SOURCE: HONG KONG WATCH FACEBOOK

This afternoon, the House of Commons will debate Hong Kong’s basic freedoms and autonomy. Initiated by Fiona Bruce MP, chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, it is the first debate on Hong Kong in almost two years, and will be followed tomorrow by an oral question in the House of Lords by former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, who recently visited the territory.

The debate is timely, and long overdue. Timely because last week Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, attacked Ashdown, and the organisation of which he is a patron and I am a founder, Hong Kong Watch, for “foreign meddling”. Long overdue, because for the past twelve months Hong Kong’s freedoms, the rule of law and autonomy have come under unprecedented assault. It is surprising that last year, when we marked the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong, there was no parliamentary debate.

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