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5.9.2022 Safeguard Defenders
Safeguard Defenders Laura Harth, along with the exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and Sinopsis will be presenting information on the extradition treaty, the consequences for the rule of law and human rights protection in the Czech Republic, and the greater EU, and what maintaining the treaty means for the Czech Republic in the world.
The hearing’s program, called “The Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong – In light of the State Security Law”, states that
Between 2013 – 2014, the Czech Republic concluded three agreements with Hong Kong, including: an agreement on the transfer of convicted persons; an agreement on the transfer of persons wanted for criminal proceedings; and an agreement on mutual assistance in criminal matters.
With the imposition of the State Security Law on Hong Kong in July 2020 and subsequent acts such as the new election law, a legal situation similar