{"id":3656,"date":"2014-10-06T14:06:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2014-10-06T14:06:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:06:38","slug":"hong-kong-protect-rights-to-peaceful-protest-end-use-of-excessive-force-investigate-alleged-violence-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/hong-kong-protect-rights-to-peaceful-protest-end-use-of-excessive-force-investigate-alleged-violence-sexual-assault","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong: Protect Rights to Peaceful Protest-End Use of Excessive Force; Investigate Alleged Violence, Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/2014-china-teargas-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/2014-china-teargas-1.jpg\" alt=\"Riot police fire teargas to disperse protesters after thousands of demonstrators blocked the main street to the financial Central district outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>OCTOBER 6, 2014<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(New York) \u2013 Hong Kong Chief Executive C.Y. Leung should urgently assure the public of their rights to peaceful assembly and expression in advance of his deadline that city streets be cleared by October 6, 2014, Human Rights Watch said in a public letter today.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch urged Leung to take three steps to meet Hong Kong\u2019s compliance with international human rights law: ensure that security forces abide by the United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms; ensure maximum respect for ongoing peaceful demonstrations; and swiftly investigate and fairly prosecute all those responsible for violence, including sexual assault, against protesters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cC.Y. Leung needs to act urgently or confidence in the Hong Kong government\u2019s commitment to human rights and the rule of law will be deeply compromised,\u201d said Sophie Richardson, China director. \u201cLeung has considerable authority to ensure peaceful outcomes that accommodate the views of many in Hong Kong, but will he use it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/10\/06\/hong-kong-protect-rights-peaceful-protest\">For detail please visit here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCTOBER 6, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,370],"tags":[317,90,477],"views":3279,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3658,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions\/3658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}