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Hong Kong passes controversial security law in latest crackdown on dissent

Sky News Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Hong Kong's parliament has unanimously passed a new security law which grants the government more power to quash dissent.
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 Hong Kong Passes , New Security Law. On March 19, lawmakers in Hong Kong unanimously passed Article 32. The national security bill "punishes treason, sabotage, sedition, the theft of state secrets and espionage with up to life imprisonment," Reuters reports. . The legislation will go into...

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