{"id":38967,"date":"2020-05-28T13:20:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T17:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38967"},"modified":"2020-05-28T13:20:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T17:20:23","slug":"as-freedom-in-hong-kong-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38967","title":{"rendered":"As Freedom In Hong Kong Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breitbart<\/a> posted an article today reporting that China had blocked America’s request for a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss China’s recent actions in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

China is one of five permanent members of the council, also including the United States, Russia, France, and the United Kingdom. According to the U.S. mission, China single-handedly prevented discussion of the increasingly worrisome situation in Hong Kong where, as of Wednesday Chinese Communist Party authorities will be able to punish people present in the nominally autonomous region for any behavior they identify as threatening the national security of China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cnational security\u201d law China\u2019s National People\u2019s Congress (NPC) passed on Thursday overrides the autonomy of the Hong Kong authorities to handle local criminal concerns. Its opponents note that it is a violation of \u201cOne Country, Two Systems,\u201d the policy China vowed to keep to when Hong Kong accepted Chinese sovereignty over it in 1997.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. mission to the U.N. called<\/a> the law a \u201cmatter of urgent global concern that implicates international peace and security.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, the United States called today for a virtual meeting of the Security Council to discuss these acts and the PRC\u2019s [China\u2019s] proposed national security law that would threaten Hong Kong\u2019s democratic institutions and civil liberties. Such actions confirm the PRC\u2019s contempt and complete disregard for its international obligations,\u201d the mission said. \u201cUnsurprisingly, the PRC has refused to allow this virtual meeting to proceed in the Security Council.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Below is part of the preamble to the United Nations Charter:<\/div>\n
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WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n