China – General
China – Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press: Hong Kong 47: Landmark nat. security trial could end next Monday, court hears
HKFP are reporting the following.... sounds like the news won't be positive. Hong Kong’s landmark national security trial involving 47 pro-democracy ...
Hong Kong pupils will start learning about the city’s national security law from the age of eight or nine
The aim is to “systematically cultivate students’ sense of belonging to our country, national sentiments and sense of national identity from ...
Hong Kong courts to live stream some proceedings to boost transparency, confidence in justice system
The South China Morning Post Hong Kong courts will start to live stream some proceedings early next year in a ...
Hong Kong clerk who called for downfall of Communist Party in online comments jailed for 4 months
The South China Morning Post Chow Man-wai, 46, pleaded guilty to posting 49 offensive comments on LIHKG forum between March ...
HK Govt Press Release: DSJ leads delegation of young lawyers to visit Shenzhen
DSJ leads delegation of young lawyers to visit Shenzhen (with photos/videos) The Deputy Secretary for Justice, Mr Cheung Kwok-kwan, leading ...
China – Lawyers
We Don’t Chat…….Lawyer He Weifang No Longer To Be Found On WeChat
Asia News reports His sixth profile on the popular messaging site has been deleted. The lawyer says Tencent - owner ...
China: rights lawyer Xie Yang arrested, whereabouts unknown
Xie Yang had been arrested in 2015, during the investigations known as “709? against hundreds of lawyers and activists. He ...
Lawyers for Lawyers: Joint statement on upcoming trials of Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong
In a joint statement, Lawyers for Lawyers, The 29 Principles, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and Human Rights Now draw attention to ...
USPTO Sanctions Chinese Law Firm for Fraud and Terminates More Than 15,000 US Trademark Applications
On Dec. 10, 2021, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a precedential Final Order for Sanctions against Chinese practitioner and ...
China: ‘Disappeared’ rights lawyer Tang Jitian ‘tortured’ in incommunicado detention says friend
China: ‘Disappeared’ rights lawyer Tang Jitian ‘tortured’ in incommunicado detention: friend by peopleslawyers 21/12/21 Police are putting pressure on Tang's friends and ...
Court in China’s Guangxi jails lawyer for ‘subversion’ over slogan
IAPL Charges against Chen Jiahong may be linked to a slogan he posted in Chinese calligraphy, his former lawyer says ...