International Outcry After 47 Opposition Figures in Hong Kong Charged Under National Security Law

Figo Chan (3rd R), the convener of the pro-democracy group Civil Human Rights Front, speaks to the media outside of the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court in Hong Kong on March 1, 2021. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times

The United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and Taiwan have voiced concern at the Hong Kong government’s subversion charges directed at 47 pro-democracy activists under the pro-Beijing national security law on Sunday.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to Twitter late on Sunday night to condemn the detentions and charges against the activists, saying that “freedom of expression” should not be a crime.