Beijing steps up repression in Hong Kong*

by Peter Westmore

Following months of unrest in Hong Kong over the refusal of the Beijing-nominated Government to protect human rights and the rule of law, the communist-controlled National People’s Congress in Beijing has adopted a security law which will be enforced in Hong Kong. This is contrary to the Sino-British Treaty signed in 1984.

The new law has the following elements:

Beijing will establish a national security office, staffed by mainland security services, to…

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