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Hong Kong's top court urges alternative legal framework for same-sex couples

Hong Kong’s top court urges alternative legal framework for same-sex couples

HONG KONG, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's top court partially approved on Tuesday a landmark appeal by an LGBTQ ...
HK Cantonese language group closes after post accused of breaching security law

HK Cantonese language group closes after post accused of breaching security law

SCMP It's Han time - not going to go down well in HK we'd suggest. HONG KONG - A Hong ...
Paper: Legal scholar explores future of Hong Kong’s rule of law under ‘One Country, Two Systems’

Paper: Legal scholar explores future of Hong Kong’s rule of law under ‘One Country, Two Systems’

On Wednesday 23 August 2023, Associate Professor Shucheng (Peter) Wang from City University of Hong Kong gave a CPICL public ...
Statement: Hong Kong Authorities’ Ongoing Harassment Campaign

Statement: Hong Kong Authorities’ Ongoing Harassment Campaign

PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON AUGUST 25, 2023 The United States strongly condemns the Hong Kong authorities’ ongoing harassment ...
Hong Kong court upholds minimum sentences for breaching Beijing-imposed security law

Hong Kong court upholds minimum sentences for breaching Beijing-imposed security law

ABC News (USA) reports A jailed university student who pleaded guilty to inciting secession in Hong Kong has lost his ...

China – Lawyers

Safeguard Defenders Report Says.... "China is disappearing released prisoners and detainees straight into an illegal form of house arrest"

Safeguard Defenders Report Says…. “China is disappearing released prisoners and detainees straight into an illegal form of house arrest”

China is disappearing released prisoners and detainees straight into an illegal form of house arrest completely outside the judicial system, ...
IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers: China: Upcoming hearing on the revocation of human rights lawyer Ren Quanniu’s license

IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers: China: Upcoming hearing on the revocation of human rights lawyer Ren Quanniu’s license

Published 14 Januray 2021 they write.. On 19 January 2020, the Henan Provincial Judicial Department will hold a hearing in ...
Radio Free Asia Report: Lu Siwei License Suspended By Sichuan Authorities

Radio Free Asia Report: Lu Siwei License Suspended By Sichuan Authorities

Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Wednesday suspended the license of rights attorney Lu Siwei at a ...
Defend Lawyers Report: Upcoming hearing on the revocation of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei’s license

Defend Lawyers Report: Upcoming hearing on the revocation of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei’s license

The Blog writes.. On 13 January 2021, the Sichuan Provincial Judicial Department will hold a hearing in Chengdu, at the ...
Chinese lawyer who helped Hong Kong fugitive in Shenzhen says he is being tailed

Chinese lawyer who helped Hong Kong fugitive in Shenzhen says he is being tailed

Independent press outlet, Coconuts, in HK reports... A Chinese human rights lawyer who assisted one of the Hong Kong fugitives ...
New Film  "Transcending Fear"  shows the life story of the Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng,

New Film “Transcending Fear” shows the life story of the Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng,

The film "Transcending Fear" shows the life story of the Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who was named "Honorary Lawyer" by ...