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Non-permanent residents of the Hong Kong SAR are persons who, in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong SAR, are qualified to obtain Hong Kong identity cards but
have no right of abode.
Article 25
law.
All Hong Kong residents shall be equal before the
Article 26
Permanent residents of the Hong Kong SAR shall
have the right to vote and the right to stand for election
as prescribed by law.
Article 27
Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech,
of the press and of publication; freedom of association, of
assembly, of demonstration and of public protestation; the
rights and freedoms to form and join trade unions, and to
strike.
Article 28
The freedom of the person of Hong Kong residents is
in violable.
arbitrarily or
Arbitrary or
resident, and
Hong Kong residents shall not be
unlawfully arrested, detained or imprisoned.
unlawful search of the body of any
deprivation or restriction of the residents' freedom of the
person shall be prohibited. Torture of any resident, and
arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of an y resident's life shall be prohibited.