"Erosion Of Liberty In Hong Kong...": Britain's Rebuke To China On Security Law
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Britain To China On Hong Kong Security Law: "The erosion of liberty in Hong Kong is an affront to freedom and democracy," British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said.
Britain has scolded China for its broadening use of a national security law in Hong Kong, detailing attacks on the city's vaunted judiciary, civil society groups and foreign diplomats.
"The erosion of liberty in Hong Kong is an affront to freedom and democracy," Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in the publication on Tuesday of her government's latest six-monthly report on Hong Kong.
"Just over a year since the introduction of the national security law, the mainland Chinese and Hong Kong authorities have used the law and related institutions against all opposition, free press and civil society in Hong Kong," Truss said in a foreword to the report.
"This curtailing of space for the free expression of alternative views continues to weaken checks and balances on executive power."
