Hong Kong’s Crackdown on Overseas Activists Highlights Global Overreach Threatening American Freedoms

In a stark display of authoritarian overreach, Hong Kong authorities have escalated their crackdown on sixteen overseas activists by canceling their passports and banning any financial support to them. This move follows arrest warrants issued in July against these individuals for alleged subversion under Beijing’s draconian national security law — a law that has already suffocated dissent within Hong Kong itself.Although these activists are scattered across free democratic nations including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, Beijing’s long arm reaches beyond borders. By punishing citizens abroad and attempting to silence critics internationally, China is not only infringing...