US to restrict visas for 'multiple' Hong Kong officials

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a joint press conference with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry following a meeting between the US top diplomat and Arab envoys, in Cairo on March, 21, 2024. Blinken said on March 21, a major military operation by Israel in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah would be"a mistake".

In response to "intensifying repression" and restrictions on "civil society, media, and dissenting voices," the State Department "is taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on multiple Hong Kong officials," the statement added.His announcement comes after Washington's annual review of Hong Kong's autonomy, a status promised by Beijing when Britain handed over the city in 1997.

In 2020, the United States also revoked the financial hub's special trade status in response to the quashing of 2019's large, and at times violent, pro-democracy protests. Separately on Friday, the US government-funded news service Radio Free Asia said that it had closed its Hong Kong office after the enactment of the new law, citing concerns for the safety of its staff.GForest named 2023 national winner of Energy Globe Award in the PhilippinesWatsons wins Silver at 59th Anvil Awards for Himtayan campaignA woman who says she was threatened with being kicked off a US Delta Air Lines flight because she was not wearing a bra demanded...

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