Joey Siu testifies at Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on assault on freedom of expression in Asia

Hong Kong Watch Policy Advisor Joey Siu testified at a hearing on 30 March 2022, on “The Assault on Freedom of Expression in Asia”. She was invited by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee On East Asia, The Pacific, And International Cybersecurity Policy.

In her testimony, Joey talked about the escalation of assault on free expression in the region and highlighted the situations in Hong Kong, Tibet and East Turkestan. She said: “From the crackdowns on social movements in Hong Kong, Thailand and Myanmar, to the tightening control over Tibet, East Turkestan and mainland China, governments have been resorting to every conceivable means to limit the people’s right to free speech, assembly and expression, by enacting draconian laws and policies, persecuting journalists and human rights advocates, prohibiting assemblies and media.”

香港監察政策顧問邵嵐出席美國國會參議院聽證會

香港監察政策顧問 Joey Siu 邵嵐於3月30 日在美國國會參議院外交事務委員會亞太小組邀請下出席聽證會，就亞太地區表達自由受極權政府嚴重打壓的情況作供。

邵嵐在她的證詞中，談到了亞太地區各政權對言論自由打壓日益嚴重，並強調了香港、西藏和東突厥斯坦的情況。她說： 「從香港、泰國和緬甸對社會運動的鎮壓，到對西藏、東突厥斯坦和中國大陸對人民的嚴密控制，可以看到各亞太地區國家政府一直在採取一切手段來限制人民的言論、集會和自由表達的權利，這些手段包括制定嚴厲的法律和政策、迫害記者和人權倡議者、禁止集會和封殺媒體等。」