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Hong Kong’s Article 23 Proposal: A Response from Overseas Hong Kong Lawyers
Our full submissions to the Hong Kong government’s Article 23 proposal with the kind assistance of Prof Johannes Chan SC
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Would you choose the right to remain silent, or temporary freedom?
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Government applies for injunction to ban protest anthem
On 6 June 2023, the Hong Kong Government applied for an injunction to ban the 2019 protest anthem “Glory to Hong Kong”.
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Erasure of the Tiananmen Massacre
The 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre was marked not by public commemoration, but by the Hong Kong government’s efforts to erase it from memory.
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Extraterritorial reach of National Security Law demonstrated by arrest of Hong Kong student studying in Japan
In March 2023, a Hong Kong student studying at a Japanese university was arrested on a visit back to Hong Kong for allegedly “inciting secession”. The arrest was based on online comments about Hong Kong’s independence which the student had made two years ago when she was in Japan. Her passport was confiscated by Hong Kong police,…
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Stand News “sedition” trial continues, with lack of due process
Patrick Lam and Chung Pui-Kuen, editors of the independent news outlet Stand News, were arrested in December 2021. Their trial for conspiracy to publish “seditious materials” had already taken 36 days by February 2023, exceeding the planned duration of 20 days, and will tentatively take until the end of March. Lack of due process was…
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Court spectators jailed for sedition
As responsible lawyers, we read the latest sedition judgment (WKCC 928/2022, 27 Oct 2022) to consider the judge’s legal analysis before expressing outrage. Spoiler: there is only oppression charading as law. Note first off this case was in the lowest courts, the magistracy. Magistrate Cheng Nim-chi isn’t known for being a bright legal mind –…
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Statement on the Convictions of Speech Therapists Union Leaders for Sedition
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Arrests for Sedition – for Applause in Court
The sedition law is again used as a catch-all to crack down on freedom of speech. At first, it caught calls for violence or independence; then critics of the police; then criticism of the judiciary; then criticism of covid policy.
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Taiwan Plus: UK Judges Resign from Hong Kong Court
