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Hong Kong Watch and Co-Founder Threatened by Hong Kong Police

Hong Kong Watch and Co-Founder Threatened by Hong Kong Police
Human rights campaigner Benedict Rogers speaks at a rally for democracy in Hong Kong at Trafalgar Square in London, England, on June 12, 2021. Laurel Chor/Getty Images
Benedict Rogers
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Just over a week ago, the Hong Kong Police and National Security Bureau threatened a foreign national living outside Hong Kong and a London-based, foreign-registered charity with a fine of $13,000 and up to life imprisonment if they didn’t take down their website—run out of the United Kingdom—within 72 hours of receipt of their notification letters.

Benedict Rogers
Benedict Rogers
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Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer. He is the co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, senior analyst for East Asia at the international human rights organization CSW, co-founder and deputy chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, and member of the advisory group of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China, and the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign.
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