The two countries have taken similar measures to protest against the decline of freedoms in the city, since the entry into force of the law on national security.
hong Kong announced on Wednesday the suspension of the extradition treaties with France and Germany, a few days after these two european countries have taken similar action in protest against the decline of freedoms in the city.
“The two countries have politicized the cooperation in the field of law, thereby undermining the reasons of the legal cooperation between hong Kong, Germany and France,” said the government in hong kong in a press release.
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in Early August, the French ministry of foreign Affairs had stated that”in light of the latest developments” in the ex-british colony, France declined to ratify the extradition agreement signed on 4 may 2017 between Paris and the territory semi-autonomous.
France has renounced to ratify the extradition agreement
a Few days earlier, the German ministry of foreign Affairs had made a similar announcement, citing in particular the recent “events” and in particular the postponement Friday of a year of the general elections due to coronavirus.
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Before Paris and Berlin, a number of western countries – Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, have announced similar measures in response to the national security act in force since 30 June in the autonomous region special, aimed at punishing “the subversion, secession, terrorism and the collusion with foreign forces”.
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Imposed in response to the demonstrations of 2019 in hong Kong against the influence of Beijing, this act raises fears of its critics, a decline unprecedented freedoms enjoyed by the former british colony since its return to China in 1997.
