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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Australia-based lawyer Kevin Yam vows ‘not to shut up’ after Hong Kong arrest warrant

Hong Kong and Chinese flags
Australian citizen Kevin Yam has vowed to keep speaking out after Hong Kong authorities issued arrest warrants for him and seven overseas-based activists under the China-imposed security law. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

An Australian citizen targeted by a Hong Kong arrest warrant has vowed not to be silenced, saying he feels an obligation to jailed fellow pro-democracy activists “not to shut up”.

Kevin Yam, a lawyer who lived in Hong Kong for 20 years before returning to Australia last year, was one of eight overseas-based activists accused by the city’s police on Monday of breaching its sweeping national security law.

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