The most recent round of “knocks on the door”, by 1000 arresting officers, graphically demonstrates the death of “two systems one country” and the total imposition of “one system” on Hong Kong – a system whose attributes provide little room for comfort, let alone for the rule of law or human rights.
Speaking earlier today on behalf of the UN’s Office of Human Rights, Liz Throssell, said that the arrests of academics, lawyers, legislators, and pro democracy activists, were “the latest in a series of detentions related to the exercise of fundamental freedoms, including the right to peaceful assembly, in Hong Kong.”
She said that the offence of subversion under the National Security Law is undoubtedly being used to detain individuals for exercising their right to take part in political and public life.
She added that this is a fundamental right protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , which was, of course, incorporated into Hong Kong’s Basic Law.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/01/1081552
