China: Hong Kong Party Banned

Expand Andy Chan, founder of the Hong Kong National Party, is surrounded by members of the media as he leaves the Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) in Hong Kong on August 14, 2018. © 2018 PHILIP FONG/AFP/Getty Images (New York) – The Hong Kong government’s decision to ban the pro-independence Hong Kong National Party is a grim sign for human rights in the territory, Human Rights Watch said today. It is the first time a political party has been banned since Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. On September 24, 2018, Hong Kong’s secretary for security, John Lee, announced that…

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