PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Arrests in Hong Kong (11 May 2022)

That this House notes with concern reports that His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Zen, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, aged 90, has been arrested in Hong Kong on charges relating to breaches of China's National Security Law; further notes reports that alongside Cardinal Zen, Cantopop singer and actor Denise Ho, former legislator Margaret Ng, and academic Dr Hui Po Keung have been arrested for being associated with a now-defunct organisation that helped protesters in financial need and that they have been accused of colluding with foreign forces; agrees with the comments of Human Rights Watch that the arrest of 90-year-old Cardinal for peaceful activities is a a shocking new low for Hong Kong's administration and illustrates the city's free-fall in human rights over the past two years; and calls on the Foreign Secretary to make urgent representations to the authorities in Hong Kong and China to secure the release of the Cardinal and his fellow detainees.

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