#national-security-law

#national-security-law

James Cleverly said he expects to meet China's vice-president when he visits the UK for the King's coronation.Han Zheng, who has been blamed for overseeing a crackdown on freedom in Hong Kong, was recently appointed as president Xi Jinping's deputy and is set to represent China at the event.The Foreign Secretary indicated he will raise issues including Hong Kong and human rights abuses in Xinjiang province and stressed that engagement does not mean agreement with China.

Senior Conservative MPs have labelled the expected attendance of China's vice-president at the King's coronation as outrageous.Han Zheng, who was recently appointed as president Xi Jinping's deputy, is set to represent China at the May event, Politico reported.Former Tory leader and longstanding China-critic Sir Iain Duncan Smith described him as responsible for trashing China's Hong Kong treaty with Britain by overseeing a crackdown on the territory's freedoms.

The UK has criticised the Chinese government for systematically eroding the freedoms of the people of Hong Kong and undermining the autonomy of the former British colony.In its latest six-monthly report on Hong Kong, published on Thursday, the Government condemned the pervasive, chilling effect of the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 following mass protests in the city.

A demonstrator holds the music score while singing "Glory To Hong Kong" protest song during a flash mob protest at the International Finance Center Mall in Hong Kong, China, on Sept. 12, 2019.(Justin Chin/Bloomberg)HONG KONG - U.S. tech giant Google is under increasing pressure by the Hong Kong government - and so by association China - to bury a politically sensitive pro-democracy song in its search results.

Cardinal Joseph Zen leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts after the verdict session in Hong Kong, Friday Nov. 25, 2022.Anthony Kwan/AP HONG KONG (AP)  A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and five others in Hong Kong were fined after being found guilty Friday of failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the widespread protests three years ago.

H ong Kong arrivals to London on the British National (Overseas) visa are facing discrimination when seeking employment and a place to live.The BN(O) visa is Britain's response to the imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, which led to the loss of the political rights and freedoms of millions.

Sikov - stock.adobe.comThe US government has launched the Disruptive Technology Strike Force, a collaboration of US law enforcement led by the Justice and Commerce Department, to stop hostile states gaining access to critical US technology.The initiative, announced by Deputy Attorney General, Lisa O Monaco, focuses on preventing adversaries from violating US export controls, which restrict the sale of "dual use" technologies with both military and technology use.

A Foreign Office minister has met with the legal team of a detained Hong Kong media mogul, Downing Street has confirmed.Anne-Marie Trevelyan, minister for Asia, met on Tuesday with Jimmy Lai's representatives to discuss the dual-national's situation.It comes after lawyers for the jailed Hong Kong newspaper publisher asked for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, with his team keen for Britain to step in.

Lawyers for the Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has have requested an an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of his trial on national security charges.The 75-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily potentially faces a life term in one of the most high-profile cases by Hong Kong authorities as part of a crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement.

Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul, was sentenced to more than five years in prison on Saturday for fraud, a punishment that human rights activists denounced as the latest blow to freedom of expression in the city.Mr. Lai, 75, was sentenced Saturday by Stanley Chan, a judge at the district court, on two counts of fraud for violating the terms of a lease contract related to Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper he founded and which was forced to close last year when the authorities cracked down on it.