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But Hong Kong’s government denies this and claims the city is still a top jurisdiction. On Thursday, Lord Collins, who had sat on the court since 2012, said he was resigning “because of the ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two British judges on Thursday resigned from Hong Kong's top court, around one week after a landmark verdict in which 14 prominent democratic activists were convicted for ...
By Greg Torode and James Pomfret. HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two senior British judges resigned from Hong Kong's top appeals court on Thursday, as international concerns mounted over the city's rule of ...
The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government 's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition. It was the largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Government first described the historic rainfall as "once-in-a-century", but then upgraded the narrative to "once-in-500-years", or a 0.2% chance. It caused uproar from the public as an attempt to deflect the blame, after the authorities were questioned and criticised for the preparedness for such an emergency.
On 29 December 2021, Stand News, one of the few remaining pro-democracy media outlets in Hong Kong following the passage of the Hong Kong national security law in 2020, was raided by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force. Media executives and journalists were arrested on the charge of "conspiring to publish seditious ...
Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, the city’s judiciary said Thursday, deepening worries over the city's rule of law under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
The 12 June 2019 Hong Kong protest, also known as "612 incident" (Chinese: 6.12 金鐘警民衝突). [3] [4] [5] refers to an incident of intense confrontation between anti-extradition bill protesters and the Hong Kong Police Force , occurring on 12 June 2019 outside the Government Headquarters in Admiralty , Hong Kong Island .