Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAn Israeli web host company Wix.com has complied with a Hong Kong police notice to close a pro-democracy website 2021hkcharter.com linked to Nathan Law, a political activist.
The move came on the eve of the June 4 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident.The takedown notice cited the National Security Law that was introduced in Hong Kong some 11 months ago.
The law, outlawing treason, secession, sedition and subversion against mainland China’s Central People’s Government, specifies that it has global reach.Many in Hong Kong opposed the law, fearing that it would fundamentally change the civic freedoms including freedom of speech and freedom of the press, previously enjoyed in the city.
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