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The national anthem law, which criminalises insulting March of the Volunteers, was approved by China’s legislative body in 2017. Violators in China face detention of up to 15 days by police, or criminal prosecution. It is also set to be rolled out in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong leader appeals to public for ‘full understanding’ and ‘staunch support’ of national security law
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has appealed for citizens to show “full understanding” and “staunch support” for the national security law in an open letter published in newspapers on Friday. It came a day after China’s parliament approved plans to impose legislation to criminalise secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in Hong Kong. The […]
Hong Kong’s debate on national anthem bill halted after democrat hurls decayed plant
The Legislative Council meeting on the controversial national anthem bill was suspended on Thursday morning after a pro-democracy lawmaker threw a rotten plant towards the president’s seat. Democratic Party legislator Ted Hui dropped a bag containing a brownish fetid substance in front of LegCo President Andrew Leung. The drama occurred during a meeting that was […]
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Baroness Bennett: Human rights and free speech are in peril in Hong Kong – the UK gov’t should speak up
The Chinese national anthem, March of the Volunteers, was composed for a 1935 film Children of Troubled Times. It is about resistance to the Japanese invaders, with young people choosing to dedicate themselves to that cause. There is a deep irony then that in modern Hong Kong, where self-determination, democracy and the rule of law […]
Mother’s Day protests: The world cannot let China’s actions in Hong Kong go unnoticed
While Mothers’ Day around the world is a time when families relax together and children give their mothers cards, gifts and acts of kindness, in Hong Kong this year Mothers’ Day was a day when mothers wept. It was a day when the Hong Kong Police Force fired pepper balls at shoppers, threatened a woman […]
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