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Those who aired views that disagreed with the government's placement on controversial subjects or disseminated such views
to domestic and overseas audiences risked punishment ranging
from disciplinary motion at government function units to law enforcement interrogation and detention. The data was disseminated via corporations this sort of as the Hong
Kong-centered Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy and the international-based Human Rights
in China. Prominent human legal rights activists crucial
of the central governing administration also operated freely and taken care of long lasting
resident status in the SAR. Section five Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of
Alleged Violations of Human Rights A vast selection of
domestic and global human rights teams usually
operated with no federal government restriction,
investigating and publishing their findings on human legal
rights conditions. From January to June, fifty two rape situations
and 647 indecent assault conditions had been claimed
to the law enforcement. Between January and
June, there were 2,311 cases of domestic violence involving heterosexual partners, of which 1,193
have been uncovered to be legal and have been investigated by the police.
Rape involving murder is punishable by up to forty years' imprisonment.
In the first 50 % of the calendar year, the ICAC acquired 498 studies of corruption involving government institutions or staff. |
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