China – General
China – Hong Kong
Hong Kong activist to pay HK$100,000 for court bid to challenge protest song ban
SCMP Court of Appeal denies request from jailed activist Chow Hang-tung to challenge decision barring her from contesting song injunction ...
Foreign law firms leaving Hong Kong will be ‘sorry’: ex-justice chief Teresa Cheng
Foreign law firms leaving Hong Kong will come to regret their decision, a former justice minister has said, calling the ...
US law firm Dechert considering shuttering offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, say sources
Another one bits the dust Yahoo News U.S.-founded law firm Dechert is considering closing its offices in Hong Kong and ...
Regina Ip Writes Op-Ed For China Daily “Public disorder is unacceptable to any authority”
Bet you can't guess what it says ! The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank, recently ...
Delegation from Queen Mary University of London visited CityUHK School of Law
Umm? I wouldn't be considering Queen Mary as a law school i want to study at . and as an ...
SCMP Opinion: A Hong Kong with no foreign judges risks being just another Chinese city
The issue of foreign judges serving, or ceasing to, on our Court of Final Appeal has flared up, raising important questions ...
China – Lawyers
IAPL: China: 9th Anniversary of 709 Crackdown on Rights Lawyers and Defenders: 10 Notable Events Over Past Year
This year, 2024, marks the 9th anniversary of the “709” crackdown on China’s human rights lawyers and rights activists that ...
China: Chinese lawyers accuse court officials of interfering in trial, slam ‘blatant sabotage’ of legal system
The SCMP reports Viral photo appears to show judicial officers and court staff instructing lower court judge via WeChat during ...
IAPL: In letter to China, UN expert condemns targeting of human rights lawyers
A newly-released confidential letter by a UN Special Rapporteur documents the disbarment of human rights lawyers in China and the ...
IAPL: China: Immediately release rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and activist Xu Yan
13 April marks the first anniversary of the detention of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, activist Xu ...
IAPL: Chinese authorities still persecute dissidents’ families years after their release
Several human rights organizations say China has intensified persecution against human rights lawyers and their family members in recent months, ...
