Hong Kong's new security law sparks global protests, warnings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Former CNN China correspondent Mike Chinoy said the National Security Law and the Article 23 legislation will make it harder for foreign journalists to work in the city.
40% : Amy added: "They want to find an excuse to target anyone they don't like."A spokeswoman for protest organizers Vancouver Brothers who gave only the nickname Christine for fear of reprisals said the definitions of the "crimes" in Article 23 are very broad, and anyone could be targeted regardless of nationality.
39% : "Protests against the new law also took place in several Canadian cities including Vancouver, where around 300 protesters formed a human chain and sang the protest anthem "Glory to Hong Kong," which has been banned from public performance or dissemination in Hong Kong.
24% : Meanwhile, 88 parliamentarians from the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, EU and other countries said the law was a "flagrant breach" of China's obligations under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, a U.N.-registered treaty governing the handover of Hong Kong to China.

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