Overview

• Hong Kong authorities announced HK$1 million bounties for six overseas pro-democracy activists accused of violating national security laws.
• Passports of seven other activists, including former lawmakers, have been revoked under Hong Kong's domestic security law.
• The US State Department labeled the actions as transnational repression, threatening US sovereignty and global freedoms of expression and assembly.
• Washington rejected Hong Kong's efforts to silence individuals residing in the United States, calling for an end to the misuse of national security laws.
• This marks the third instance of such bounties since the imposition of the national security law, which has drawn widespread international criticism.