Hong Kong halts extradition arrangements with France and Germany

Hong Kong announced on Wednesday 12 August that it had suspended extradition arrangements with France and Germany. The announcement comes in the wake of corresponding announcements by the two European Member States in response to the imposition by China of controversial national security legislation on the region. Germany announced the suspension of extradition to Hong Kong on 31 July and France announced on 3 August that it would not move ahead with the ratification of the extradition agreement it signed with Hong Kong on 4 May 2017.