Authorities disqualified a dozen hopefuls, citing their opposition to a new Chinese national security law and requests for U.S. intervention, among other reasons
HONG KONG—Authorities banned 12 opposition candidates from running in planned legislative elections, as they moved to further dismantle a pro-democracy movement that challenges China’s rule in the city.
Candidates across the democratic spectrum—including more moderate incumbent lawmakers, grass-roots activists and internationally known advocates—were informed Thursday that their candidacies for the citywide vote planned for Sept. 6 were invalid. The scale of disqualifications and reasoning provided was widely condemned by...
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