Today is a very sad day for #HongKong and the broader free world. In the early morning #Beijing passed the National Security Law, so early that not even Carrie Lam has been able to read it yet.

HK is in the process of becoming another normal Chinese city https://apnews.com/b50a256d97b7199ea2e8b0530c24eabe
China approves contentious Hong Kong national security law

HONG KONG (AP) — China on Tuesday approved a contentious national security law that will allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, a move many see as...

https://apnews.com/b50a256d97b7199ea2e8b0530c24eabe
#HongKong: following the passing of the Security Law the pro-democracy @demosisto party, which was founded following the 2014 Umbrella Revolution has been disbanded.

faces like Joshua Wong and Nathan Law will run in the next elections as independents https://twitter.com/demosisto/status/1277862419080060928?s=19
This cartoon is being shared a lot on #HongKong forums
#HongKong: for the first time ever since the handover the yearly July 1st pro-democracy protest march by the Civil Human Rights Front has been banned by the police
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