China – General
China – Hong Kong
Hong Kong lawyer Leo Yau challenges conviction and jail time for obstructing police outside court
HKFP The prosecution said Leo Yau had refused to provide identification in a cordoned-off area, but Yau’s lawyer said the ...
HK Govt Says To Lawyers ….. ‘Tell good story of rule of law:’ Hong Kong lawyers urged to contribute to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
HKFP on the latest in HK govt's version of lawfare. Liaison Office deputy head Liu Guangyuan told local lawyers to ...
IAPL: China/Hong Kong SAR: UN experts concerned about ongoing trials and arrest warrants under National Security Legislation
GENEVA (9 October 2023) – UN experts* today expressed serious concern about the first mass trial of 47 people underway since ...
Headlines Like This Further Spell The Death Of HK’s Legal Reputation ” Quinn Emanuel joins stampede of foreign law firms into Singapore”
Nikkei Asia further report on the dog days of HK's preminence in law... Or as Motorhead once sang... HONG KONG ...
Head of Hong Kong journalists’ group sentenced to jail for obstructing police
Sigh...... The head of Hong Kong's leading journalists group was sentenced on Monday to five days jail for obstructing police ...
IAPL: UN Secretary-General, UK and US raise concern over China’s reprisals against Jimmy Lai’s son and international legal team
The UN Secretary-General has highlighted the reprisals against Jimmy Lai’s son, Sebastien Lai, and their international legal team in his ...
China – Lawyers
Lawyers detained in China over courtroom video of prosecutor admitting errors
The IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers reports.. Known for his signature look of dark glasses and a surgical ...
Imprisoned China Lawyer, Writer & Activist Indicted For Subversion
PEN America says charges unfounded, warns China against adopting tactics of world's most repressive, stigmatized regimes Here's the press release ...
Article: “Changsha Funeng” Cheng Yuan, Wu Ge Jianxiong and Liu Dazhi have been secretly judged by the court
As always there's the standard key phrases "subversion of state power" Secret Trial Unable to meet with lawyers Here's the ...
12 Hong Kong Case – Lawyer Lu Siwei., accused of endangering national security and had DQ qualifications went to court to lodge a lawsuit. Police pressed him to the ground and snatched his mobile phone.
12 The family members of the Hong Kong people's case entrusted lawyer Lu Siwei was liquidated earlier this year, and ...
Article – Irish Law Society Gazette: China’s lawyers forced to endorse socialism
The gazette reports The sixth anniversary of a draconian crackdown on Chinese lawyers and human rights defenders has been marked ...
City Bar Statement on the Sixth Anniversary of the Chinese Government’s “709 Crackdown” on Lawyers and Human Rights Advocates July 09, 2021
The New York City Bar Association marks the sixth anniversary of the “709 Crackdown,” one of the most egregious episodes ...
