Johnny Patterson, policy director of the human rights organisation Hong Kong Watch, said in a statement that the decision was “disproportionate, draconian, and sets a dangerous precedent for other young Hong Kongers whose only crime is using social media to protest the dismantling of Hong Kong’s freedoms”.
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