China – General

China – Hong Kong

Hong Kong pupils will start learning about the city’s national security law from the age of eight or nine

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

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

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

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 ...
Hong Kong lawyer files petition to arrest US lawmakers behind Hong Kong Sanctions Act

Hong Kong lawyer files petition to arrest US lawmakers behind Hong Kong Sanctions Act

I suppose that's how to make Beijing love you ! The Jurist Hong Kong lawyer Jimmy Siu on Friday filed a writ ...
HKFP: University of Hong Kong and private club axe talks by UK lawyer who was blocked from representing media tycoon Jimmy Lai

HKFP: University of Hong Kong and private club axe talks by UK lawyer who was blocked from representing media tycoon Jimmy Lai

By Irene Chan. A university talk by a UK lawyer barred from representing Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was axed, with ...

China – Lawyers

Court in China’s Guangxi jails lawyer for ‘subversion’ over slogan

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 ...
Safeguard Defenders Article: The 3 ways China blocks access to lawyers

Safeguard Defenders Article: The 3 ways China blocks access to lawyers

Your right to see a lawyer in China is guaranteed under the law. But that right is being routinely and widely ...
Joint statement on the suspension of Lin Qilei’s and revocation of Liang Xiaojun’s legal practice licenses

Joint statement on the suspension of Lin Qilei’s and revocation of Liang Xiaojun’s legal practice licenses

7 December 2021 Source: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en#inbox/FMfcgzGllMLKdlvVHLwcrwVDlwRKhsNw Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), The 29 Principles, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Human Rights Now, ...
Report: IAPL - STRATEGIES OF SILENCE: Repression of Chinese human rights defenders, lawyers & journalists

Report: IAPL – STRATEGIES OF SILENCE: Repression of Chinese human rights defenders, lawyers & journalists

In 2018, Chinese gov't accepted recommendations made by Irish gov't in #UN #UPR, stating actions taken to allow HRDs & ...