What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement
- Written by Michael C. Davis, Professor of Law and International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University
Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed new security legislation on March 19, 2024, handing authorities in the semi-autonomous city-state further power to clamp down on dissent.
The law, under Article 23, has been decades in the making but was resisted for a long time by protesters who feared the legislation’s effect on civil liberties in Hong Kong, a...