
Beijing Targets Hong Kong Democracy
Latest annual UN report highlighted the growing and sophisticated trend of cross-border repression targeting human rights activists…reports Asian Lite News The United Nations, in its latest report on reprisals, revealed that two senior staff members of the Hong Kong Democracy Council — a Washington-based nonprofit advocating for democracy in Hong Kong — were allegedly subjected to repeated retaliation by the Chinese government for their cooperation with the UN, according to a report published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Saturday. Citing a late December 2024 UN report, the ICIJ stated that the Hong Kong government labelled senior