A group of UK lawmakers urged the government to impose sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam over human rights abuses by police since pro-democracy protests erupted there.
lawmakers on Tuesday, August 4, urged the government to impose sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam over human rights abuses by police since pro-democracy protests erupted there.
It found humanitarian staff have been subjected to intimidation, harassments, threats, physical violence and arrests during the upheaval that has engulfed the former British colony since last year. "The UK should urgently impose Magnitsky-style sanctions on those responsible for permitting the excessive police violence… including but not limited to Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Commissioner of Police," they said in the 80-page report.
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