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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abbie Llewelyn

Protest laws would be denounced if done by China, says ex-Hong Kong Governor

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Britain’s last Governor of Hong Kong has accused the Government of attempting to introduce protest laws that, if introduced by China in Hong Kong, would be denounced as an attack on free speech by the UK.

Tory peer Lord Patten of Barnes said he found it “astonishing” that the Public Order Bill, a government crackdown on disruptive protests, was being proposed.

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