Hong Kong: Freedom of Expression
Commons · Question 28406 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 14 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for freedom of expression in Hong Kong of the conviction of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan for incitement to subve
Answer
Answered by Chris Elmore, 14 Sep 2026
As the Minister for the Indo-Pacific said in her statement of 21 August, the convictions of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan are a further demonstration that even peaceful acts of remembrance in Hong Kong are now treated by the authorities as threats to n...