Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ted Hui reportedly granted asylum in Australia
by Agence France-Press and Guardian staff from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZC5M)
Exiled former lawmaker with $200,000 bounty for his arrest, who now works as a solicitor in Adelaide, says he and his family granted protection visas this week
Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
The former pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Ted Hui, who is wanted by authorities in the Chinese city, has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who remain jailed.
The special administrative region, handed back to China by the UK in 1997, has seen dissent quashed since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law following huge and at times violent pro-democracy protests that erupted in 2019.
Continue reading...