NGOs In China Unhappy About New Law Passage

A controversial law has been passed by China's parliament controlling foreign non-government organizations on Thursday. This provides extended authorities to the local security power and causing negative remarks from Amnesty International.

The law made the Obama administration reacts aptly and inexorably to the passage of the law, admonishing that while it was better than earlier versions, it would restrict contacts between groups and individuals  in the US and China, as reported by Market Watch.

"We urge China to respect the rights and freedoms of human rights defenders, journalists, business groups, development professionals, and all others who make up civil society, including by protecting the ability of foreign NGOs to operate in China," White House National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.

The law is a portion of a large number of legislation, enveloping China's counterterrorism law and a draft cyber security law, put forward during a renewed crackdown on separatist by President Xi Jinping's administration. It also includes intricate registration requirements for foreign NGOs that critics have said are intended to deter the group's ability to work, Reuters reported.

According to Forbes, the new law was revealed last year and earned heavy criticism.  It was estimated that more than 7,000 foreign NGOs in China along with foreign governments and academics all condemn the unfair law, urging it to be amended before the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress pass it.

In lieu, the law was finalized necessarily in its original form and the most interfering elements of the law stayed in the text. The law "requires that foreign nongovernmental organizations register with the Ministry of Public Security and allow the police to scrutinize all aspects of their operations, including finances, at any time."

Beijing will welcome law-abiding NGOs to operate in the country but will intentionally punish those that will afflict Chinese security interests or social stability without specifying what it means.

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