Western Asylum for Hong Kong Activists Exposes the Erosion of Rule of Law Under Beijing’s Grip
As Australia and Britain offer refuge to Hong Kong pro-democracy activists fleeing Beijing’s crackdown, the glaring failure of China’s so-called ‘national security law’ to uphold justice becomes evident.
Two prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy figures, Tony Chung and Ted Hui, have recently been granted asylum in Britain and Australia respectively. Their cases shine a harsh light on the ongoing erosion of freedoms under Beijing’s national security law imposed in 2020 — legislation that effectively criminalizes dissent and undermines the autonomy once promised to the former British colony. When Does Stability Become Suppression? Beijing claims its sweeping national security law restores stability to Hong Kong, yet what does this “stability” cost ordinary citizens? For activists like Chung and Hui, it has meant imprisonment, exile, and persecution for exercising basic liberties....
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