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The US and the UK have condemned the transfer as Hong Kong authorities broaden crackdown below nationwide safety regulation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Police in Hong Kong have supplied bounties for info resulting in the arrest of 5 activists dwelling abroad, increasing a crackdown<\/a> on these concerned within the metropolis\u2019s as soon as vibrant pro-democracy protest motion below a harsh nationwide safety regulation.<\/p>\n Regulation enforcement authorities on Thursday supplied rewards of 1 million Hong Kong {dollars} ($128,000) for every of the 5 activists, who stay in international locations together with the USA and the UK.<\/p>\n \u201cAll of them betrayed their very own nation and betrayed Hong Kong,\u201d Steve Li, chief superintendent of the police nationwide safety division, mentioned in a information convention. \u201cAfter they fled abroad, they continued to have interaction in actions endangering nationwide safety.\u201d<\/p>\n The transfer, characterised by the US and the UK as an effort to restrict democracy<\/a>, added to a listing of eight activists who authorities named as fugitives in July below a nationwide safety regulation imposed by Beijing.<\/p>\n The 5 activists are named as Simon Cheng, Frances Hui, Joey Siu, Johnny Fok and Tony Choi. Many distinguished members of the 2019 protest motion moved overseas<\/a> when the nationwide safety regulation was launched the next 12 months, anticipating harsh measures from authorities.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a risk to our democracy and elementary human rights,\u201d UK International Secretary David Cameron mentioned in response to the announcement, including that he had instructed officers in Hong Kong, Beijing, and London to \u201cincrease this subject as a matter of urgency\u201d.<\/p>\n Hong Kong police<\/a> introduced bounties for eight activists dwelling overseas in July, warning that they’d be pursued for all times. None of them have but to be arrested.<\/p>\n In 2021, the federal government rounded up at the least 47 opposition activists, together with elected lawmakers, unionists, and teachers, accusing them of contributing to unrest and undermining nationwide safety.<\/p>\n Closing arguments within the trial of 16 activists, Hong Kong\u2019s largest-ever state security trial<\/a>, happened in late November. If convicted, they face the potential for life in jail.<\/p>\n In October, a gaggle of United Nations human rights specialists mentioned that the mass trials may \u201cnegatively have an effect on safeguards that guarantee due course of and the fitting to truthful trial\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n