Bookstore Arrests Spark Free Speech Concerns in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong police arrest bookstore owner and employees for selling seditious publications, including a biography of jailed media figure Jimmy Lai. Author Mark Clifford, now in New York, decries the arrests as a threat to free expression. Human Rights Watch warns of increasing oppression in Hong Kong, with ordinary people losing means to challenge officials. Under local law, sedition can carry up to seven years in jail, or ten if tied to outside forces. Recent enforcement rule updates allow customs to seize suspect items and police to demand phone or computer passwords, indicating a continued crackdown on dissent.
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