Top 10 world news: Pompeo on Wuhan lab leak, US-Taiwan restart trade talks, and more
Top 10 World news
Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that the Chinese Communist Party must be held responsible for the deadly coronavirusthat was leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and then covered up.
Meanwhile, a year afterthe imposition of Hong Kong's security law, Amnesty International saysHong Kong authorities have used it to target dissent and justify "censorship, harassment, arrests and prosecutions that violate human rights." Since its impositionon June 30 2020, asmany as 117 pro-democracy voices have been arrested under it, this includes around60 pro-democracy politicians, activists, students, and journalists, and the five Apple Daily employees arrested recently.
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COVID-19: China needs to be held accountable for the Wuhan lab leak and cover-up, says Pompeo
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that the Chinese Communist Party must be held responsible for the deadly coronavirusthat was leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and then covered up.
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One year into contentious security law, Hong Kong has made 117 arrests
Since the imposition of this law, under China’s tightened grip, the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong has arrested at least 117 people for violating the contentious national security law which limits the scope of dissent in the former British territory.
Hong Kong security law is 'a human rights emergency': Amnesty
Hong Kong authorities have used a new national security law to target dissent and justify 'censorship, harassment, arrests and prosecutions that violate human rights, says Amnesty International.
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