Hong Kong should prepare ‘civil force’ to counter Western criticism over human rights, lawmakers say
Hong Kong should prepare a “civil force” to rebut criticism from the West over the city’s human rights record, which has been repeatedly called out since Beijing imposed a security law in 2020, multiple lawmakers have said. The city’s opposition-free legislature on Monday convened a panel on constitutional affairs, in which Chief Secretary Eric Chan presented a government report on a routine review by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Hong Kong, as part of China, is subject to a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) every four or five years over its rights record – a requirement for all 193 U...