The UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday said that the national security law imposed on Hong Kong is being used to crush dissent and their views. The statement came after 53 pro-democracy figures were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning—the largest mass arrest so far since the national security law went into effect on June 30. “The mass arrest of politicians and activists in Hong Kong is a grievous attack on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms as protected under the Joint Declaration,” Raab said in a statement. “These arrests demonstrate that the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities deliberately misled the world about the true purpose of the National Security Law, which is being used to crush dissent and opposing political views,” he added. “The UK will not turn our backs on the people of Hong Kong and will continue to offer British Nationals (Overseas) the right to live …
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