The Hong Kong government has canceled the passports of six overseas-based activists under the new national security law, stepping up its crackdown on dissidents who moved overseas.
FILE - In this image taken from video, former employee at the British consulate in Hong Kong Simon Cheng speaks during an interview in London, on July 3, 2020. The Hong Kong government on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 canceled the passports of six overseas-based activists including Cheng under the new national security law, stepping up its crackdown on dissidents who moved overseas.
The government said it acted because the six were continuing to engage in activities that endanger national security, smearing the city and colluding with external forces.Two British judges resign from Hong Kong court. One cites the city’s ‘political situation’ The measures were taken under the new powers granted by Hong Kong’s homegrown national security law enacted in March.on the territory in 2020 that has effectively wiped out most public dissent following the huge anti-government protests in 2019. Many activists were arrested, silenced or forced into self-exile.that allows them to live and work in the country and apply for British citizenship after six years. The U.K. introduced the pathway in 2021 in response to the 2020 security law.
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