US EditionUK condemns Hong Kong cash offer for help in arresting activists
- On Friday, Hong Kong authorities announced a wanted list for 19 activists and offered cash rewards, with the UK government condemning the move.
- These appeals follow three earlier, with bounties ranging from about US$25,000 to US$125,000 per individual, involving Hong Kong authorities' repeated actions.
- In a joint statement, David Lammy and Yvette Cooper called it `another example of transnational repression`, while they added `this Government will continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong`.
- Proposed changes to UK extradition rules sparked fears it could resume Hong Kong extraditions, risking further transnational repression, UK officials said.
- The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR said it pledged cooperation to crack down on anti-China separatists and uphold the `One Country, Two Systems` principle.
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US slams Hong Kong’s national security bounty offers targeting overseas activists
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday condemned Hong Kong’s offer of rewards for any information leading to the arrest of a select list of overseas activists, including some based in the United States. The US Senate’s side of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. File photo: Wikicommons. “The extraterritorial targeting of Hong Kongers who are exercising their fundamental freedoms is a form of transnational repression,” Rubio said in a …
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right2Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left, 42% Center
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- 42% of the sources lean Left, 42% of the sources are Center
42% Center
L 42%
C 42%
R 17%
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