The U.S. State Department released its 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on April 22, which mentioned several human rights issues in Hong Kong, including the abuse of juvenile offenders, freezing or cancellation of accounts of social activists by HSBC and its subsidiary Hang Seng Bank, and the status of press freedom in Hong Kong.
The U.S. State Department raised concerns about human rights issues in Hong Kong in its report, saying that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has violated its commitments in the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law, continues to deprive Hong Kong of political freedoms and autonomy, unjustified arrests or prosecution of journalists, and imposes restrictions on political participation. There are also severe and unreasonable restrictions, making it impossible for local citizens to change their government peacefully through free and fair elections.
