Just like her fellow Hong Kong protesters, pop star Denise Ho is standing up to China.
Just like them, she seems to have gotten under Beijing’s skin -- this time at an international human rights venue.
Ho’s comments were some of the sharpest and most varied criticism of China that the council has heard since the United States pulled out last year, partly over Trump administration complaints that too many rights-violating states were among its members. The U.S. had been generally seen as one of the countries least hesitant to stand up to its rising rival at the Geneva-based council.
Ho then denounced the disqualifications of lawmakers, the jailing of activists, and the “cross-border kidnappings” of booksellers in Hong Kong as signs of “China’s tightening grip.” She said Hong Kong autonomy had slowly eroded since the handover. She accused China of “preventing our democracy at all costs” such as by appointing as Hong Kong CEO Carrie Lam, who the protesters want to see ousted.
UN Watch, the advocacy group that hosted Ho, faulted Western countries for not speaking out in her defense. China’s envoy also blasted the non-governmental organization, saying it had “abused its consultative status” and engaged in slandering — without mentioning the group or Ho by name.“I don’t know if it will stay this way,” she said. “I will stand strong.”
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