美國有參議員提出法案《Hong Kong Be Water Act》，譴責北京違反香港人的自由權，並授權美國行政部門制裁侵權的中國及香港政府官員。
《Hong Kong Be Water Act》由3名共和黨參議員提出，法案要求美國總統依據《全球馬格尼茨基人權法案》（Global Magnitsky Act），對壓迫香港人民言論、結社、集會、遊行及抗議自由的「外國人士」採取制裁行動，包括凍結其資產。「外國人士」包含現任或前任中國、香港官員，或是相關代表政府合作的人物。
法案提出者之一的霍利（Josh Hawley）發新聞稿表示，他近期前往香港，當地快速惡化的情勢令他擔憂，指出「毫無疑問地，香港正迅速成為警察國家，我們必須向世界傳達說，當香港人民起身抵抗中國共產黨，美國會與他們站在一起」。
法案另外2名提出者包括斯科特（Rick Scott）及科寧（John Cornyn）。
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The Hong Kong Be Water Act of 2019
Background
• Millions of Hongkongers have taken to the streets over the past several months to peacefully
protest Beijing’s steady encroachment upon the democratic liberties promised to them under the
Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Hong Kong Basic Law.
• The government of Hong Kong has responded to those peaceful demonstrations with tear gas,
water cannons, rubber bullets, beatings, and most recently, live ammunition.1
• The government of the People’s Republic of China has issued a range of threats against the
protestors, including that of paramilitary or military force, and leaned heavily on the Hong Kong
government to maintain its pressure on the Hong Kong protestors.
• The government of the People’s Republic of China has used economic blackmail to compel
international companies into abetting its crackdown on protesters.2, 3
• Google and Apple removed mobile apps that helped protesters navigate and organize.4
• The National Basketball Association criticized members of its organization that expressed
support for the Hong Kong movement and explicitly indicated its support for Beijing’s
position.5, 6
• Several airlines have yielded to China’s demands, including by sanctioning employees who
voiced support for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.7, 8
What Senator Hawley’s bill does
The bill, titled the Hong Kong Be Water Act, calls for sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human
Rights Accountability Act to combat the Hong Kong and Chinese governments’ suppression of
Hongkongers’ freedoms of speech, association, assembly, procession, and demonstration.
The legislation does the following:
1. Condemns the government of the People’s Republic of China for violating its obligations under the
Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region of the People’s Republic of China.
2. Calls for Global Magnitsky sanctions against the Hong Kong and Chinese government officials –
and those operating on behalf of or in cooperation with the same – responsible for suppressing
or facilitating the suppression of Hongkongers’ freedoms of speech, association, assembly,
procession, and demonstration.
3. Calls for freezing the assets of Chinese nationals and state-owned enterprises who have
contributed to the suppression of Hongkongers’ freedoms of speech, association, assembly,
procession, and demonstration.
1. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/hong-kong-police-violence/
2. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/corporate-americas-subservience-to-china-and-american-populism-cannot-coexist
3. https://mashable.com/article/china-censorship-companies-hong-kong-protests-nba/
4. https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-pulls-hong-kong-cop-tracking-map-app-after-china-uproar-11570681464
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/10/07/nba-under-fire-all-directions-after-response-rockets-china-incident/
6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/10/15/lebron-james-criticizes-daryl-moreys-decision-send-controversial-hong-kong-tweet/
7. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-cathay-pacific-insi/as-protests-rack-hong-kong-china-watchdog-has-cathay-staff-walking-on-eggshells-
idUSKBN1WI0MA
8. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-air-canada-begins-listing-taipei-as-part-of-china/
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