Issue · EU initiative · model-assigned

Hong Kong National Security Law

Decisions: 3 on 3 sitting days
Outcomes: 3 adopted · 0 rejected
Period: 28 Nov 2024 – 17 Sept 2026
Found by: A model, not checked by hand

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Kind: EU initiative
Status: Active
Last 90 days: 1 decision
Roll-call votes: 3
By kind: Resolutions 3

Kind: EU initiative
Status: Active
Last 90 days: 1 decision
Roll-call votes: 3
By kind: Resolutions 3

What this issue is about Written by AI from the official text — check the source

The 2020 National Security Law imposed on Hong Kong and the recurring EU debate over its use against journalists and activists.

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Decisions, 3

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

**Effect**: what the decision did. **Final vote**: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
Date	Decision	Kind	Effect	Final vote
17 Sept 2026	Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung	Resolutions	Adopted	459 for, 12 against, 86 abstained by roll call
22 Jan 2026	Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong	Resolutions	Adopted	503 for, 9 against, 100 abstained by roll call
28 Nov 2024	Hong Kong, notably the cases of Jimmy Lai and the 45 activists recently convicted under the national security law	Resolutions	Adopted	473 for, 23 against, 98 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 3

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

**Decisions**: decisions on the dossier counted here. **Latest decision**: its date and outcome.
Dossier	Decisions	Latest decision
Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung 2026-2873	Decisions1	17 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong 2026-2573	Decisions1	22 Jan 2026 · Adopted
Hong Kong, notably the cases of Jimmy Lai and the 45 activists recently convicted under the national security law 2024-2950	Decisions1	28 Nov 2024 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 3 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a **clear line** = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). **For / Against / Abstained**: its clear line. **Divided**: no clear line. **With the outcome**: votes where its majority line matched the result. **Votes**: finals the group voted on.
Group	For	Against	Abstained	Divided	With the outcome	Votes
The Left	For0	Against0	Abst.1	Divided2	With outcome0	of3
Greens	For3	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome3	of3
S&D	For3	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome3	of3
Renew	For3	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome3	of3
EPP	For3	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome3	of3
ECR	For3	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome3	of3
Patriots	For0	Against0	Abst.0	Divided3	With outcome0	of3
ESN	For0	Against0	Abst.3	Divided0	With outcome0	of3

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

Topics that come up with it

Topic Foreign affairs Ukraine, the Middle East, China, enlargement, human rights abroad.
Topic Justice, rule of law & rights Rule of law, fundamental rights, judicial and police cooperation.

Running issues

Issue Hong Kong Running issue · Country situation 17 Sept 2026
Issue China human rights Running issue · Country situation 30 Apr 2026
Issue Detention of EU citizens abroad Running issue · EU initiative 22 Jan 2026

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/hong-kong-national-security-law
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Hong Kong National Security Law”. Running issue, 17 September 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/hong-kong-national-security-law (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-issue-hong-kong-national-security-law,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Hong Kong National Security Law}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/hong-kong-national-security-law}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/hong-kong-national-security-law},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}