HONG KONG • Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong yesterday against a government plan to change extradition laws, fearing an erosion of personal freedom and the city's status as an international business hub.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG • Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong yesterday against a government plan to change extradition laws, fearing an erosion of personal freedom and the city's status as an international business hub.
Protest organisers said 12,000 took to the streets while police estimated the crowd at 5,200 at its peak. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor wrote in an open letter to the city's leader Carrie Lam yesterday:" are concerned that these changes would remove existing safeguards from the process of extradition, allowing people to be sent to jurisdictions, notably mainland China, where they are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment, and unfair trials.
Hong Kong Secretary for Security John Lee told reporters last week the government had no plans to scrap the Bill.
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