What’s in Hong Kong’s new national security law?

A recent set of nationwide safety offenses is coming into drive in Hong Kong, after lawmakers unanimously authorized a brand new legislation Tuesday.

The fast-tracked laws — generally known as Article 23, after a bit of town’s miniconstitution — is the Chinese language finance hub’s second nationwide safety legislation.

The primary, imposed by Beijing in 2020 following the quashing of citywide pro-democracy protests, has seen practically 300 individuals arrested, civil society teams pressured to disband, and dozens of politicians, activists and different public figures jailed or pressured into exile.