Pro-democracy activists’ books removed from Hong Kong libraries News


Source: aljazeera.com aljazeera.com

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Books by prominent Hong Kong democracy figures have been unavailable in the city's public libraries as they are reviewed to see if they violate a new national security law, a government department said on Sunday. Comprehensive legislation, which came into effect on Tuesday night at the same time that its content was published, punishes crimes related to secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, with life sentences. Advertisement Hong Kong public libraries "will review whether certain books violate the provisions of the National Security Act," the Department of Leisure and Cultural Services, which manages the libraries, said in a...