February 8, 2022

Australia denied access to dual citizen detained for alleged ‘subversion’ in Hong Kong

China does not recognise dual citizenship of Australian-Chinese man held for 11 months under national security law

Australian consular officials have been denied access to a dual Australian-Chinese citizen detained in Hong Kong for 11 months for alleged “subversion”.

The Australian government – which has had an increasingly strained relationship with Beijing – renewed its concerns about “the erosion of basic freedoms and autonomy in Hong Kong” under the territory’s broadly worded national security law.

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This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.