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UIN 905660
Hong Kong: Civil Liberties
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8 September 2020
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What recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the arrest of newspaper owner Jimmy Lai and the suppression of freedom of speech and press freedoms in Hong Kong.
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8 September 2020
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What recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the arrest of newspaper owner Jimmy Lai and the suppression of freedom of speech and press freedoms in Hong Kong.
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8 September 2020
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The enactment and imposition by China of national security legislation for Hong Kong constitutes a clear and serious breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. It violates the high degree of autonomy of executive and legislative powers and independent ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-08/905660
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1232145
- uk · wq-1232145 · source updated 8 September 2020