Hong Kong Singer-Activist Urges UN Rights Body to Defend Territory

Hong Kong Singer-Activist Urges UN Rights Body to Defend Territory
Pro-democracy Hong Kong singer Denise Ho addresses the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on July 8, 2019. Fabrice Cofferini/AFP/Getty Images
Reuters
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GENEVA—China is tightening its grip on Hong Kong and the territory’s autonomy and democratic freedoms are slipping away, a prominent Hong Kong activist told the U.N. Human Rights Council on July 8 in a plea for international action.

Beijing’s delegation twice interrupted the speech by Denise Ho, a Hong Kong singer, producer and pro-democracy activist who is banned in mainland China.