UK Foreign Secretary says China ‘misled the world’ over National Security Law

On Wednesday 6 January 2021, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office released a statement commenting on the arrests of over 50 pro-democracy activists under the National Security Law in Hong Kong.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said:

“The mass arrest of politicians and activists in Hong Kong is a grievous attack on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms as protected under the Joint Declaration.”

“These arrests demonstrate that the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities deliberately misled the world about the true purpose of the National Security Law, which is being used to crush dissent and opposing political views.”

“The UK will not turn our backs on the people of Hong Kong and will continue to offer British Nationals (Overseas) the right to live and work in the UK .”

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hong-kong-pro-democracy-arrests-foreign-secretary-statement