Hong Kong: Police Shouldn’t Use Excessive Force

Expand Protestors gather near the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Kin Cheung (New York) – The Hong Kong police should not use excessive force against protesters who are blocking roads in Hong Kong, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 12, 2019, tens of thousands of protesters gathered around Hong Kong’s legislature, the Legislative Council (LegCo), and the roads surrounding it to press the government to drop proposed amendments to two laws that would allow extradition to mainland China. “Hong Kong authorities shouldn’t use unlawful force to suppress…

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