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The term surrender of fugitive offenders agreement is used in place of extradition treaty to signify Hong Kong's non-sovereign status. [1] As a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China since July 1997, Hong Kong is authorised by the Central Government of China to enter into such agreements, according to Article 96 of the ...
The proposed extradition law would jeopardise Hong Kong's status, with some companies already considering relocation to Singapore. [21] [22] However, the pro-business parties in the Legislative Council later agreed to support the government bill. The situation was similar to the 2017 Chief Executive Election, in which the business sectors were ...
The agreement was suspended indefinitely by Executive Order 13936, signed by United States President Donald Trump, on 14 July 2020, after the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests and the enactment of the Hong Kong national security law. Executive Order 13936 also eliminated all special treatments that the United States accorded to Hong Kong. [2]
Hong Kong's government on Wednesday formally pulled the extradition bill that ignited months of violent pro-democracy protests.“I formally announce the withdrawal of the bill,” Secretary for ...
Millions of people have taken to the streets in the past three weeks to protest against a proposed extradition bill that has plunged Hong Kong into political crisis and triggered calls for ...
Hong Kong police raising the purple flag to warn protesters were violating the Hong Kong national security law. Invigorated by its success in the November 2019 District Council election, the pro-democratic bloc was eyeing to win over half of the 70 seats in the Legislative Council in the election set to be held on 6 September. [159]
The Hong Kong government has moved to officially withdraw the controversial extradition bill that sparked three months of protests and information warfare. The move to withdraw the bill was ...
The bipartisan bill, called "Hong Kong Autonomy Act", [156] will "impose mandatory sanctions on entities that violate China's obligations to Hong Kong under the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. The legislation would also impose mandatory secondary sanctions on banks that do business with the entities in violation of the Basic Law."