US sanctions leader of Hong Kong, Chinese authorities

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. The semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong reports 95 new cases and three additional fatalities reported. The city of 7.5 million people has restricted indoor dining and require faces masks to be worn in all public places.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong officials, including the pro-China leader of the government, accusing them of roles in squashing freedom in the former British colony.

Whenever the US sanctions a head of state, that leader is no longer perceived as legitimate. By targeting Lam, Washington signals to Beijing that she has to go before any fresh start can take place. Lam and her Cabinet are now a liability to Beijing.

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This is good news for the HongKong people. Freedom, democracy, and human rights are the common language of the free world. While HongKongers have shown their alignment with these universal values, the individuals on the list decided to betray & crash over their own people.🤬

Thank you all, most people happy to hear this news, from hongkong

Good. Now do Saudi Arabia. The US sanctions China because of its human rights abuses but kisses the Saudi ring despite their abuses. Oil dependency makes America a hypocrite.

Funny how the USA shuns China because of its human rights abuses but kisses the Saudi ring despite their abuses. Oil dependency makes America a hypocrite.

Notorious CCP and Hong Kong officials deceive it. StandWithHongKong

China amply deserves to be ostracized by nations because of its disregard for human rights and the serious violations it commits. But the problem is that the US itself is far from being blameless. But then again... We'll just have to make do with trumped-up decisions.

Great news

kerokero_HKer Thanks! Although facing the evil Chinazi, NationalSecurityLaw & PoliceBrutality, Hongkongers are not giving up! Besides CarrieLam, many other officials & HKPolice must be sanctioned! NewEastBerlin HK FreeHK HongKongNeedsHelp DefendingHongKong StandWithHongKong

kerokero_HKer Thanks! No matter how evil the CCP Chinazi NationalSecurityLaw are No matter how brutal the HKPolice is HKer are still fighting for justice, liberty & democracy💪🏿😠 Hongkonger are not giving up! StandWithHongKong AntiChinazi FreeHK PoliceBrutality HumanitarianCrisis

Response from senior figure in HongKong

The world is looking at the US to see what they are doing in their country as role-models for democracy (as they impose sanctions and other such measures).

As a Hongkonger, I understand it is difficult for HK to have justice, HumanRight, liberty & democracy.. But We’re still fighting! Thanks for supporting us! :) No more PoliceBrutality, evil CCP Chinazi Totalitarianism! SOSHK FreeHK DefendingHongKong StandWithHongKong

Hope the rest of free world leaders will do similar and StandWithHongKong MakeChinaPay

Can’t thank the US anymore! The greatest greatest news this year!!!! Send Carrie lam’s son back to HK soon please

They deserve that. Sanction them with more solid punishment!StandWithHongKong

If squashing freedom is wrong then why is it being suppressed in BLM concerned citizens in Portland and other cities in the USA. Or is there another long list of offenders planned by the US Treasury Department? I guess it might be a long wait to see this.

Thank you Pls urge US 🇺🇸Sanction all CCP, Hong Kong govt, pro-Beijing Lawmakers, judges & police officials who violated human rights, suppress people. StandWithHongKong HongKongProtests NationalSecurityLaw

‘If we burn, they burn with us!’ Finally these officials need to face consequences of oppressing hkers’ freedom! Free nations like 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 should join 🇺🇸 in sanctioning these individuals! They deserve to be sanctioned! Thanks USA in standwithHK!

So proud of those HK & CCP officials who share the same sanction list with a cruel African Terrorist that massacred many innocent Africans, which imply all of them are the same kind of criminals who commit TERRORISM! They should be brought to the INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE!

Chinese fascists will continue to pay the price

What she deserve for violating himan rights!

For years the Chinese government thinks US sanction is nothing but lip service of politicans. Finally they need to pay for thr atrocities made. Sincerely gratitude to see this happening

shiroihamusan B O O M！ B I T C H！

i opened a beer after hearing the news

About time

Great news.

TrumpIsANationalDisgrace 🇺🇸

The list will just get longer and longer. More good news to come :) standwithhongkong

Carrie Lam may not be the best governing my home city, however, with the new security law implemented now, live in HK is finally back to normal. For those who clapped their hands for US sanctions our fellow HKist, go f**k yourselves.

Many evil officials are not on the list. Hope they are sanctioned later on. HongKong StandwithHK

Great news! Can’t wait to see longer sanction list

Please stop China from eroding the free world!!

Thank you America.

Thank the US🙏 We have been looking forward to sanctions against these human rights abusers. At this moment, Hong Kong is full of joy🥳🤗🍾

Nobody see them as leaders in HK. They are the worst we've come across in HK. These people and also those not on the list this time worked together to destroy a beautiful city took generations to build in less than a year. Let karma begins.🙏

Thank you for standing w/ freedom and democracy. From the extradition law to the national security law, HK has lost her freedom. This city is no longer safe. People who destroyed this city should pay the price. SOSHK

Thank you USA for StandwithHK. HKers urge the democratic countries join with USA to punish those human right violators - CCP, HK officials and HKPoliceTerrorists. They must pay.

The HK Gov selectively turns a blind eye to freedom stated in the Basic Law but advocates one country two systems. Now they get the sanction they deserve.

This is a milestone for hongkong . thank you for US and freedom fighters in HK to make it come true. Big boss will be the next

well deserved

shiroihamusan Awesome!

Good news

Thank you 🇺🇸 for advocating the universal core values together! The free world pls stand against CCP tyranny who shows no respect on basic human rights.

Good to see justice started prevailing over evil. In fact, these sinners have many assets in other countries like Australia and UK. Most of their families are even citizens of other democratic countries. That’s why these countries should act the same! HongKong China

CCP officials & Carrie Lam's teams are well deserved! Thank you for the justice done of your team under POTUS SecPompeo of US administration.

Ok now do Portland.

What’s better news than this? WorldsMostWanted

Pretty Pathetic from USA, considering what they currently doing in Portland, sending in army's and how many citizens died from police shooting less than a week? Let's compare to China Hong-Kong. The HK police been brutalised by theseTerrorists, thrown petrol bombs to harassments.

Maybe trump should stop sending guards into Democrat cities against protesters before he complains about what going on in another country.

Opinion | Only 100 years temporary leased to British UK as they attacked Forbidden City over 2 Opium war. Before 1841, Hong Kong territory was belonged to Beijing, the royal Emperor Puyi. PERIOD.

Freedom is the universal core value that the free world should uphold it. Thank you 🇺🇸 for taking a leading role to show how can we punish CCP tyranny who violate our mutual believes. Hope the free world would follow.

Great news to Hong Kongers! Those officials deserve it! Hope more countries like UK will follow US to impose sanction by Magnitsky Act. StandWithHongKong

For some reason, that sounds comical. WE are imposing sanctions.... we who are banned from most countries, have abandoned our allies, consist of citizens that thanks to SenateGOP will soon have no purchasing power, WE? are imposing sanctions? What exactly does that mean?

Hey Why are so many of your journalists communists & socialists? Writing also for Peoplesworld, the newspaper for the Communist party USA? Hmmm?

Not only the U.S. Administration need to leverage 'Clean Network' enforcement, but also scrutinize and arrest those Chinese employees working at Facebook, Google and Twitter, who are members of Chinese Communist Party.

MrJonCryer How about reporting Trump to Hague

Yes! May the sanctions keep going on! There are still many officials in this tyranny are destroying Hong Kong autonomy and freedom! StandWithHongKong

Lol. China is still a sovereign nation whether or not Washington agrees with what is going on in Hong Kong. Imagine Beijing imposing sanctions on the architects of baby caging policies.

Too bad she will no longer be able to visit the US or buy any US product. She will have to delete all the US apps and spit out all the fast foods and Starbucks coffee she had. Her life will turn into a misery. Poor Lam!

Yet nothing on the bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. ProtectOurMilitary

And Russia?

Hong Kong people have been waiting for this news for quite some time. The notorious Beijing puopets in the HK government shall be held accountable for what they have done to the city, whose freedom, human rights, justice, democracy and rule of law have vanished in the past year.

Oh no poor communists.

Expecting a longer list but this already made my day!

Trump diversion so that lazy news producers have their story for the weekend, INSTEAD OF THE FACT THAT RUSSIA IS DOING IT AGAIN AND THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION AGAIN

Great news!

Will the world impose sanctions on the US for the attacks on protesters to give trump a photo op? Or the unidentified agents grabbing people off the streets and throwing them into unmarked cars?

Pot, meet kettle...

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