WRITE TO YOUR MP: Ask them to sign the Joint International Parliamentary Statement on Hong Kong

More than 200 Parliamentarians have signed the joint international parliamentary statement on National Security legislation, but the more signatories we get the more powerful the message.

We enclose below a template email for you to write to your MP, encouraging them to stand with Hong Kong.

SUBJECT

Dear [Insert MP Name],

I'm writing as a constituent to ask you to join an international parliamentary statement on Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is facing its greatest crisis since 1997. The rights and freedoms of the people in the city look set to be blown apart by a national security law from Beijing.

Lord Patten has led the joint statement below, and it has been signed by eminent politicians and dignitaries from 25 countries. Please contact info@hongkongwatch.org to sign this letter to show the world is watching.

Yours sincerely,

[Insert Your name]

Joint Statement text

We, the co-signed, write to express grave concerns about the unilateral introduction of national security legislation by Beijing in Hong Kong. 

This is a comprehensive assault on the city's autonomy, rule of law, and fundamental freedoms. The integrity of one-country, two-systems hangs by a thread. 

It is the genuine grievances of ordinary Hong Kongers that are driving protests. Draconian laws will only escalate the situation further, jeopardising Hong Kong’s future as an open Chinese international city. 

If the international community cannot trust Beijing to keep its word when it comes to Hong Kong, people will be reluctant to take its word on other matters. Sympathetic governments must unite to say that this flagrant breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration cannot be tolerated.

https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2020/5/23/patten-led-group-of-198-parliamentarians-from-23-countries-decry-flagrant-breach-of-the-sino-british-joint-declaration