- Rare March: Hong Kong lawyers protest proposed extradition law changes Archived Message
- Rare March: Hong Kong lawyers protest proposed extradition law changes - margo June 18, 2019, 12:56 pm
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Posted by margo
on June 18, 2019, 12:56 pm
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Yet another British official professes to love the rule of law... SMH / Hong Kong -- More than 3000 Hong Kong lawyers dressed in black and held a rare protest march on Thursday against a proposed extradition bill that could see individuals sent to China to face trial in what the last British governor said would be a "terrible blow" to the territory's rule of law. The lawyers and other legal workers marched from the Court of Final Appeal to the central government offices. The proposal, and official refusals to back down, have sparked growing outrage in the business, diplomatic and legal communities, which fear corrosion of the legal autonomy of Hong Kong and the difficulty of guaranteeing a fair trial in China. "I want to do what I can to ensure the Hong Kong government is forced to backtrack... I am stunned they have come up with this plan," said one mainland Chinese lawyer based in Hong Kong. "Even if we are not directly exposed, we know better than most just how appalling the criminal justice system is across the border - there is no open, fair justice, you can't always even get a lawyer. There is torture." ... "It's a proposal, or a set of proposals, which strike a terrible blow ... against the rule of law, against Hong Kong's stability and security, against Hong Kong's position as a great international trading hub," the last British governor, Chris Patten, said. ... /continues LINK https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/hong-kong-lawyers-protest-proposed-extradition-law-changes-20190607-p51vgf.html  |
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