Abstract
For the last four years, Article 19, together with the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), has campaigned for the review and/or removal of certain laws from Hong Kong's statute books before the handover to China. Their aim has been and continues to be an insistence that China preserve Hong Kong's legal commitment to recognise and uphold the fundamental rights set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Their latest joint annual report, China's Challenge, covers the period 1 July 1995 - 30 June 1996 and refocuses attention on the Chinese government in the hope of establishing a dialogue. It also warns the UK government of the dangers of leaving its present security laws a hostage to fortune in Beijing's hands. The following excerpts pinpoint continuing concerns about freedom of expression