“Now, just today the Hong Kong Chief Executive [CarrieLam] said that that the bill is dead; but, it has not been formally withdrawn, as I understand it. I think the threat remains,” he said.
Besides calling for the extradition bill to be scrapped, rather than its suspension so far, protesters have also demanded the resignation of city leader CarrieLam, an independent inquiry into the police's handling of the crisis and the unconditional
Those concerns were reflected in a letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive CarrieLam authored by Human Rights Watch, along with the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor and the local branch of Amnesty International.
A day after Beijing's rubber-stamp legislature approved the new “patriot” election law, the pro-Beijing Hong Kong government under Chief Executive CarrieLam took the lead in actively stating its support.
Hong Kong leader CarrieLam defended Beijing’s decision to implement a so-called national security law in the city, while accusing Washington of using double standards to criticize the law in her weekly press conference on June 2.
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Han, who says he wants to forge strong ties with Beijing and met with Hong Kong's embattled leader CarrieLam and senior Chinese officials last year, has accused Tsai of using the Hong Kong protests to whip up fears of China for
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Hong Kong leader CarrieLam declared her effort to amend the extradition laws "dead" earlier this week but stopped short of formally withdrawing the bills. Activists have vowed to keep up the pressure until she does so.
Hong Kong leader CarrieLam has called protesters involved in a citywide strike “rioters” who are “selfish” following international calls for "sincere dialogue" after violence erupted across the city yesterday.
Hong Kong leader CarrieLam issued a statement welcoming passage of the law, and said her government “will fully co-operate” with the NPC standing committee to “complete the relevant work on legislation as soon as possible.”
Then in early May this year, Hong Kong leader CarrieLam announced that local lawmakers should prioritize passing the anthem law, defending the move as “proper” legislation during a weekly briefing.
One masked protester carried a mask-wearing "Buzz Lightyear" doll from Walt Disney’s "Toy Story" animation film.
Friday night's "extreme violence" justified the use of the emergency law, Beijing-backed Lam said on Oct. 5.
Despite the city leader CarrieLam announcing last week that the bill would be withdrawn, many protesters have decried the move as “too little, too late,” saying it failed to address their other demands.
Hong Kong's embattled leader CarrieLam invoked colonial-era emergency powers last month for the first time in more than 50 years, banning face masks in a move to quell the protests.
Protesters have largely ignored the ruling and worn masks.
One of the five demands—to formally withdraw the extradition bill—was announced last week by embattled leader CarrieLam, but protesters are angry about her failure to call an independent inquiry into accusations of police brutality against demonstrators
As we remember the 100th anniversary of the CCP, let us not be lured by the pomp and ceremony that undoubtedly Xi and his thugs in Beijing will display, or the obsequiousness that will surely be displayed by CarrieLam and her zombie puppet government
Hong Kong leader CarrieLam announced concessions this week aimed at ending the protests, including formally scrapping a hugely unpopular extradition bill, which ignited the unrest in June. But many protesters said it was too little, too late.
The witnesses said they hoped the Congress could send a working team to Hong Kong as soon as possible to talk to the current pro-Beijing chief executive, CarrieLam.
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Britain Urges Restraint
Pressed on government plans to relieve the hit to businesses in Hong Kong from the protests, Hong Kong leader CarrieLam told a conference the circumstances warranted "exceptional" measures.
HONG KONG—Citizens continue to protest after Hong Kong leader CarrieLam announced earlier in the week that a controversial extradition bill would be formally withdrawn.
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Hong Kong leader CarrieLam announced measures this week to try to restore order in the Chinese-ruled city, including the formal withdrawal of a bill that triggered the demonstrations.
CarrieLam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, said on Sept. 4 that the government will formally withdraw a controversial extradition bill that ignited the city’s largest protest movement.
Hong Kong leader CarrieLam has insisted on the need for arrangements to extradite offenders to China and Taiwan, an island Beijing claims as its own, and other countries that do not have extradition treaties with the city.
Hong Kong Chief Executive CarrieLam has asked to meet students in the Chinese-ruled city as she tries to fend off pressure after a month of protests over a proposed law that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into turmoil.
Pro-democracy lawmakers criticized the plan, but Hong Kong leader CarrieLam denied the rumor, and emphasized that the government respects the supervisory power of the media.
In the face of growing pressure, Hong Kong leader CarrieLam has suspended the bill indefinitely, but protests have continued as people demand the bill’s complete withdrawal.
