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On the recordJune 30, 2020
The law is a brutal, sweeping crackdown against the people of Hong Kong, intended to destroy the freedoms they were promised.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel describes the National Security Law as a severe attack on Hong Kong's promised freedoms.

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