EU Statement | HK Human Rights Eroded, National Security Law Suppress Democracy and New Electoral System Lost Political Plurality

The European Union (EU) representative addressed a speech at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting on Sept. 26, in which he specifically mentioned the human rights situation in Hong Kong, including the statement mentioning Cardinal Zen, four other trustees and fund secretary, who were arrested in connection with the 612 case. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times

The EU representative, in his address to the UNHRC meeting on Sept. 26, specifically mentioned the human rights situation in Hong Kong, expressing their grave concern about the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) and the renewed use of the Sedition Law, and mentioned the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen, the chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and the conviction of members of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists for sedition relating to the Children’s Book Case. He described that all of the above constitute deterioration of freedoms.

This UNHRC meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The EU representative issued a statement on Sept. 26 expressing concern about the human rights situation in many countries and regions, including China, Hong Kong, Russia, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Belarus (Belarus), Eritrea, Turkey, Palestine, Myanmar, and Nicaragua. Among them, he made Hong Kong a separate paragraph.