{"id":256027,"date":"2020-05-25T09:12:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T13:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256027"},"modified":"2020-05-25T09:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T13:12:33","slug":"widespread-protests-met-chinas-proposal-on-national-security-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/25\/widespread-protests-met-chinas-proposal-on-national-security-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Widespread protests met China\u2019s proposal on national security bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Attended by around 200 people, the protest was held in support of Hong Kong\u2019s democracy and the special administrative region\u2019s fight against China\u2019s national security legislation which is set to be approved in China\u2019s parliament this week\u2014without consulting the Hong Kong legislature. (Photo: Philippine Canadian Inquirer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Protesters gathered outside the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver on Sunday to object China\u2019s proposal to impose the national security bill that will crack down pro-democracy and independence movement on the semi-autonomous Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Attended by around 200 people, the protest was held in support of Hong Kong\u2019s democracy and the special administrative region\u2019s fight against China\u2019s national security legislation which is set to be approved in China\u2019s parliament this week\u2014without consulting the Hong Kong legislature.<\/p>\n

Mabel Tung, the organizer of the protest, told Vancouver Sun that the legislature would \u201ctake away a lot of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Photo: Philippine Canadian Inquirer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tung says that the law, if approved, would allow people from Hong Kong to be deported in mainland China if they were accused of a crime.<\/p>\n

In Winnipeg, a group of protesters also gathered in front of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in support of Hong Kong\u2019s independence movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy roots are still in Hong Kong, every time I saw the Hong Kong news, I feel the same with the Hong Kong people,\u201d said Brian Cheung, one of the organizers of the campaign, in an interview with Global News.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see in Hong Kong there\u2019s one million, two million people on the street protesting and asking for something that\u2019s a basic right,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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(Photo: Philippine Canadian Inquirer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Around 25 more people joined the rally; most of them came from Hong Kong originally.<\/p>\n

Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom said that they are \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d in a joint statement regarding the proposal of the national security legislation that aims to ban dissent and seditious acts against the central government of China in the city of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe legally binding Joint Declaration, signed by China and the United Kingdom, sets out that Hong Kong will have a high degree of autonomy. It also provides that rights and freedoms, including those of the person, of the press, of assembly, of association and others, will be ensured by law in Hong Kong, and that the provisions of the two UN covenants on human rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, shall remain in force,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking such a law on Hong Kong\u2019s behalf without the direct participation of its people, legislature or judiciary would clearly undermine the \u2018one country, two systems\u2019 principle under which Hong Kong is guaranteed a high degree of autonomy,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also expressed his wish for the \u201cone country, two systems approach\u201d to continue for Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are concerned with the situation in Hong Kong,\u201d the Canadian Prime Minister said. \u201cWe have long called for de-escalation of tensions and genuine dialogue with Hong Kong.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Beijing warned Canada and other \u201cmeddling\u201d countries regarding the proposed security laws and described it as \u201cdouble standard and gangster logic\u201d according to the spokesperson of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.<\/p>\n

“No matter how venomously you smear, provoke, coerce or blackmail us, the Chinese people will remain rock-firm in safeguarding national sovereignty and security,” their statement said.<\/p>\n

“Doomed is your plot to undermine China’s sovereignty and security by exploiting the troublemakers in Hong Kong as pawns and the city as a frontier for secession, subversion, infiltration and sabotage activities against China,” it added.<\/p>\n

In Hong Kong, thousands of people took to the streets to march against China\u2019s proposal that violates the \u201cone country, two policies\u201d framework that separates Hong Kong\u2019s policies with mainland China. The protests were met with violence as the police fired tear gas at the crowd on Sunday as they gathered in Causeway Bay and Wan Chai districts,\u00a0 chanting anti-government slogans including “Stand with Hong Kong” and “Save Hong Kong.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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