Hong Kong: Rapid deterioration of rights ahead of Human Rights Committee review
Hong Kong Watch and ARTICLE 19 made a joint submission ahead of the fourth review of Hong Kong at the upcoming 135th session of the UN Human Rights Committee.
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Hong Kong Watch and ARTICLE 19 made a joint submission ahead of the fourth review of Hong Kong at the upcoming 135th session of the UN Human Rights Committee.
The freedoms of expression, information, assembly, and association are being persistently eroded by those in power, leaving no illusions of democracy in Hong Kong.
Safeguard Defenders has set up an office in Taipei, its first in Asia, the Spain-based human rights organization said yesterday. “Taiwan was an obvious choice because of its open society and geographic proximity,” the non-governmental organization (NGO) said on its Web site. Safeguard Defenders was established in 2016. Its predecessor was human rights organization China Action, which was set up by Swedish reporter Peter Dahlin, US human rights advocate Michael Caster and human rights lawyers in China. Its operations in Taipei were set up as it is particularly concerned about deteriorating ...
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