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Civil Society Decries Deteriorating Rights in HK

A group of 45 civil society organizations has submitted over 100 suggestions to the United Nations regarding the “deteriorating rule of law and human rights environment” in Hong Kong ahead of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on China. The coalition of groups includes organizations working on the environment, freedom of expression, LGBT rights, domestic worker rights, ethnic minority rights, open data, and others.