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2 Years on From Hong Kong’s Prince Edward ‘831’ Attack: From Police Violence to Police State

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2 Years on From Hong Kong’s Prince Edward ‘831’ Attack: From Police Violence to Police State
Riot police officers block the street as protesters rally outside Prince Edward MTR station in Hong Kong, China, on Nov. 30, 2019. Marko Djurica/Reuters
Benedict Rogers
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Two years ago today, the Hong Kong Police Force—if one can still call them that—ran riot in the Prince Edward subway station in Hong Kong, indiscriminately attacking passengers on the metro as they sought out pro-democracy protesters.
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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