Day: March 20, 2024
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Hong Kong’s New Domestic Security Could Suppress Dissent, Freedom
Hong Kong’s opposition-free legislature has passed Article 23 or the Safeguarding National Security Bill. The new bill has increased the penalty for five types of offenses – treason, insurrection, sabotage, external interference, theft of state secrets, and espionage. Various members of the legislative council have called the occasion an “important milestone” while Chief Executive John…