Five Eyes Stand In Defense of Persecuted HK Lawmakers
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Governments of Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States urged Beijing regime to reconsider disqualification of democratically elected Hong Kong representatives.
The Five Eyes intelligence sharing group said that China's imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong appeared to be part of a campaign to silence critics and called on Beijing to reverse course.
We urge the Chinese central authorities to re-consider their actions against Hong Kong's elected legislature and immediately reinstate the Legislative Council members, foreign ministers from Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
Based on the Beijing-invented rules, Hong Kong expelled from Parliament
representatives who have democratic mandate.
Hong Kong expelled four opposition members from its legislature last week after Beijing gave city authorities new powers to curb dissent. The move triggered mass resignations by Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition lawmakers.
China's action is a clear breach of its international obligations under the legally binding, UN-registered Sino-British Joint Declaration, the five countries said.
Britain now considers China has broken the Joint Declaration three times
Britain now considers China has broken the Joint Declaration three times, including with national security legislation for Hong Kong introduced this year.
Washington has already imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other Chinese officials over the crackdown, and has warned of further steps.
Police in Hong Kong said they had arrested three former lawmakers on Wednesday morning.
As it was expected, despite the evidence visible to everyone Communist China was quick to deny curbing rights and freedoms in the global financial hub.
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