCP hasn't released the full document. We're all in the bloody dark!
Joshua Rosenzweig, head of Amnesty International’s China Team, is right in what he has said. "The fact that the Chinese authorities have now passed this law without the people of Hong Kong being able to see it tells you a lot about their intentions. Their aim is to govern Hong Kong through fear from this point forward."
Rosenzweig has urged the international community to ensure Hong Kong authorities adhere to their own human rights obligations. I doubt the HK gov will listen. And I don't know that the international community can do anything to help; the HK Gov has proven that it doesn't care, especially the so-called Chief Executive, Carrie Lam (who has spectacularly failed the HK people).
As pro-democracy legislator Claudia Mo said a few days ago: “It is definitely the start of a new but sad chapter for Hong Kong. Hong Kong as we knew it is finally dead.”
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/30/breaking-hong-kong-national-security-law-passed-by-beijing/
The National Security Law that Beijing threatened to impose on HK has been imposed today, 30 June 2020. I didn't doubt it would be, but it doesn't make accepting this any easier. I'm basically just enraged and numb and upset.
The National Security Law makes four things a crime:
- Secession.
- Subversion.
- Terrorism.
- Collusion with foreign and external influences to threaten national security.
In short: any action, speech, expression, collaboration with foreign and external businesses that are known to be anti-Beijing, can be seen as anti-government.
Therefore, these things can also be viewed as a crime.
But the huge problem here is that there's no details, there's no more information than all we've been given; the CCP hasn't released the full document. We're all in the bloody dark!
Joshua Rosenzweig, head of Amnesty International’s China Team, is right in what he has said. "The fact that the Chinese authorities have now passed this law without the people of Hong Kong being able to see it tells you a lot about their intentions. Their aim is to govern Hong Kong through fear from this point forward."
Rosenzweig has urged the international community to ensure Hong Kong authorities adhere to their own human rights obligations. I doubt the HK gov will listen. And I don't know that the international community can do anything to help; the HK Gov has proven that it doesn't care, especially the so-called Chief Executive, Carrie Lam (who has spectacularly failed the HK people).
As pro-democracy legislator Claudia Mo said a few days ago: “It is definitely the start of a new but sad chapter for Hong Kong. Hong Kong as we knew it is finally dead.”
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/30/breaking-hong-kong-national-security-law-passed-by-beijing/
Last edited:
