UK Diplomat Attends Hearing of 47 HK Dissidents as Raab Condemns National Security Law

Jonathan Williams, the head of political and communications at the British Consulate-General Hong Kong, waiting outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, where 47 dissidents charged under the Beijing-imposed national security law appeared in court, in Hong Kong on March 1, 2021. Adrian Yu/The Epoch Times

A British diplomat was among the foreign diplomats in Hong Kong queuing on Monday morning to attend the hearing of the 47 dissidents charged on Sunday under the “national security law.”

The UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday said that the Beijing-imposed national security law is a political tool to stifle dissenting voices, and is in violation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.