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Haiti - Diplomacy : Official position of Haiti in the China/Hong Kong conflict 20/07/2020 10:49:34
Note from the Government of Haiti "[...] The Haitian Government is concerned about the possible consequences of this legal instrument on the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed so far by the Hong Kong people. After an in-depth analysis of this text, the Haitian Government realizes that this law systematically violates the fundamental provisions of the Sino-British retrocession agreement as concluded in 1984. It is important to emphasize that the said agreement provides that from the year of handover, in 1997, the region would enjoy broad autonomy for half a century and that the sacramental principle 'one country, two systems', should in any event characterize the relations between the People's Republic of China and the special administrative region of Hong Kong. However, the National Security Law seems to call into question this principle, which the Chinese authorities had nevertheless promised to guarantee at the time of the conclusion of the Retrocession Agreement. It should also be added that this law intervenes in a context where the inhabitants of Hong Kong demonstrated massively for the respect and the defense of their fundamental rights, in particular their civil and political rights, recognized under the British administration and maintained in the Retrocession agreement. The Haitian Government deplores the fact that this law will inevitably lead to a significant, even irreversible, decline in the fundamental freedoms that have ensured the prosperity of Hong Kong and its people for several decades. Based on the opacity characterizing the definition of the offenses that this law would punish, such as secession, collusion with foreigners, terrorism and subversion and the heavy penalties that their alleged perpetrators face, the Haitian Government urges the Chinese authorities to bring back this controversial legal instrument which will only push back the prospect of establishing the atmosphere of harmony essential between the Hong Kong people and the Chinese mainland authorities. In short, the Haitian Government maintains that dialogue remains the royal road by which a solution can be found between the various protagonists involved directly or indirectly in this file." HL/ HaitiLibre
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