LONDON (UK) – British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged Hong Kong authorities on Monday to desist from targeting media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, who is charged under the national security law imposed on the city by Beijing.
“The Hong Kong National Security Law breaches the internationally-binding Joint Declaration, and is now being used to charge Jimmy Lai,” Raab said.
“This highlights the authorities’ continued attacks on the rights and freedoms of its people.
“We have raised this case with the authorities in Hong Kong and call on them to end their targeting of Lai and other pro-democracy voices.”