HALIFAX — Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to find some “guts” and make like his American counterparts to hold China to account for ugly protests in the semi-autonomous region. Scenes of protest have dominated Hong Kong since the spring. In Halifax, Lau and Figo Chan, a Hong Kong protester who has felt the sting of tear gas from local police, accepted the John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service on behalf of the people of Hong Kong. And it’s woken up.”Lau, who spent nearly two decades on the Hong Kong Legislative Council and served as chair of the Democratic Party, had some choice words for Trudeau. In the days before the weekend’s forum, the U.S. Congress nearly unanimously passed the Hong Kong Democracy and Human Rights Act.

Source: National Post November 26, 2019 01:18 UTC