{"id":328179,"date":"2020-10-29T18:06:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=328179"},"modified":"2020-10-29T18:06:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:06:18","slug":"pompeo-slams-china-calls-for-immediate-release-of-three-student-activists-arrested-by-chinese-controlled-hong-kong-police-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pompeo-slams-china-calls-for-immediate-release-of-three-student-activists-arrested-by-chinese-controlled-hong-kong-police-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo slams China, calls for immediate release of three student activists arrested by Chinese-controlled Hong Kong Police Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/pompeo-slams-china-calls-for-immediate-release-of-three-student-activists-arrested-by-chinese-controlled-hong-kong-police-force\/mike-pompeo-us\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-328180\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-328180 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mike-pompeo-us-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/mike-pompeo-us-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/mike-pompeo-us.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a>U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Thursday slammed China and called for the immediate release of three student activists arrested by Chinese-controlled Hong Kong Police Force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;The United States strongly condemns the arrest and detention of three student democracy activists and calls on Hong Kong authorities to release those that remain detained immediately. The Beijing-controlled Hong Kong government continues to stifle dissent, repress public opinion, and use law enforcement for political purposes,&#8221; US State Department said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;The People\u2019s Republic of China has violated its international obligations under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, while the Chinese Communist Party and its Hong Kong proxies crush the promised autonomy of Hong Kong, and eviscerate Hong Kong\u2019s respect for human rights, including the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. The United States stands with the people of Hong Kong,&#8221; State department added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo in a tweet said, &#8220;We condemn the Chinese-controlled Hong Kong Police Force\u2019s arrest of three student democracy activists and call for the immediate release of those that remain detained.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Thursday slammed China and called for the immediate release of three student activists arrested by Chinese-controlled Hong Kong Police Force. &#8220;The United States strongly condemns the arrest and detention of three student democracy activists and calls on Hong Kong authorities to release those that remain detained immediately. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":328180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[666,13648,4751],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328182,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328179\/revisions\/328182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/328180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}