Hong Kong

Prison sentences of up to 10 years have been imposed on dozens of pro-democracy politicians and activists in Hong Kong. Judges yesterday handed down sentences in respect of 45 defendants who are among the so-called 'Hong Kong 47', accused of breaking the territory's draconian national security law b

Amnesty International has designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China as prisoners of conscience. Human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi, along with the free media advocate Jimmy Lai, are all currently imprisoned because of their peaceful human rig

Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal. Lords Collins and Sumption, former justices of the UK Supreme Court, announced their resignations yesterday.

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has expressed serious concern about the Hong Kong Safeguarding National Security Law (SNS Law) that came into force on Saturday, following an accelerated legislative process by the Hong Kong Legislative Council. The new law is

The time may have come for British judges to resign from judicial roles in Hong Kong, former Supreme Court president Lady Hale has suggested. The retired judge's measured remarks, reported by The Times, come as the territory's authorities bid to overturn a court ruling allowing a British barrister t

A 90-year-old Catholic cardinal was detained by police in Hong Kong under the region's national security law. Joseph Zen, a former bishop of Hong Kong, was arrested over his trusteeship of a humanitarian fund established to assist demonstrators who took part in the pro-democracy protests in 2019.

Six British judges have resisted calls to stand down from Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal, after sitting judges Lord Reed and Lord Hodge stepped down from the court over freedom of speech concerns. In a joint statement, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Lord Sumption,

President of the Supreme Court Lord Reed has resigned as a judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal a day before he is due to deliver a lecture in Edinburgh on human rights. Lord Reed, who has submitted his resignation along with Lord Hodge, said that he has been "closely monitoring and assessin

A court in Hong Kong relied on a ruling by judges including Lord Reed to jail a member of the territory's parliament. Fernando Cheung, 64, a former Labour Party member of the Hong Kong legislative council (LegCo), was imprisoned for three weeks over a 45-minute anti-Beijing chant he delivered in 202

An attempt by prosecutors in Hong Kong to charge people for rioting or illegal assembly, even if they are not physically present, has been thrown out by the region's highest court, The Times reports. The Court of Final Appeal ruled that people who are not actually at rallies cannot be prosecuted as

Hong Kong's leader has told lawyers to stay out of politics as the pro-Beijing regime seeks to gain greater control over the legal system. Carrie Lam, chief executive of the territory, said the Law Society of Hong Kong, which represents 12,000 solicitors, risks “severing” relations with

Lord Neuberger has agreed to remain a judge of Hong Kong's top court for another three years, The Times reports. The former Supreme Court president's decision comes amid calls for the judges to step down over Beijing's attacks on democracy in the territory.

A peer has predicted that the Chinese authorities will sack the British judges who sit on Hong Kong's highest court amid the withdrawal of a barrister who was prosecuting the region's leading pro-democracy activists. Lord Garnier QC, a former Conservative solicitor-general, told The Times that he th

British judges could be asked to rule on cases brought under controversial new national security legislation imposed on Hong Kong this week, a senior Hong Kong judge has said. There are 14 non-permanent foreign judges on the bench in Hong Kong, 10 of whom are from the UK – including Lord Reed,

The chief executive of Hong Kong would be able to appoint judges to hear national security cases under a law proposed by Beijing, The Times reports.