; Whereas four Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations have urged the governing authorities in Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China to ensure protestors in Hong Kong may fully exercise the right to peacefully assemble, including— (1) the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; (2) the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; (3) the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; and (4) the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; Whereas police in Hong Kong have arrested more than 6,000 individuals and fired more than 16,000 rounds of tear gas during the 7 months of protests by people of Hong Kong seeking to uphold their liberties and the autonomy of Hong Kong, as articulated in the Basic Law; Whereas the report of the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders entitled Defending Rights in a No Rights Zone : Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2018) indicates that— (1) authorities in the People’s Republic of China continue to charge Tibetans with inciting separatism for expressing political or religious dissent and impose heavy prison sentences on such individuals; (2) the Government of the People’s Republic of China continues to implement its draconian 2017 cybersecurity law, which authorizes invasive cyber surveillance and provides broad authority to restrict and penalize online expression; (3) the Government of the People’s Republic of China intended to have full coverage, connectivity, and control of the entire People’s Republic of China by police video surveillance by 2020; and (4) the Government of the People’s Republic of China boldly retaliates against human rights advocates for their work upholding international standards and cooperating with the United Nations human rights mechanisms