EU risks losing credibility with China deal amid crackdown in Hong Kong, says Parliament ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2021 16:36 IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 23 (ANI): The European Union risks losing credibility as a human rights actor by signing an investment deal with China and not taking concrete action against serious and ongoing human rights violations in Hong Kong, according to a resolution in the European Parliament.
The European Parliament, in a resolution on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional release of representatives of the democratic opposition and activists arrested in Hong Kong in the first two weeks of 2021, as well as all those previously detained on charges of subversion under the draconian National Security Law for Hong Kong.
New Hong Kong Bar Association head calls mass Opposition arrests as obvious abuse of law ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2021 14:35 IST
Hong Kong, January 23 (ANI): The new head of Hong Kong s Bar Association Paul Harris said the arrest of 55 opposition figures by the police under the draconian National Security Law is an attempt to intimidate the city s democratic movement.
According to South China Morning Post (SCMP), Harris also warned against attacks on his colleagues in pro-Beijing media. He raised concerns over the oppressive security law and said he was keen to rebuild a dialogue with the mainland, as he set out his vision for the association s future.
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