The New Zealand-based non-governmental organization Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) recently released its latest report on the human rights performance of various countries. Hong Kong scored “very bad” in several human rights categories, while China scored very bad in nine out of ten human rights and civil liberties categories.
According to HRMI’s latest data for 2022, the organization studied 30 countries and regions on their “Safety from the State Rights” and “Empowerment.” Hong Kong scored a total of 7.2 points for “Safety from the State Rights,” with “Right to freedom from forced disappearance” (7.4 points) and “Right to freedom from torture and ill-treatment” (6.4 points) rated as “fair.” The “Right to freedom from arbitrary arrest” only received 4.8 points, rated as “bad.”
