The Hong Kong flag near the High Court in Hong Kong on July 28, 2023. Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images
Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and the European Union decried the repression of dissent under Hong Kong’s national security law, as the city marked the fifth anniversary of the controversial Beijing-imposed law on June 30.
Risch, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that Hong Kong has become “no different from China” since the enactment of the draconian law, citing the stifling of political opposition, arrests of pro-democracy activists, and subversion of the rule of law.
