Hong Kong: Extradition Changes Threaten Civil Society

Expand In this May 22, 2019, file photo, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, center, arrives for a meeting at the Legislative Council as the pro-democracy lawmakers chant placard and banner against the new extradition law in Hong Kong. © 2019 AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File (New York) – The Hong Kong government should withdraw proposed revisions to two laws concerning extradition, Human Rights Watch said today in a joint letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam. The letter was co-signed by 68 nongovernmental organizations that work on a broad range of human rights and social issues in Hong…

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