“If you look at independent activism around the time that Xi came to power, relative to what you can see now, what’s disturbingly clear is that Xi’s leadership sought to obliterate civil society and to silence dissent, not just inside the country but globally, to ensure that anybody who criticizes him and the regime has to think twice,” said Sophie Richardson, a longtime China observer and former China director at Human Rights Watch.
China cracks down on dissent, rights groups say as they mark International Human Rights Day
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“These arrest warrants are not an indictment of these activists, but of Hong Kong’s once well-regarded law enforcement and judiciary,” said Sophie Richardson, the group's China director.
Hong Kong police offer rewards for arrests of 8 overseas pro-democracy activists
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