A year ago, Chinese-Australian dissident artist Badiucao was looking for a place in Hong Kong to display some of his political works. Now he says he wouldn't even transfer through the airport for fear of being arrested under the new national security law.
Now he says he wouldn't even transfer through Hong Kong airport for fear of being arrested under the city's new national security law. That's because the legislation, which came into effect late Tuesday, doesn't only clamp down on freedoms at home. It also puts foreign citizens who criticize the Chinese government anywhere in the world at risk of jail if they even set foot in the city -- even if they are just transiting through the airport.
CNN speaks to only Hong Konger on committee that drafted controversial law 04:14For decades -- first under British colonial rule and then after its handover to China -- Hong Kong has offered legal protection from the mainland Communist Party. Chinese dissents, Western academics and global non-governmental organizations used Hong Kong as a safe space to meet, organize and criticize Beijing, mostly without consequence. Read MoreWhether it can continue to serve that function is now in doubt.
— Marco Rubio July 1, 2020 Chilling effectHong Kong has long been home to events that could never be held in mainland China, including the annual commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.But even before the new legislation, critics of the Chinese government had found it difficult to make their voices heard in the city.
Hong Kong official: National security law will be 'clean break' 02:15Now he feels it is likely no longer safe to return, despite being a US citizen -- and he's worried that in future, the Tiananmen Square memorial will no longer be viable.Yale's Daum said section 38 of the law was designed, in particular, to target academics, NGOs and international dissidents who had previously used Hong Kong as a way into China.
Hong Kong's business world divided over national security law 02:53Blurred red lineMany law experts and dissidents agree it remains unclear how worried critics traveling through Hong Kong should be, or exactly how the Chinese government intends to use the law.As with much of Beijing's national security legislation, the Hong Kong law is written broadly enough that it can be used as required by the Communist Party leadership.
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