HONG KONG - Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth said on Sunday he had been denied entry into Hong Kong, where he had arrived to launch the watchdog's annual report after months of civil unrest in the city.
China last month announced sanctions on American NGOs, including HRW, in retaliation for the passage of a US Bill backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Roth joins a growing list of openly critical academics, researchers, politicians and activists who have been denied entry in recent years.
SophieHRW Hong Kong is no longer a free international city under CCP’s ruin. Human rights are eroded and the slaughterer is at the door.
SophieHRW Is HongKong still worthy of an international financial centre when an NGO leader like Roth can be denied entry? HKGOV is burning HongKong! StandWithHongKong