Det brjar bli lite sent s jag lmnar diskussionen fr idag med detta uttalande frn fem regeringar som beskriver hur demokratin urholkats i Hong Kong.
Britterna tog fram bra villkor fr Hong Kong. Folk gillade att bo dr. Affrerna fortsatte. Det var smidigt med frhllandevis lite byrkrati. Efter 2018 har stora protester utbrutit, folk drar drifrn, tidningar stngs. Valen bojkottas. Detta eftersom HK mer och mer liknar fastlandskina.
Drfr har fem regeringar skrivit detta.
Citat:
Press release
Hong Kong elections, 20 December 2021: Foreign Secretary's joint statement with international partners
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The UK, along with the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, has issued a statement following the Hong Kong legislative council elections.
Joint statement by foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the United States Secretary of State:
We, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and the United States Secretary of State, noting the outcome of the Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong, express our grave concern over the erosion of democratic elements of the Special Administrative Regions electoral system. Actions that undermine Hong Kongs rights, freedoms and high degree of autonomy are threatening our shared wish to see Hong Kong succeed.
Since handover, candidates with diverse political views have contested elections in Hong Kong. Yesterdays election has reversed this trend. ...
We also remain gravely concerned at the wider chilling effect of the National Security Law and the growing restrictions on freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, ...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/f...-december-2021