With Legal Process to support him 3 months on from devastating chemical explosion, the lebanese Capital Building we hear the story of 5 brothers and sisters who all of hong kongs prodemocracy lawmakers have resigned in protest after the territories government disqualified 4 of their colleagues that way and that decision came minutes after the chinese polland passed a resolution allowing carry law to expel legislators without having to go through the courts. And using this recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a National Security law. After months of antigovernment protests rocked the city. Last year. I learned today that the squad, one of the 4 pro democracy and peace, the Hong Kong Government has expelled, gave his opinion to d. W. On callums. That reason for this decision, i think the one country 2 Systems Design all the original spirit of it. If any is now gone and im free that the Constitutional Order what we supposed. Ready to have the example
But for some the end date has already arrived. Well, theyve been a correspondent. Kong has been following events from taiwan. Welcome, phoebe. What was kerry alarms justification for dismissing the original 4 lawmakers . Well, one of the most controversial part of their this qualification is that beijing has taken and chosen an extraordinary path to achieve. So if by making a decision and resolution in beijing itself, late levon the matter be resolved in a local level in hong kong. And there has been actually, there is existing mechanics, them in home homes and see its a lawmaker. But now the resolution as simply and power as the whole whole no ministration to unseat anyone. They see there and they enjoy a National Security. So thats why some of the legal experts and also politicians, opposition activists saying that this is arbitrary route and thats why were her stance. Could be anyone in the future to be unseated. I think governments and carol them deny such accusation and saying tha
Im fogel. Welcome to the program called prodemocracy. Lawmakers have resigned on mass after the territorys government removed 4 of their colleagues. The 15 resignations came after the Chinese Parliament passed a law allowing the islands chief executive to expel legislators without going through the courts. Beijing has defended the legislation as necessary to uphold the rule of law in hong kong. Opposition. Lawmakers say it spells the end of the territorys pfeifer democratic rights. That way, if they were the last remaining prodemocracy lawmakers in hong kong, now they are resigning in solidarity with their colleagues who were deemed threats to National Security by beijing. It is yet another blow for their prodemocracy movement. All i got that we got all the decision made by the National Peoples Congress Today is extremely ridiculous. It shows that the Central Government has completely given up the basic law and given up one country 2 systems. Dennis kwok is one of the 4, expelled lawma
Their activism by this years right livelihood award. And the shop that throughout hong kong around the world we speak to the protester injured last year by the 1st Police Bullet fired during the citys prodemocracy demonstrations hes now facing years in prison. Good to have you with us authorities in belarus have suspended the popular independent news outlet to be for 3 months the site has covered the ongoing protests against the reelection of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko for people to be has been a key source of information about the government crackdown on the demonstrations has broadcast images documenting Police Violence and mass arrests including those of all the. Leaders journalists and photographers. Government is also making it increasingly difficult for foreign journalists nic connolly whos reported there now for weeks shows us how belarus is trying to stop the cameras from filming and what that might mean for the protest movement for weeks of protests capturing im
Im michael okun welcome to the program at least 90 people have been arrested in hong kong in protests against the governments decision to postpone Elections Police fired pepper balls at prodemocracy campaigner protesters are angry that authorities will hold elections to the citys Legislature Next july instead of this sunday authorities have blamed the coronavirus pandemic for the delay antigovernment protesters have been held across since june last year. And correspondent phebe kong joins us now from hong kong by phone phebe hundreds of people are protesting there today against the press boning of the elections what exactly are they worried about. Yeah i have been writing that sos has all i said all afternoon in hong kong today and all this week with her protests so kind of like give me back my clothes and i want to kind of like those guys on the street so today i originally on this is just an election day one of the most important election in a city. Like this and so it acts like a st