The UK has criticised the Beijing and Hong Kong authorities for issuing threats to a UK-based human rights group, calling such behaviour “unjustifiable.” Hong Kong Watch, an NGO which monitors the human rights situation in the former British colony, said in a statement on March 14 that it had “received a formal warning from the Hong Kong Police Force’s National Security Department” regarding its website possibly breaching the national security law. The Hong Kong Police accused the group of jeopardising China’s national security, and warned that it could face a fine of HK$100,000 (US$12,772) or its Chief Executive Benedict Rogers could face three years in jail. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement: “The unjustifiable action taken against the UK-based NGO Hong Kong Watch is clearly an attempt to silence those who stand up for human rights in Hong Kong. “The Chinese government and Hong Kong authorities must …