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The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong
Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 2
February 4, 2021 11:16 AM
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Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, presides over its 20th session in Beijing on June 30, when the Hong Kong National Security Law was unanimously passed and immediately implemented (Image source: Xinhua)
Introduction
After the Hong Kong protest movement exploded in 2019, the world looked on with both hope and trepidation. Protestors made five demands: that a proposed extradition law be withdrawn; that there be an independent investigation of police behavior; that the protests stop being characterized as riots; that any charges against arrested protesters be dropped and that promised universal suffrage be implemented (HKPF, December 25, 2019).