MPs today asked Wimbledon to suspend relations with HSBC because the tournament’s banking partner is “complicit in persecution and human rights violations.”
Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong Kong in the House of Commons cited HSBC’s support for China’s draconian security law.
MPs today asked Wimbledon to suspend relations with HSBC because the tournament’s banking partner is “complicit in persecution and human rights violations.”
Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong Kong in the House of Commons cited HSBC’s support for China’s draconian security law.
According to The Telegraph, the MPs’ letter to Wimbledon chief executive Sally Bolton adds, “This year, on the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China, we must show Hongkongers that they are not alone, and that those who support their persecution will not benefit from doing so.”
Ms. Bolton supports dissolving the collaboration and has lobbied colleagues at the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to support her.
HSBC’s support for the Hong Kong crackdown, she argued, makes it “complicit in egregious human rights violations in the city.”
