China’s top legislative body will overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system,declaring it was its responsibility to put “patriots” in power.
Security was tight,with more than 100 police officers deployed as about 1000 people gathered outside the West Kowloon court in support of 47 activists in one of the largest rallies since the coronavirus outbreak.
On Sunday,more than 40 pro-democracy activists were charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under Hong Kong’s national security law.
Police in Myanmar at the weekend launched their most sweeping crackdown in three weeks of protests against military rule in towns and cities across the country,with media reports of a woman shot dead and dozens of people detained.
“They want to wipe out the opposition altogether and impose direct rule from Beijing.”
Thousands of Hong Kongers have already arrived in Britain to take up new citizenship rights,driving estimates that hundreds of thousands might eventually flee China’s rule.
Britain opposes China’s national security law and says it is in breach of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration,which frames Hong Kong’s sovereign status.
They are businessmen born in mainland China,serve on top advisory committees to Beijing and profess patriotism for the motherland. Now,they are seeking to bring that ardour to Hong Kong,as the founders of the city's newest political party.
Almost fifty years since he left,the enigmatic cinematographer is returning to Australia to make a new movie with Tilda Swinton.
The fresh wave of arrests comes a week after police arrested 55 pro-democracy activists under the new national security law.
Human Rights Watch says China remains the biggest threat to global human rights.