Mizuno: Why Hong Kong is a fight for all democracies

Imagine if there were a world where no one was allowed to criticize the government or protest to have their voice heard, where there is a sense of helplessness in the airࢀ"and no way to hold the government accountable. The only option for people to preserve their inalienable rights is to fight this system of oppression or leave the only place they have ever called home in fear that the government will abuse its power for its own interests. Unfortunately, this is no parallel universe. It is an ongoing humanitarian nightmare inflicted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on an…