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The US State Department has condemned Hong Kong authorities for handing out bounties to six more activists and revoking the passports of seven others, calling the actions “a form of transnational repression that threatens US sovereignty.”
The statement was issued Thursday, two days after Hong Kong police handed out a HK$1 million ($128,690) bounty to the additional activists for allegedly violating the Beijing-imposed national security law, bringing the total number of fugitives to 19 .
The passports of the other seven who left the city were revoked on Tuesday in a separate notice, which also barred anyone in Hong Kong from funding it. It was the second such notice issued under the city’s internal security law passed in March.
Noting that some of these activists were based in the United States, the State Department said it rejected the Hong Kong government’s attempts to “intimidate and silence” individuals who choose to make America their home ”.
“The extraterritorial application of Hong Kong’s national security laws constitutes a form of transnational repression that threatens U.S. sovereignty and the human rights and fundamental freedoms of people around the world,” a department spokesperson said.
“These actions demonstrate the Hong Kong authorities’ disregard for international standards and the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”