{"id":237896,"date":"2019-11-19T22:22:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T03:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=237896"},"modified":"2019-11-19T22:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T03:22:42","slug":"eu-calls-for-restraint-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/19\/eu-calls-for-restraint-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"EU calls for restraint in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hong Kong, an autonomous region under China since 1998, is witnessing protests since early June, against the Carrie Lam administration\u2019s move to legalize extradition to mainland China. (File Photo<\/a>: Studio Incendo\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ANKARA<\/strong>\u00a0— The European Union on Monday called on all sides in Hong Kong to exercise restraint and said that any violence is “unacceptable”.<\/p>\n

Maja Kocijancic, a spokeswoman for the EU Commission, said in a news briefing in Brussels that the EU continues to monitor the situation in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

“We repeat our call to all sides to exercise restraint and engage constructively in efforts to deescalate the situation,” Kocijancic said.<\/p>\n

“Any violence is unacceptable,” she added.<\/p>\n

She said actions by the law enforcement authorities must remain strictly proportionate.<\/p>\n

Kocijancic said fundamental freedoms, including the right of peaceful assembly and expression, must be upheld.<\/p>\n

More than 50 protesters were detained on Monday as Hong Kong police lay siege to a university.<\/p>\n

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University occupied by protesters since last week has become a hotspot of clashes in more than five months of political unrest.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong, an autonomous region under China since 1998, is witnessing protests since early June, against the Carrie Lam administration\u2019s move to legalize extradition to mainland China.<\/p>\n

The government has already dumped the bill, but protests continue with demands to prosecute the police for violence.<\/p>\n

In a related development Monday, the High Court ruled that a mask ban imposed by the government was incompatible with Basic Law, the city’s mini Constitution.<\/p>\n

The Lam administration imposed a harsh mask ban on Oct. 5 after protesters hid their identity. Many people were charged and detained for defying the ban.\u00a0(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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