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Amnesty International throws in the towel and announces that it will close its Hong Kong offices due to the threat posed to staff by the national security law that Beijing imposed on the former British colony in late June 2020.
“This grudging decision was guided by Hong Kong’s National Security Act, which made it impossible for human rights organizations in the city to work freely and without fear of severe government reprisals,” he said. a note Anjhula Mya Singh Bais, chairman of the board of Amnesty.