New 'National Security' Law Threatens Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protesters With Life In Prison

Found on Techdirt on Monday, 06 July 2020
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Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997 with the understanding the Chinese government would not strip away the rights granted to Hong Kong residents prior to the handover. The Chinese government has no intention of honoring that agreement, which has prompted months of protests.

Pro-democracy books have been pulled from libraries by the Hong Kong government in order to review them for violations of the new law. And protesters are now carrying blank signs, since the law makes the existence of any anti-Chinese government words a potential violation of the new law, possibly putting protesters in line for life in prison.

After months of battling a rebellious region, the Chinese government has placed Hong Kong firmly under its control. There will be no more "one country, two systems."

Is any of the other nations doing anything, like cutting ties with China? No. So much for their support for democracy: only hollow phrases by politicians.