HONG KONG -- Academic freedom has sharply declined in Hong Kong in the four years since Beijing imposed a draconian national security legislation on the city, a new report from Human Rights Watch and the Hong Kong Democracy Council says.
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This temporary June 4 Memorial Museum -- an exhibit commemorating the Tiananmen crackdown on June 4, 1989 -- was displayed at City University of Hong Kong back in 2013. Since Beijing imposed a national security law in mid-2020, all such memorials have been removed from Hong Kong campuses. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
HONG KONG -- Academic freedom has sharply declined in Hong Kong in the four years since Beijing imposed a draconian national security legislation on the city, a new report from Human Rights Watch and the Hong Kong Democracy Council says.