{"id":5146,"date":"2020-12-21T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/dec\/21\/hong-kong-london-uk-eu-china-asulum"},"modified":"2020-12-21T12:00:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T12:00:46","slug":"i-left-hong-kong-for-london-so-i-could-tell-britain-the-truth-about-china-nathan-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/21\/i-left-hong-kong-for-london-so-i-could-tell-britain-the-truth-about-china-nathan-law\/","title":{"rendered":"I left Hong Kong for London so I could tell Britain the truth about China | Nathan Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I was forced to flee my city, I\u2019ve continued my activism for democracy from the UK. Now I\u2019ve applied for asylum here<br><\/p><ul><li>Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/dec\/21\/hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-applies-for-asylum-in-britain\">Hong Kong activist Nathan Law applies for asylum in Britain<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>When I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jul\/14\/hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-moves-to-britain-and-vows-fight-will-continue\">fled Hong Kong<\/a> in late June, I did not reveal my whereabouts due to security concerns. People suspected that I would be in the US, as I was involved in political advocacy work in Capitol Hill when I was studying at Yale University in 2019. But I indeed chose another path \u2013 I arrived in London and became an international advocate for Hong Kong\u2019s democratic movement. I\u2019ve struggled with the question of whether I should stay in the UK for the long term, but I\u2019ve now come to a decision \u2013 an application for asylum in the UK has been submitted.<\/p><p>My decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jul\/03\/hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-i-dont-know-when-ill-go-back\">leave Hong Kong<\/a> attracted attention in different aspects. Due to the implementation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jun\/30\/controversial-hong-kong-national-security-law-comes-into-effect\">national security law<\/a>, which grants the government sweeping powers to prosecute political dissidents in Hong Kong for speech crimes, I decided to flee to where I could speak freely. I am the first former lawmaker in Hong Kong, and the youngest elected in history, to live a life of exile.<\/p><p>Nathan Law is a politician and activist from Hong Kong, and was leader of Demosist\u014d from 2016 to 2018<\/p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/dec\/21\/hong-kong-london-uk-eu-china-asulum\">Continue reading...<\/a>\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/dec\/21\/hong-kong-london-uk-eu-china-asulum\">Human rights | The Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I was forced to flee my city, I\u2019ve continued my activism for democracy from the UK. Now I\u2019ve applied for asylum hereReport: Hong Kong activist Nathan Law applies for asylum in BritainWhen I fled Hong Kong in late June, I did not reveal my whereab&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":475,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190,1318,1311,651,6,1314,1310],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5147,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146\/revisions\/5147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}