China: Scrap National Security Law to Save Hong Kong Freedoms

Click to expand Image Li Zhanshu, National People's Congress Chairman delivers a speech during the second plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 25, 2020. © 2020 Roman Pilipey/Pool Photo via AP (New York) – China’s proposed national security law for Hong Kong is a devastating assault on human rights and should be abandoned, more than 86 civil society organizations groups said today in a letter to Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC). Joint Letter to NPCSC Chairman…

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