UK Suspends Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: First, your reaction to what just happened today with the U.K. announcing suspending extradition and also no longer sending or suspending sales of that equipment to the region.

NATHAN LAW, HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST: Well, I think the foreign secretary made a decision very promptly. Two weeks ago, I (INAUDIBLE) urging this country to end the extradition treaty to Hong Kong because under the national (INAUDIBLE) law, Hong Kong does not enjoy rule of law, and several countries commit to it. And I’m glad that today the foreign secretary announced that policy change. And I think in the longtime future, there will be more and more authentic (ph) policy from the U.S. government to China and Hong Kong.

AMANPOUR: Let me just ask you, I know you’re a very young man. I think you’re 27 years old, and, you know, we’ve just been talking about the great democracy activist, John Lewis, who put his life on the line for all those years. You guys have done something similar in Hong Kong for several, you know, seasons now in terms of democracy protests. You’ve been met by heavily militarized police, there’s been a lot of scuffling. How do you put your battle for freedom and human rights in, I guess, the civil rights and the greater global battle for freedom?

LAW: Yes. I honestly dare not to compare myself to John Lewis because he’s been a really — a figure head of the whole movement and he’s legendary and, well, from his record, he’s been arrested for like 40 something times during his whole resistance movement and he’s been committed to it and he’s a enlightening figure to a lot of — our generations about him. So, this is such a, well, honorable figurehead for me. So, I think it’s important that we have someone to learn from, and it’s important that that spirit could be a momentum force to a lot of younger generation’s pursuit, that fight for justice.