nikolai_42
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Anyone remember this from earlier in 2020?
China's National Security Law
And excerpts from that article (it's a Financial Post article but there are quite a few other outlets that printed similar pieces) :
And more details :
But that's just in Hong Kong and China, right?
China's National Security Law
And excerpts from that article (it's a Financial Post article but there are quite a few other outlets that printed similar pieces) :
The national security law imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing’s rubber-stamp, robotic National People’s Congress is the worst, most dangerous, and most overreaching law I have seen in over 25 years of human rights work. It is an all-out assault on freedom—not just in Hong Kong, but worldwide.
Fast-tracked by Beijing over the course of a month, it shatters the promise that was made to Hong Kong at the handover almost exactly 23 years ago of a “high degree of autonomy” and—in the words of the last British governor of the city, Chris Patten—that “ Hong Kong people are to run Hong Kong..”
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...The law criminalizes four acts: subversion, secession, collusion with foreign entities, and terrorism.
Under the new rules imposed on Hong Kong, a person who requests help from a foreign country, institution, organization, or individual is guilty of an offense. So Hong Kongers who until this week messaged me daily, shared ideas and information with me, took part in webinars with members of the British Parliament at my invitation, or gave interviews to foreign journalists are now committing a criminal act. Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who have testified at hearings in parliaments around the world can no longer do so legally.
Calling for sanctions is now a crime. Criticizing the Chinese Communist Party—deemed to be “provoking hatred” against the central government—is illegal. Even talking about independence is a crime. Even if you don’t commit violent actions or rise up in revolution, merely expressing an opinion can result in a jail sentence for life.
But that's just in Hong Kong and China, right?
(Emphasis mine)And then there’s the most absurd part of this law: its apparent extraterritorial application. This law threatens us all.
We are all Hong Kongers now—not just in spirit, but in reality.
According to Article 38 of the law, anyone, anywhere in the world, could be accused under this new set of rules. A non-Hong Kong resident living outside Hong Kong—indeed, theoretically, someone who has never been to Hong Kong or China—could be committing a supposed crime.