UK slams fresh Hong Kong bounties on activists as ‘transnational repression’
Britain has hit out at Hong Kong’s move to place a new round of bounties on 15 overseas activists accused of national security offences, saying it is another example of “transnational repression” that only damages the city’s international reputation.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also stressed on Friday that Britain was committed to the safety of all individuals settled there and had taken steps to “complete the severing of ties” between the extradition...
