For Anna Kwok, a Washington-based Hong Kong activist, the imposition of a Hong Kong police bounty for her arrest has underscored the urgency of her bid for political asylum at a time of growing tensions between the United States and China.
and the U.S. - issuing arrest warrants for alleged national security violations and offering bounties of HK$1 million for each arrest.
"We are looking for ways to ensure that I can be safe in the U.S. and I'm also continuing to speak to other civil society partners who do have resources and experience in dealing and protecting dissidents from dictatorship regimes," she said.Kwok said the warrants confirmed what she has long suspected - that returning home would be impossible since it would lead to almost certain arrest. The last time she saw her family was over three years ago.
Over the past few years, Kwok acknowledges that she has sometimes battled depression as friends back home were jailed, and as Hong Kong fell out of the global spotlight. To ease the pressure of working long hours and most weekends, she occasionally does yoga or plays video games. Since the 2020 imposition of the national security law, most of the democratic opposition has been jailed or exiled. An electoral overhaul has also effectively barred democrats from legislative and district elections.
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