人权观察(HRW)成员周四表示，中国计划出台一项新的安全法，禁止香港的叛国、煽动和分裂活动，这标志着这个半自治地区的终结，并向世界其他地区发出了令人不寒而栗的警告。

这有争议的措施“建立和完善香港的法律制度和执行机制”是在第十三届全国人民代表大会第三次会议(NPC)的预备会议上提出的，将在星期五会议开始时进行辩论。这部法律是通过一条很少使用的宪法途径出台的，它有效地绕开了香港的立法者，并试图打击不断升级的反北京和亲民主的抗议者。

与...交谈新闻周刊当地时间周五上午，HRW高级研究员王玛雅在香港表示，该法律将“终结我们所知的香港”

鉴于中国过去的行为，我们可以肯定，“这个决定将从根本上改变香港的方式，”她说新闻周刊。“对如此多不同的基本自由和价值观的这些限制将改变我们的生活方式。例如，它将影响媒体自由、新闻自由、公民社会的生存能力。”

HRW中国区总监索菲·理查森表示，这一举动“明显标志着中国中央政府将尊重香港的规范、惯例或具有约束力的国际条约的任何借口的终结。”

理查森告诉记者:“今天真正受到损害的是，你可以走上街头抗议，说出你想要的，并期望中国会容忍。”新闻周刊他指出，抗议者现在必须小心，不要做出可能被视为威胁国家安全的行为。

2020年4月28日，中国香港，在国际金融中心购物中心，警察与抗议者对峙。

当香港在1997年被英国归还给中国时，北京鼓吹一种被称为“一国两制”的安排，根据这种安排，香港将被允许保持高度自治。大陆承诺该地区实行普选，但20年后，尽管其伪民主制度允许公民投票，但候选人名单仍被中国批准。

根据中英联合声明，“一国两制”将于2047年到期。但根据理查森的说法，北京的计划意味着他们渴望比承诺的更快地吸收香港。“我们比两天前更接近2047年，”她说。

香港著名的民主人士也表达了HRW的观点。“如果这一举动发生，“一国两制”将被正式删除。这是香港的末日，”公民党议员丹尼斯·郭在宣布后说。

中国共产党认为，这些法律是保护北京主权不受外部机构破坏所必需的。香港政府在2003年提出了类似的立法，允许当局在没有搜查证的情况下执行搜查，并终止制造麻烦的报纸出版物。在广泛的抗议之后，这项规定最终被放弃了。

A中国国营报纸社论认为，这项措施将起到威慑作用，并将让“那些挑战国家安全的人”为他们的行为负责。

理查森周四警告称，北京的新提议向世界发出了一个令人担忧的信息:“无论你认为我们对你的法律承诺或共同协议是什么，对我们来说，它意味着我们认为它意味着什么，我们将按照我们认为合适的方式解释它。”

“任何与中国政府有约束性协议的国家”都不应该再依赖它，她警告说。

王解释说，“失去香港也意味着失去强大的声音，这是对中国的一个轻微的道德检查”，这是很重要的，因为北京正在“扩大其影响和变得越来越强大”

“侵犯人权的行为将不再留在大陆，”她补充道。

香港的形势看起来很严峻，但理查森认为，该地区的年轻抗议者不会轻易接受中国最近的夺权，他们会迅速组织起来进行抗议——这正是中国政府试图镇压的活动。

美国国务院周四支持香港，并警告中国不要实施新的立法。

在一个2018年采访新闻周刊2014年，诺贝尔和平奖提名人约书亚·黄被宣传为香港保护伞运动的策划者，他发誓要继续为香港民主而战，“直到它最终成为现实。”

“10年后，我将站在同一个战场上，”王说我只是希望当人们想到香港时，不仅仅是李小龙、成龙或点心。我希望在不久的将来，他们会认为我们的国家是一个人们为民主而战的地方。"

Proposed Security Law Marks the End of Hong Kong and a Warning to the World, Human Rights Watch says

China's plans for a new security law that would ban treason, sedition and secession in Hong Kong marks the end for the semi-autonomous region and sends a chilling warning to the rest of the world, members of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.

The controversial measure—titled "Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanism of Hong Kong"—was proposed during the preparatory meeting for the third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) and will be debated when the session commences on Friday. The law was introduced through a scarcely used constitutional route that effectively bypasses Hong Kong's lawmakers, and seeks to crack down on escalating anti-Beijing and pro-democracy protesters.

Speaking to Newsweek from Hong Kong on Friday morning local time, HRW Senior Researcher Maya Wang said that the law will "end Hong Kong as we know it."

Given China's past behaviors, we can be certain that "this decision will fundamentally change the ways of Hong Kong," she told Newsweek. "These restrictions on so many different fundamental freedoms and values would alter our way of life. It would impact, for example, media freedom, the free press, the ability of civil society to exist."

HRW China Director Sophie Richardson said the move "manifestly marks the end of any pretense that the central government in Beijing is going to respect norms, practices or binding international treaties in Hong Kong."

"What's really been damaged today is the idea that you can walk out on the street to protest and say what you want with the expectation that will be tolerated by China," Richardson told Newsweek, noting that protesters will now have to be careful not to behave in a way that could be construed as a threat to national security.

Police stand off with protesters during a protest at the International Finance Center shopping mall on April 28, 2020 in Hong Kong, China.

When Hong Kong was returned to China by the British in 1997, Beijing touted an arrangement called "One Country, Two Systems," under which the territory would be allowed to retain a high degree of autonomy and self-governance. The mainland promised the region universal suffrage, but two decades later, although its pseudo-democratic system allows citizens to vote, the list of candidates is still approved by China.

As set out in the Sino-British Joint Declaration, "One Country, Two Systems" is set to expire in 2047. But according to Richardson, Beijing's plan signifies that they're eager to absorb Hong Kong faster than was promised. "We're closer to 2047 than we were 2 days ago," she said.

Prominent pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong echoed HRW's sentiments. "If this move takes place, 'One Country, Two Systems' will be officially erased. This is the end of Hong Kong," Civic Party lawmaker Dennis Kwok said following the announcement.

The Chinese Communist Party views such laws as necessary to protect Beijing's sovereignty from outside bodies seeking to undermine it. Hong Kong's government proposed similar legislation in 2003 that would have allowed authorities to execute searches with the absence of warrants and end troublemaking newspaper publications. The rule was eventually ditched following widespread protests.

A Chinese state-run newspaper editorial argued that the measure will act as a deterrent and will hold "those who challenge national security" accountable for their behavior.

Richardson on Thursday warned that Beijing's new proposal sends an alarming message to the rest of the world: "Regardless of what you think our legal commitments or mutual agreements to you are, to us, it means what we think it means, and we will interpret it as we see fit."

"Any country who has a binding agreement with the Chinese government" should no longer rely on it, she warned.

Wang explained that "losing Hong Kong will also mean losing the powerful voice that provides a slight moral check on China" which is important because Beijing is "expanding its influence and becoming increasingly powerful."

"Human rights abuses will no longer stay in the mainland," she added.

The situation looks grim for Hong Kong, but Richardson believes the region's young protesters won't likely take China's latest power grab lying down and will quickly organize to protest—the very activity the mainland's measure is seeking to quash.

The U.S. State Department threw their support behind Hong Kong on Thursday and warned China against imposing the new legislation.

In an 2018 interview with Newsweek, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Joshua Wong, billed as the mastermind of Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement in 2014, vowed to continue fighting for Hong Kong democracy "until it finally becomes a reality."

"In 10 years' time I will be on the same battlefield," Wong said. "I just hope when people think of Hong Kong, it's not just all Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan or dim sum. I hope in the near future, they will think of our country as a place where people fight for democracy."