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Oct. 27th, 2021 In a story by Breitbart on October 25th, 2021, it talks about how Amnesty International has decided to leave its Hong Kong office saying that Communist China’s oppressive “national security” law, imposed on Hong Kong to crush the 2019 pro-democracy movement, made shutting down regrettably necessary. Anjhula Mya Singh Bais, who is

In the shadow of the "Hong Kong National Security Law," the celebrations in Hong Kong have almost disappeared.

On October 7, the student union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, which had been established for half a century, announced its dissolution, becoming the latest victim of the authorities' frenzied crackdown on civil society groups under the National Security Law. One comment sarcastically said, "Hong Kong has gone through so many storms, and it's amazing that today it can't even accommodate a student union. The country is so powerful!"

The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), the largest independent trade union organization in Hong Kong, officially announced its dissolution on October 3 due to the implementation of the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law and the extensive powers it gives to the police.

The Liberty Times reports that the U.K. government updated their travel advice on the department’s website in September for citizens traveling through Hong Kong. The new updates remind people of several matters regarding “Hong Kong National Security Law,” including 45 charges which carry the maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

The education sector in Hong Kong has become a key target of rectification under the Chinese Communist Party’s national security law. “Patriotism” has become a focus in teaching. In addition, the Hong Kong Education Professionals Association (hereinafter referred to as the Education Association), which has a history of nearly half a century, was forced to disband on September 11. Schools at all levels in Hong Kong also reported a wave of teacher resignation.

On August 21, Law Society member Law Chang Nam announced that he was giving up his candidacy for the Law Society Council election. He claimed that he was withdrawing for the "safety" of himself and his family.

For the first time the Hong Kong police invoked Article 27 of the National Security Law, the crime of promoting terrorism, to arrest students

Nearly 90,000 People left Hong Kong in fear of National Security Law

Veteran Hong Kong broadcaster Steve Vines has fled the Chinese territory for the UK because of a “white terror sweeping” the city that was making journalism a high-risk occupation.

Digital Hong Kong news outlet Initium is quitting the city for Singapore, making it the first media organization in the SAR to move overseas since the enactment of the controversial national security law.

She was only 17 years old and was stunned by the arrest. It has never come across to her that she could be among the first arrestees by National Security Police and she was not mentally prepared.Many of my friends have been detained, imprisoned, and in exile.

"We have long-standing concerns about the PRC's arbitrary use of exit bans without due process of law, including against American citizens," a State Department spokesperson said. "We are deeply concerned by the prospect of Hong Kong authorities adopting similar arbitrary measures."

The sentencing of Hong Kong's first National Security Law case is scheduled on July 30, 2021.

Leung Kwok-hung is Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Subversion under National Security Law and is behind bars

"The red lines are being tightened each day," activist Wong Yat-chin said. "Even the most peaceful and rational voices are not allowed. And there are so many groups disbanding themselves." Most of the city’s prominent democracy leaders are either in jail, facing prosecution, or have fled overseas.

The conviction of a pro-democracy activist is a watershed moment.

Hong Kong’s High Court found Pro-democracy Activist guilty in the city’s first-ever trial under the Beijing-imposed