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UK condemns Hong Kong cash offer for help in arresting activists
- On Friday, July 25, Hong Kong authorities announced cash rewards for information to arrest 19 pro-democracy activists abroad, including those in the UK.
- This follows the 2020 Beijing-imposed national security law and marks the fourth time Hong Kong has issued such arrest warrants and bounties, drawing Western criticism.
- British ministers David Lammy and Yvette Cooper condemned the payments and urged China to cease its actions against opposition figures residing in the UK.
- The UK emphasized its strong commitment to safeguarding the well-being, liberties, and security of Hong Kong residents and affirmed its ongoing support for those who have settled in the country.
- These developments underscore ongoing tensions over transnational repression and raise concerns about the future of extradition and political freedoms related to Hong Kong.
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US slams Hong Kong’s national security bounty offers targeting overseas activists
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday condemned Hong Kong’s offer of rewards for any information leading to the arrest of a select list of overseas activists, including some based in the United States. The US Senate’s side of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. File photo: Wikicommons. “The extraterritorial targeting of Hong Kongers who are exercising their fundamental freedoms is a form of transnational repression,” Rubio said in a …
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Trump’s government called the Hong Kong authorities’ decision to prosecute dissidents accused of pushing for a parallel parliament to promote a new constitution “transnational repression”
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right2Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left, 42% Center
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- 42% of the sources lean Left, 42% of the sources are Center
42% Center
L 42%
C 42%
R 17%
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