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More overseas pro-democracy activists targeted by Hong Kong national security bounty

Hong Kong’s National Security Law targets 19 overseas activists—including Canadians tied to the “Hong Kong Parliament”—amid global backlash over transnational repression and legal risks to 15,000+ participants. By Probe International Hong Kong authorities have escalated their global crackdown on dissent, targeting 19 overseas pro-democracy activists—including several based in Canada—with arrest warrants and financial bounties under the city’s draconian National […]

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China & Geopolitics Election interference & Foreign Influence

I’m an American citizen. Hong Kong put a bounty on my head.

By Sasha Gong A U.S. citizen branded a fugitive by Hong Kong authorities for advocating democracy, condemns Beijing’s weaponization of Hong Kong’s National Security Law to silence global dissent and calls for unwavering international defence of free speech against authoritarian overreach. Sasha Gong is a scholar, journalist and filmmaker —she is also the first Asian-American […]