On August 10, a day after the Five Eyes Alliance released a joint statement, the Hong Kong government arrested Jimmy Lai, his sons, and many other Hong Kong pro-democracy activists under the National Security Law. After the imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, the Ministry of State Security of China and the Hong Kong government recently launched a series of actions to arrest students, to disqualify candidates from running for elections, and to postpone the legislative Council election.

On August 9, the U.S. Department of State released a joint statement by the Five Eyes Alliance condemning the CCP’s erosion of the Hong Kong people’s freedom. The statement ended with, “Beijing promised autonomy and freedom under the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle to the Hong Kong people in the Sino-British Joint Declaration, a UN-registered treaty, and must honor its commitments.”

The next day after the release of the joint statement, the Hong Kong government arrested Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Digital Limited, and his sons under the National Security Law. The headquarters of Next Digital Limited was also raided and searched by 200 Hong Kong police officers. Later, Next Digital Limited posted on Facebook indicating that they are not afraid of suppression, they will continue to speak up, they will secure their position and hang in there with Hong Kong.

Reuters reported a statement released by Steven Butler, Asia program coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists: “The arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai bears out the worst fears that Hong Kong’s national security law would be used to suppress critical pro-democracy opinion and restrict press freedom.”

Deutsche Welle (DW) reported that the United Nations Human Rights Council had also questioned the Hong Kong government six questions which include how the Hong Kong government ensures that the interpretation of the Basic Law by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress will not adversely affect people’s rights, requesting the Hong Kong Government to provide relevant details on the establishment of the independent human rights institution, requesting the Hong Kong government to explain how they can ensure that the National Security Law will not be in conflict with the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

In addition, the Hong Kong government has been asked by the United Nations to explain in detail the legislative process of the National Security Law and its extraterritorial effects.

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