Hong Kong’s freedoms have come under “increasing pressure” from the Chinese regime since the National Security Law came into effect, the UK government said in its latest report on the former British colony. In the “Six-monthly report on Hong Kong” published on Dec. 14, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said: “Freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press came under increasing pressure” following the imposition of the National Security Law in June 2020. In a foreword to the report, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss confirmed that “China now in a state of ongoing non-compliance with its international obligations under the U.N.-registered Sino-British Joint Declaration.” She wrote: “The mainland Chinese and Hong Kong authorities have used the law and related institutions against all opposition, free press and civil society in Hong Kong. This curtailing of space for the free expression of alternative views continues to …