HONG KONG - A new national security law came into force in Hong Kong on March 23 despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the city, which is ruled by China but has some autonomy stemming from its history as a British colony.
Australia and Britain on March 22 criticised China for its actions in Hong Kong after a meeting in Adelaide, noting in a joint statement"deep concerns about the continuing systemic erosion of autonomy, freedoms and rights". Hong Kong authorities, however, in a statement,"strongly condemned such political manoeuvres with skewed, fact-twisting, scaremongering and panic-spreading remarks".
"It is alarming that such consequential legislation was rushed through the legislature through an accelerated process, in spite of serious concerns raised about the incompatibility of many of its provisions with international human rights law," said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights earlier. Some 291 people have been arrested for national security offences, with 174 of these and five companies charged so far according to official figures.
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