LIBERTY is under siege in Hong Kong where a new draconian security law has been imposed by Mainland China that threatens the cherished freedoms of the city and its autonomy. With its Hong Kong nati...
Protesters accused Britain of failing to hold Beijing to account over its treatment of Hong Kong. Photo:AFP / Nicolas ASFOURI
Liberal democracy and institutional safeguards of freedom have lately come under threat globally. Freedom House, an NGO, found 2019 to be the 14th consecutive year of decline in global freedom with dictators “toiling to stamp out the last vestiges of domestic freedom and spread their harmful influence to new corners of the world.
Its importance also lies in its history and the special status it enjoys in Communist-led China. Run as a British colony since 1842, it was transferred to China in 1997, facilitated by the SBJD of 1984 and concretised in the Basic Law that recognised the country as a Special Administrative Region. Under the “one country, two systems” principle, Hong Kong are to continue to enjoy freedoms they had under British rule, including universal suffrage and free enterprise after reunification.
He has been particularly impatient with the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong who have periodically staged global attention-riveting protests in opposition to Beijing’s constant interference with the city and attempts to disregard the 2047 deadline for full assumption of central authority. The Umbrella Revolution or Occupy Movement featured street protests from September to December 2014 to resist an attempt by China to restrict voting rights.
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