Human rights lawyer among 11 arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of helping activists flee the city

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It comes amid the first confirmed takedown of a website in Hong Kong under the national security law imposed by China.

The national security law mandates up to life imprisonment for any offence China views as"secession, subversion, collusion with foreign forces and terrorism".

Internet users noticed the website HKChronicles was unreachable from some Hong Kong-based devices last week, and its owner put out a statement saying she believed authorities were blocking access. HKChronicles, which is still available overseas and in Hong Kong through virtual private networks, is a controversial site.It ran lists of businesses that support the democracy movement, and collected stories and footage from huge and often violent pro-democracy protests that swept Hong Kong in 2019 - with a particular focus on allegations of excessive police violence.

 

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Very sad...

How much longer is the global community going to allow Chinas CCP etc to get away with this 🤔,,, is Australia no better now if it continues to do business with China or any other country trading with them 🤔,,,,👁🌍👁

Wew, political censorship on the internet. Does American cultural imperialism know no bounds?

This is what they do to their own Imagine whan they would do to us

CCPChina is trying to silent all different voices in HongKong. Under the national security law, there's no freedom

When you decide to against dictatorship and democracy of freedom in Hong Kong citizens from tyranny Carrie Lam

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