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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12317

31 August 2019
EXTERNAL ACTION / Hong kong
Europeans concerned about latest developments
Helsinki, 30/08/2019 (Agence Europe)

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, underlined on Friday 30 August the concern of the Foreign Ministers meeting in Helsinki over the arrest of several figures of the democracy movement in Hong Kong.

More than 850 people have been arrested since the demonstrations began.

The latest developments are extremely worrying. We expect authorities to respect freedom of assembly, expression and association and the right to demonstrate...