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Court refuses DOJ attempt to re-arrest acquitted protestors
In January 2023, the DOJ applied to court to re-arrest nine individuals who had already been tried and acquitted of unlawful assembly and riot charges. DOJ prosecutor Ivan Cheung sought the arrest warrants to prevent those individuals from leaving Hong Kong pending the prosecution’s appeal. The judge refused the warrants as these individuals had already…
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The 818 Protest and Trial
Today marks 3 years since over a million Hong Kongers took to the streets in the pouring rain to protest police brutality and government impunity. The trial that ensued was also one of the most significant (and eventful) to come out of the 2019 protests. By this time, the 5 demands had crystallized. On 721,…