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Social workers take to Hong Kong streets to urge international community to join fight against city’s ‘humanitarian crisis’

  • Social Welfare Sector Strike Committee leads march to Canadian, Japanese and European Union offices
  • Hundreds urge countries to pass laws similar to US’s Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act

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Social workers march from Central to Wan Chai on Thursday. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Hundreds of people joined a peaceful march and rally organised by a group of social welfare workers to call for international intervention in Hong Kong’s “humanitarian crisis” on Thursday.

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The same group, Social Welfare Sector Strike Committee, was behind a three-day strike in the sector that began on Tuesday in support of the ongoing anti-government protests.

Speaking before the march set off at 2.30pm, committee member and social worker Doris Leung called on more countries to make laws over the human rights situation in Hong Kong.

“We hope leaders of various countries can pass … acts so to sanction Chinese and Hong Kong officials that erode human rights in Hong Kong,” Leung said.

Activists marched to foreign consulates in Hong Kong urging them to follow Washington’s example. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
Activists marched to foreign consulates in Hong Kong urging them to follow Washington’s example. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
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The United States has already passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act that allows the State Department to sanction individuals deemed to have undermined the city’s autonomy.
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