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Hong Kong National Security Law Passed by China

Posted on the 30 June 2020 by Thiruvenkatam Chinnagounder @tipsclear

Beijing's top legislative body, the National People's Congress (NPC), passed a law Tuesday morning, local, bypassing the Council's Hong Kong, Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The decision to make the passing of secrecy will remain limited in the details. According to the Xinhua, he has by the law of the six articles of faith and of the articles at once, and go thy way, in the manner 66.

A draft of the front of the public are not said to be sent on before him, ie, the greatest part of men killed, by the law of the Hong Kong, however, are not seen singly, now and govern the life of them.

Hong Kong's Chief Executive, said Carrie Lam Tuesday evening, delighting introduction laws.

"Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Safeguarding national security is the constitutional duty (HKSAR). The HKSAR Government undertakes the passage of national security for the NPCSC today, "Lam said in a statement.

"National security and law will come into effect later today," he added.

Now, the laws and said: "applied by way of promulgation," which bypasses the city council.

The former is called the law, saying, "seeks to effectively prevent useful, bending genders and punish crimes seriously endangering national security."

Already confirmed that this includes "acts of secession, subversion of state power, intimidation and violence in fulfillment of collusion with external and external forces to endanger his or national security."

The chief executive said that the reduction Monetali articles, and the latest units in Hong Kong Department of Justice in enforcing the law shall be punished.

He further adds: "For I am persuaded, that those who, after the implementation of the national security of the law, and the social unrest that made the Hong Kong people on for almost a year, and for the exact, he has made with absolute certainty, and was restored, so enabling Hong Kong to starts all over again focus on the economic and the progress of the people of the improve the pledge. "

In a video address to the United Nations for human rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday at LaThe law, however, said: "We have a retrospective effect" - a major popular, many of the activists in the city, especially in matters relating to the protests against crime each year.

Hong Kong Additionally, declared that the authorities had no authority over the sins of the law, "except in certain rare cases," is trying to be some cases in mainland China.

Council Information Office of China's State would not have the right to the public from national security briefing in Beijing on Wednesday morning.

Contrary to the laws has been widely criticized lawmakers in Hong Kong, civil rights groups and the world, and many say it is the glue of Beijing's semi-independent power line to the city. Many worry that it could be political, as the target of the dissidents, activists, including human rights lawyers and journalists from the central government's continuing crackdown on civil society under Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Activists have vowed to demonstrate against the law in July 1, according to time and obtain'd in their own and prayed from British colonial rule in China in 1997 the day that they are made in a day of protests in the city, but for the first time after the handover police to protesters permission to demonstrations hold peaceful.

"One country, two systems"

The law is gone beyond his anger and leaders of nations in protests in the city is waiting for the passage to the fuel, which is from a smooth surface rocking from day to day, for six months in the year of the anti-government unrest.

Speak against the law marks the end of the 'land of the two systems "- Hong Kong principle of democracy and civil liberties retained is limited because it came under Chinese control.

Crucial that freedoms include the right to assembly, free press and independent trial, and because the rights they enjoyed in the Chinese mainland.

Chinese Communist Party officials and the state media, which defended the law as vital to protecting national security in the wake of last year's protests and 17 years old at the failure of the Hong Kong government to pass similar laws, with the last attempt was met with mass protests in 2003.

The blueprint for the laws revealed by Chinese state media to the Xinhua June 22, the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong officials be allowed to operate in Beijing for the first time and the place might not obeying the laws.

At last week said FH said the law does not ensure "long-term state of Hong Kong and happiness," and that it was "the target is small, the maximum number of people." He proposed the bill "in line with the rule of law" and " she enjoys the rights and liberties in Hong Kong. "

According to the blueprint, Beijing will establish national security in the office, staffed from the mainland security services and local authorities over the policing of the law. A mandate, national security is being set up with the Beijing-appointed adviser and operating under the 'administration of the central government. "

In addition, Hong Kong's top official, the Chief Executive, and pick the jury hear national security cases, when the mainland Chinese authorities will be able to "right" in the cases in special circumstances - Controversies still clause, which raises the prospect of crimes in Hong Kong over this thorns growing in the courts of justice on the mainland.

Finally, it makes some sense, it is clear that national security trumps local laws. If there is nothing which exists is from the conflict of the Hong Kong law, the law of national security will prevail.

Hong Kong and reaction around the world

Many city and decried the lack of transparency laws. In the letter to the Hong Kong government, Philip Dykes, chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association and the secrecy of the law were "truly extraordinary" and called on the government to the citizens, so that it is clear how the rights will not be guaranteed a minimum.

Joshua Wong, activist who helped lead the protests and the huge popularity in Hong Kong in the 2014 Facebook said that "the Hong Kong marks the end of the world, as we know."

The Hong Kong "will continue to democracy and freedom for our city for the next generation to another. When justice is lacking, our fight goes on."

After passing the message to the law, Demosisto Hong Kong democracy groups, which formed the party in 2016 and Wong said it is "out of luck given to groups such as LET will stop all activity."

What happens with Wong and other activist leaders, Nathan, and the Agnes Chow said that Demosisto because of the threat posed by the recession.

Wong and other foreign envoys will meet with the activists who have testified before the US Congress on freedoms in Hong Kong, with large-scale protests for democracy and broke last summer.

Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon known city outspoken in his support for democracy movements, said the law "The Hong Kong with her death knell dull guilt laws and rules are right."

"The movement is popular because it's a war will have to adjust its movement toward democratic and a lot of people are scared - they either have to find ways to either leave or sacrifice required to seek escape from the movement. "Lal, who was arrested in February in relation to a protest march in the city to remain there" as in war. "

Amnesty International rights groups said the law "will represent the greatest threat to human rights step in the city's recent history."

"From the speed and secrecy with which China has pushed for the law intensifies the fear that Beijing has calculatingly created weapon of repression in order to control calumny, and people who are not only expressing their opinion or protesting peacefully," said head Amnesty International's China Team, Joshua Rosenzweig.

Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen President of China said in passing the law reports "proved that the Earth was the two systems is not credible." Tsai, Taiwan, as it is the job will start from July 1, that provide humanitarian aid for our friends in Hong Kong. "

In Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga called the passing of the law, "unfortunately."

On Monday, US Secretary of State Mike recounting the history of the most difficult goal was announced that exports to the two US-origin defense equipment and technologies used in Hong Kong. The difficulty recounting the history of the move was necessary to protect American national security as the tensions between China and the US continue to escalate.

"Beijing, as the law tends is passing through ... We can not distinguish between national security and is controlled export items to Hong Kong and mainland China," it is very difficult to weave said.

This is the first action taken on the US government to upend the status of the special relationship between the US and Hong Kong trade for the determination of the Hong Kong China no longer have to be independent of the national security law imposing the Beijing city.

That is what was seen Monday in Beijing to impose certain restrictions on the response of America, Washington's move last week to a place similar limits Chinese officials in Hong Kong.

CNN's James Griffiths, Steven Jiang, Jadyn Sham, Eric Cheung, Isaac do nectar Gan, and Jessie Yeung reporting attention to what I write.


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