CNN —The US State Department said Friday it “strongly condemned” the Hong Kong authorities’ “ongoing harassment” of family members of pro-democracy activists living overseas.
The US said it was “particularly concerned” about recent cases involving activists like Nathan Law, Joshua Wong and Elmer Yuen whose family members and acquaintances had been “detained and questioned by Hong Kong police.”“We call on the Hong Kong authorities to cease all harassment of the democracy activists’ family members,” said spokesperson Matthew Miller.
In a statement provided to CNN, Hong Kong police said its national security department had taken away two men and a woman for investigation.
The Hong Kong government has repeatedly denied the national security law, imposed by Beijing in 2020, suppresses freedoms.
Law and other activists have been accused of violating the national security law, with offenses ranging from collusion with foreign forces to subversion of state power.
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