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UK must be able to raise Hong Kong, COVID issues with China, says Boris Johnson
//British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that Britain must able to speak out about "serious concerns" about the origins of COVID-19, Hong Kong and the country's critical national infrastructure with China.
"We must feel absolutely free to raise those issues loud and clear with Beijing and that's what we will continue to do," Johnson told parliament.//
Source: Reuters #Jun10
Photo: Telegraph
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UK must be able to raise Hong Kong, COVID issues with China, says Boris Johnson
//British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that Britain must able to speak out about "serious concerns" about the origins of COVID-19, Hong Kong and the country's critical national infrastructure with China.
"We must feel absolutely free to raise those issues loud and clear with Beijing and that's what we will continue to do," Johnson told parliament.//
Source: Reuters #Jun10
Photo: Telegraph
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"The UK remains deeply concerned about the Hong Kong authorities' focus on pursuing legal cases against pro-democracy figures like Jimmy Lai," says spokesman for #UK Prime Minister
Britain expressed alarm on Dec 11, 2020 after Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, who has UK citizenship, became the most high-profile figure yet charged under a sweeping national security law.
Police charged Lai on Friday of "collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security".
"The UK remains deeply concerned about the Hong Kong authorities' focus on pursuing legal cases against pro-democracy figures like Jimmy Lai," a spokesman for Prime Minister #BorisJohnson told reporters.
"We have raised this case with the authorities and will continue to lobby them at senior levels to end their targeting of pro-democracy voices."
Source: Barrons, Dec11
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https://www.barrons.com/news/uk-says-deeply-concerned-after-hk-s-jimmy-lai-charged-01607691604?tesla=y
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"The UK remains deeply concerned about the Hong Kong authorities' focus on pursuing legal cases against pro-democracy figures like Jimmy Lai," says spokesman for #UK Prime Minister
Britain expressed alarm on Dec 11, 2020 after Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, who has UK citizenship, became the most high-profile figure yet charged under a sweeping national security law.
Police charged Lai on Friday of "collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security".
"The UK remains deeply concerned about the Hong Kong authorities' focus on pursuing legal cases against pro-democracy figures like Jimmy Lai," a spokesman for Prime Minister #BorisJohnson told reporters.
"We have raised this case with the authorities and will continue to lobby them at senior levels to end their targeting of pro-democracy voices."
Source: Barrons, Dec11
Read full article
https://www.barrons.com/news/uk-says-deeply-concerned-after-hk-s-jimmy-lai-charged-01607691604?tesla=y
#CCP #PressFreedom #Authoritarianism #PoliceState #NationalSecurityLaw
Barrons
UK Says 'Deeply Concerned' After HK's Jimmy Lai Charged
Britain expressed alarm on Friday after Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, who has UK citizenship, became the most high-profile figure yet charged under a sweeping national security law.
Britain’s diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics will not send officials to attend
Following the United States and Australia, Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, indicated in Parliament on Wednesday (Dec 8) that they will not send ministers or officials to attend the Winter Olympics in February next year. He described this as an “actual” diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Iain Duncan Smith, the Former Chairman of the Conservative Party, said, “The authoritarian and brutal Chinese regime is persecuting religious minorities and threatening Muslim Uyghurs”, and ask the UK to diplomatically boycott Beijing Winter Olympics.
Johnson responded that he did not believe boycotting sports activities was a wise approach. But he indicated, “No ministers or officials are expected to attend, which will actually be a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic”.
Source: Stand News #Dec09
https://thestandnews.page.link/oCxHShMVEKzDyhQG8
#UnitedKingdom #BeijingWinterOlympic #Uyghurs #Muslim #BorisJohnson
Following the United States and Australia, Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, indicated in Parliament on Wednesday (Dec 8) that they will not send ministers or officials to attend the Winter Olympics in February next year. He described this as an “actual” diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Iain Duncan Smith, the Former Chairman of the Conservative Party, said, “The authoritarian and brutal Chinese regime is persecuting religious minorities and threatening Muslim Uyghurs”, and ask the UK to diplomatically boycott Beijing Winter Olympics.
Johnson responded that he did not believe boycotting sports activities was a wise approach. But he indicated, “No ministers or officials are expected to attend, which will actually be a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic”.
Source: Stand News #Dec09
https://thestandnews.page.link/oCxHShMVEKzDyhQG8
#UnitedKingdom #BeijingWinterOlympic #Uyghurs #Muslim #BorisJohnson
UK judges quit Hong Kong's top court over national security law concerns while Canadian and Australian judges decide to remain
Two senior British judges, including the president of the UK Supreme Court, Lord #RobertReed and his deputy Lord #PatrickHodge resigned from Hong Kong's highest court. Four of the ten remaining overseas judges, however, said they would remain to defend the city's "last surviving strong institution of democracy".
Reed said in a statement on March 30, 2022, that they could no longer serve in Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal "without appearing to endorse an administration which has departed from values of political freedom."
The judges resignation was endorsed by the UK prime minister as #BorisJohnson told MPs: “They have evidently concluded the constraints of the national security law make it impossible for them to serve in the way they would want.”
British Foreign Secretary #LizTruss also said that the situation had reached a tippingpoint "untenable" for judges to serve independently without risk legitimising oppression.
"We have seen a systematic erosion of liberty and democracy in Hong Kong. Since the National Security Law was imposed, authorities have cracked down on free speech, the free press and free association."
Four of the ten remaining overseas judges, however, have said on the next day that they will remain, including former Canadian chief justice Beverley McLachlin, Australian judges William Gummow, Anthony Murray Gleeson and Robert French.
Sources:
InmediaHK, #Mar30;
https://bit.ly/3LqiLrr
HKFP, #Mar31
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/31/australian-canadian-judges-to-stay-on-hong-kong-top-court-after-2-uk-judges-quit-citing-security-law/
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Hong Kong Watch, the first overseas organisation accused of National Security Violations
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/32404
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Two senior British judges, including the president of the UK Supreme Court, Lord #RobertReed and his deputy Lord #PatrickHodge resigned from Hong Kong's highest court. Four of the ten remaining overseas judges, however, said they would remain to defend the city's "last surviving strong institution of democracy".
Reed said in a statement on March 30, 2022, that they could no longer serve in Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal "without appearing to endorse an administration which has departed from values of political freedom."
The judges resignation was endorsed by the UK prime minister as #BorisJohnson told MPs: “They have evidently concluded the constraints of the national security law make it impossible for them to serve in the way they would want.”
British Foreign Secretary #LizTruss also said that the situation had reached a tippingpoint "untenable" for judges to serve independently without risk legitimising oppression.
"We have seen a systematic erosion of liberty and democracy in Hong Kong. Since the National Security Law was imposed, authorities have cracked down on free speech, the free press and free association."
Four of the ten remaining overseas judges, however, have said on the next day that they will remain, including former Canadian chief justice Beverley McLachlin, Australian judges William Gummow, Anthony Murray Gleeson and Robert French.
Sources:
InmediaHK, #Mar30;
https://bit.ly/3LqiLrr
HKFP, #Mar31
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/31/australian-canadian-judges-to-stay-on-hong-kong-top-court-after-2-uk-judges-quit-citing-security-law/
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Barrister #PaulHarris Leaves Hong Kong After Being Approached by National Security Police
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/32345
Hong Kong Watch, the first overseas organisation accused of National Security Violations
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/32404
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Cabinet ministers voice security fears as Boris Johnson seeks closer ties to China
A cabinet split over UK-China relations has deepened after it emerged the prime minister is seeking to boost trade with the economic superpower.
Boris Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak are looking to form what sources close to them describe as a more pragmatic and balanced approach to ties with Beijing.
The tone adopted by No 10 and 11 is at odds with what some cabinet figures view as a mounting threat to British security from the world’s second-largest economy.
Source: Independent #Feb13
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-china-security-cabinet-b2014060.html
#China #UK #BorisJohnson
A cabinet split over UK-China relations has deepened after it emerged the prime minister is seeking to boost trade with the economic superpower.
Boris Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak are looking to form what sources close to them describe as a more pragmatic and balanced approach to ties with Beijing.
The tone adopted by No 10 and 11 is at odds with what some cabinet figures view as a mounting threat to British security from the world’s second-largest economy.
Source: Independent #Feb13
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-china-security-cabinet-b2014060.html
#China #UK #BorisJohnson