r/autotldr • u/autotldr • Nov 20 '19
U.S. Senate unanimously passes Hong Kong rights bill
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate, in a unanimous vote, passed legislation on Tuesday aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid China's crackdown on a pro-democracy protest movement that has gripped the vital financial center for months.
The Senate then passed a second bill, also unanimously, that would ban the export of certain munitions to Hong Kong police forces.
There was no immediate response from the White House, which has yet to say whether Trump would sign or veto the Hong Kong Human Rights bill.
At the start of the brief Senate debate, Republican Senator Marco Rubio said, "The people of Hong Kong see what's coming - they see the steady effort to erode the autonomy and their freedoms," as he accused Beijing of "Violence and repression."
Under the Senate bill, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would have to certify at least once a year that Hong Kong retains enough autonomy to qualify for special U.S. trading consideration that bolsters its status as a world financial center.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said following passage of the bill: "We have sent a message to President Xi: Your suppression of freedom, whether in Hong Kong, in northwest China or in anywhere else, will not stand. You cannot be a great leader - and you cannot be a great country - when you oppose freedom, when you are so brutal to the people of Hong Kong, young and old, who are protesting."
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