China – General
China – Hong Kong
Hong Kong: RSF representative detained and deported on attempt to monitor Jimmy Lai’s national security trial
A representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been deported from Hong Kong on arrival to the territory to monitor ...
Really~!!! Hong Kong Bar Association head hails city’s hosting of common law summit as ‘vote of confidence’ for legal sector
Remember the days when the HKBA wouldn't put up with this sort of grovelling.. long gone sadly! THE SCMP Victor ...
KPMG to Close Hong Kong Law Firm
Bloomberg SF Lawyers said to shutter five-attorney firm as soon as this month Law firms are trimming in Hong Kong, ...
SCMP: Hong Kong’s Article 23 law: legal experts argue axing national security prisoners’ early release does not violate human rights
Make of this what you will... Former Basic Law Committee vice-chair Maria Tam also says new rules under domestic national ...
Radio Free Asia shuts Hong Kong bureau over new security law
This only leaves HKFP, I believe..... DW report US-funded news outlet Radio Free Asia said Friday it had closed its Hong ...
Hongkongers who repeatedly repost, and agree with, overseas criticism of the city’s new, domestic national security law could breach the legislation
HKFP Hongkongers who repeatedly repost, and agree with, overseas criticism of the city’s new, domestic national security law could breach the legislation ...
China – Lawyers
ALN has created a report with a summary and analysis of China’s Fourth UPR Session, held on 23 January 2024, as it relates to the rights of lawyers.
ALN has created a report with a summary and analysis of China's Fourth UPR Session, held on 23 January 2024, as it ...
Global Legal Post: China decoupling will continue for Western law firms in year ahead
In part one of this look ahead, I discussed how Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling’s transatlantic merger will ...
The Guardian: Escaping Xi’s China by paddleboard: ‘I rushed into the water and thought if they catch me, they catch me’
Mentions escaping lawyers more than once in the article When Li Cheng En pushed his standup paddleboard off the Xiamen ...
Statement: More than Eight Years after the 709 Crackdown, Chinese Authorities Continue to Disappear, Arbitrarily Detain, Abuse, and Harass Human Rights Lawyers in China
More than eight years after the “709 Crackdown” in China on 9 July 2015, in which more than 300 human ...
IBAHRI marks International Human Rights Day with joint statement urging China to respect rights of lawyers
As the world marks International Human Rights Day this week, The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, The 29 Principles, Hong Kong Watch, The Rights ...
Jimmy Lai’s lawyer says rape threats precede public events
Radio Free Asia Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s legal team and son are being harassed with death and rape ...
