The United States, Britain and the European Union have accused the Hong Kong government of stripping Hongkongers’ democratic rights following further disqualifications of opposition district councillors for allegedly insufficient loyalty to the city.
Earlier on Thursday, Hong Kong’s home affairs chief announced that 16 district councillors would be ousted from their positions because of invalid oaths, bringing the total number of recently unseated municipal-level politicians to 55.
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