Blaming China Imposed Security Law, Amnesty Shutters Hong Kong Offices
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The decision ends more than four decades of Amnesty International maintaining a presence in Hong Kong.
Amnesty International said Monday it would shutter its offices in Hong Kong because of the threat posed to staff by a national security law that Beijing imposed on the city.
The decision ends more than four decades of the international human rights group maintaining a presence in Hong Kong and comes as officials remould the city in mainland China's authoritarian image.
China imposed a national security law last June in response to massive and often violent democracy protests, a move that has transformed Hong Kong's political, cultural and legal landscape and introduced mainland-style political speech curbs.
Anjhula Mya Singh Bais, chair of Amnesty's board, said the decision to close had been made "with a heavy heart" and was "driven by Hong Kong's national security law".
