China defends barring rights chief from Hong KongKenneth Roth was supposed to give a press conference in Hong Kong to unveil the New York-based rights group's latest global survey. BEIJING: China on Monday defended barring the head of Human Rights Watch from entering Hong Kong, saying non-governmental organisations were responsible for political unrest in the semi-autonomous city and should "pay the proper price". This year it describes how the Chinese government is undermining the international human rights system. But the authorities just blocked my entrance to Hong Kong, illustrating the worsening problem. Last September, an American academic was barred from entering after he testified in a Congressional hearing alongside prominent Hong Kong democracy activists.

Source: Bangkok Post January 13, 2020 09:11 UTC