Australia Moves To Suspend Its Extradition Agreement With Hong Kong

Business Insider: Australia moves to suspend its extradition agreement with Hong Kong over the city's harsh new national security law

* Australia has taken steps to suspend its extradition with Hong Kong and has proposed new visa protections for Hong Kong residents in response to the city's sweeping new national security law.
* The Australian government has also updated its travel advisory for Hong Kong in response to the new legislation, saying that those visiting Hong Kong "may be at increased risk of detention on vaguely defined national security grounds."
* Several other countries, including the US and the UK, have also proposed measures to protect Hong Kong residents fleeing potential political persecution.

Australia has taken steps to suspend its extradition with Hong Kong in light of a sweeping new national security law imposed on the city by China.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday local time that Australia has formally notified Hong Kong and Chinese authorities of its decision to suspend its extradition agreement with the city.

"Our government, together with other governments around the world, have been very consistent in expressing our concerns with the imposition of the national security law on Hong Kong and today we have agreed to announce that national security constitutes a fundamental change of circumstances in respect to our extradition agreement with Hong Kong," Morrison said during a press conference." "And so Australia today has taken steps to suspend our extradition agreement."

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Update: Australia suspends extradition agreement with Hong Kong (DW)

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