On the Sixth Anniversary of the Hong Kong National Security Law, Human Rights Watch Publishes Criticism of the Hong Kong Government's High-Pressure Control and an Additional HK$5 Billion in Funding

On June 30, 2026, on the sixth anniversary of the entry into force of the Hong Kong National Security Law, Human Rights Watch released a report criticizing the full mainlandization of Hong Kong's governance structure; the report pointed out that within the year the Hong Kong government empowered police to compel the surrender of electronic passwords, and once again injected HK$5 billion into the national security budget.