The US Senate passes legislation aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid China's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters
Protesters are detained by police near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom district of Hong Kong on November 18, 2019. Pro-democracy demonstrators holed up in a Hong Kong university campus set the main entrance ablaze on November 18 to prevent surrounding police moving in, after officers warned they may use live rounds if confronted by deadly weapons.
Following the voice vote by senators, the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" now goes to the House of Representatives, which earlier approved its own version of the measure. The two chambers will have to work out their differences before any legislation can be sent to President Donald Trump for his consideration.
There was no immediate response from the White House, which has yet to say whether Trump would sign or veto the Hong Kong Human Rights bill. A US official said recently that no decision had been made. Senate aides said they expected the legislation eventually would move forward as an amendment to a massive defence bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, expected to pass Congress later this year.
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