Publications, Press Releases

• BBC: Massive protest over HK treason law

  2002-12-16
  'About 20,000 people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong in one of the biggest demonstrations in recent years to protest against planned anti-subversion legislation...Pro-democracy politicians and human rights activists have been joined by businessmen who fear the legislation could damage Hong Kong's role as a business centre because it might limit the exchange of financial information.'
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• AFP: International press group slams China's jailing of journalists

  2002-12-15
  '"We observe that journalists and other advocates of free expression continue to be harassed, arrested and jailed and that more than 30 are currently in prison," Balding told the propaganda officials.'
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• Reuters: Survey shows rising anxiety over freedoms in HK

  2002-12-14
  Under the proposed law, people found guilty of acts of treason, sedition, secession from, or subversion against the mainland government could be imprisoned for life. Rights activists and legal experts worry the law may roll back civil liberties and could be exploited by Hong Kong and Beijing authorities to target anyone they do not like.
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• Wall Street Journal: Examining Asia: Tung Chee Hwa, “Friend of Democracy”

  2002-12-14
  This is an ominous sign given the fact new anti-subversion laws are under consideration which will give the central government a mechanism to push the Hong Kong government to ban groups like the Falun Gong which are outlawed on the mainland.
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• Rapid Dispatch: World Human Rights Lawyers Hold Press Conference in Paris Regarding Filing Lawsuit against Li Lanqing, the Chief of the 610 Office

  2002-12-13
  The lawyers said that they are full of confidence that the court will [affirm] Li Lanqing's crime. He said that China has been warned. Those who perform or give orders to perform torture will be tried, no matter where they come from and where they are found.
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• Ireland: Resident Calls for the Rescue of Her Sister and Two Friends.

  2002-12-13
  Ms. Dai Dongxue, a Dublin resident today called for help to free her sister Dai Xialing from Jinan Labour Camp in China; "My sister Xialing has been imprisoned simply because of her belief...I do not want to see my sister die in a labour camp."
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• Geneva Home Information (GHI): Human Rights in China - Falun Gong: the persecution continues

  2002-12-13
  'Over 100,000 practitioners of Falun Gong have been sent to labour camps...The persecution has reached unbelievable proportions. According to the Swiss Falun Gong Association, millions of Chinese practitioners, albeit in good physical and mental health, have been committed to psychiatric hospitals.'
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• AFP (Agence France-Press): Hong Kong security law jeopardises freedoms

  2002-12-13
  'At risk are the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; the right to freedom of expression; and the right to peaceful assembly and to freedom of association, the London-based human rights organisation Amnesty International said in a statement. The Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF - Reporters Without Borders) and the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) also both warned that the proposed legislation would restrict the freedom of journalists.'
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• Far East Economic Review: HONG KONG: Business: The Biggest Victim

  2002-12-13
  'Moves to outlaw sedition and subversion have generated a storm of protest. Even bankers and businessmen are criticizing proposals that may end Hong Kong's freedoms and change the way that business is done.'
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• Apple Daily: Lawyers Take to the Streets to Distribute Flyers Against Article 23 (Excerpt)

  2002-12-12
  Many well-known lawyers of Hong Kong come to Mong Kok to distribute flyers against Article 23 in the cold and rain
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• Reuters Reports that United States and Britain Express Concerns Over Hong Kong's Proposed Subversion Law [Excerpt]

  2002-12-12
  'Hong Kong's government is aiming to enact by July a tough anti-subversion law...But the issue has inflamed rights activists and legal circles, which worry the law may roll back civil liberties and be exploited by authorities to target anyone they did not like.'
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• Apple Daily Reports that Medium and Small Enterprises Are Expressing Concern that Article 23 Will Have a Negative Effect on Business (Photo)

  2002-12-12
  Apple Daily reported on December 6 that after foreign merchants and foreign capital banks openly expressed their concerns about the enactment of Article 23 of the Basic Law, even the chamber of commerce for medium and small enterprises, which previously supported the government with respect to this legislation, also expressed concern that the legislation would negatively affect the business environment.
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• EFIC Press Release: On International Human Rights Day Jiang Zemin’s Persecution affects European Residents too!

  2002-12-11
  
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• EFIC (Press Release): On International Human Rights Day – 10 December 2002 – Jiang Zemin plans to end basic human rights for the people of Hong Kong

  2002-12-10
  Regardless of the benefits touted by Hong Kong’s leadership, adopting an anti-subversion law based on Article 23 of the Basic law will do nothing more than extend the ability of Jiang Zemin's regime to violate human rights as well as persecute Falun Gong and other peaceful groups in Hong Kong. It will put the will of Jiang Zemin above the law, above the Hong Kong government and above the will of the people.
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• The Times: Fears for freedom as Hong Kong awaits security law

  2002-12-10
  Officials recently began putting together the law, stirring concerns that even some financial information or commentary could be deemed illegal, given the broad definition of such crimes in mainland China.
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