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Hong Kong, Aug 9 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Hong Kong residents are taking up the United Kingdom’s offer of safe haven and a path to British citizenship rolled out in response to Beijing's crackdown on the former British colony and the introduction of a national security law that curtails freedom of speech. The British government expects roughly 300,000 to take up the offer over the next five years. The National Security Law that Beijing imposed on the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Hong Kong this time last year silenced the protests that erupted in 2019 but also led to mass arrests, the marginalization of the political opposition and prompted many citizens to consider emigrating. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE LINE UP TO CHECK IN FOR A LONDON-BOUND FLIGHT AT BRITISH AIRWAYS COUNTERS IN HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Jul 7(EFE/EPA).- The Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay is being turned into the headquarters of Beijing's National Security Office in Hong Kong and will officially begin operations on 8 July, according to reports. The office, created under Beijing’s recently enacted national security law for the city, is responsible for supervising and guiding the local government’s enforcement of the legislation, which outlaws acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: THE METROPARK HOTEL CAUSEWAY BAY STANDS IN CAUSEWAY BAY DISTRICT IN HONG KONG, CHINA
Hong Kong, Jun 30 (EFE/EPA).- China's National People's Congress Standing Committee on Tuesday morning unanimously approved a controversial national security law for Hong Kong prohibiting acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).FOOTAGE SHOWS PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS TAKING PART IN A 'LUNCH WITH YOU' RALLY AT A SHOPPING MALL IN HONG KONG AGAINST BEIJING'S PASSAGE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW FOR HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, May 24 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jerome Favre) Thousands in Hong Kong protested on Sunday against Beijing's national security law. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
The US says it is "alarmed" after Hong Kong legislators fast-tracked a new national security law that introduces penalties such as life imprisonment for crimes related to treason and insurrection, and up to 20 years in jail for the theft of state secrets. "We believe that these kinds of actions have the potential to accelerate the closing of Hong Kong’s once open society," US Department of State deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel tells reporters during a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
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