Hong Kong national security law

A bus in Hong Kong with the National Security Law poster on it

The Hong Kong national security law is the law that is about national security in Hong Kong. The full name of the law is Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It was enacted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China in June 2020. It is different from other laws in Hong Kong for not being enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.^[1]

Hong Kong National Security Law Media

Lord Patten of Barnes, who had been appointed Governor of Hong Kong in 1992 to oversee the last years of British rule and the handover. Under his leadership, social and democratic reforms were introduced to the territory.
Tung Chee-hwa was responsible for Hong Kong's failed legislation attempt. Protests in June and July 2003 were in part due to the economic downturn after, and mishandling of, the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak.
Chinese vice premier Liu He meeting with US president Donald Trump in May 2018. The two nations' deteriorating relations have been suggested as a cause for the Chinese government imposing more restrictions on Hong Kong.
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, British Foreign Secretary at the time of the handover, said in June 2020: "China does have an Achilles' heel when it comes to Hong Kong. If China pushes too far with what they are seeking to do, they will not absorb a prosperous significant financially important Hong Kong into the body of China. They will be left with a hollow shell".
Three prominent pro-democracy activists Nathan Law (left), Agnes Chow (middle), and Joshua Wong (right) left their party Demosistō on 30 June. Later that day, the party announced that it would disband with immediate effect.
Hong Kong protesters flying both the Union Jack and the colonial Dragon and Lion flag in 2019.
Boris Johnson's stance on Hong Kong is considered firm. Hong Kong Free Press notes that Johnson was once an editor for The Spectator, a British politics magazine that "has for decades campaigned in favour of standing up for Hong Kong and making its citizens British".
Hong Kong National Security Law (English translation – PDF)
On 1 July 2020, the day after implementation of the security law, tens of thousands of Hong Kong people gathered on the streets in Causeway Bay to march. On 2 July, the Hong Kong government declared the 'Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time' slogan depicted on a banner here – "the most resonant slogan of its protest movement" – to be subversive and in violation of the law.
Support and opposition to the law at the UNHRC on 30 June 2020 Supportive Opposed