Human Rights in Hong Kong Are at a Tipping Point
The U.S. has long encouraged Hong Kong, an economically free and prosperous state, to let its residents exercise political and individual rights to the highest degree possible. To reaffirm that stance—and to address the erosion of freedom and rights in Hong Kong over the last couple of years—Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) recently reintroduced the Hong Kong Democracy and Human Rights Act.