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6 Apr 2005, 6:47 am
[JURIST] Hong Kong's Acting Chief Executive Donald Tsang [official bio; BBC profile] said Wednesday that it is "accurate and necessary" to ask China's National People's Congress [backgrounder, in English] to interpret Hong Kong's Basic Law [text] in order to settle a constitutional dispute over the term length of Hong Kong's next chief executive. [read post]
25 Nov 2020, 6:56 am
The British Foreign Office released its twice-annual report on Hong Kong Monday, in which Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab suggested removing British judges from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 9:03 am
Hong Kong’s press freedom score dropped four times in four consecutive years, said the Hong Kong Journalist’s Association Friday when releasing its Press Freedom Index for 2023. [read post]
21 Jul 2020, 8:42 am
This comes in response to the Hong Kong National Security Law recently enacted by China. [read post]
12 Jan 2024, 1:20 pm
The 2019 Hong Kong protests erupted over the Hong Kong extradition bill that proposed to allow the transfer of fugitives from Hong Kong to jurisdictions that lack an extradition deal with Hong Kong, such as mainland China. [read post]
28 Nov 2019, 9:05 am
“I signed these bills out of respect for President Xi, China, and the people of Hong Kong. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 10:00 am
Hong Kong just came out with an amendment to the Trust Law Bill 2013. [read post]
6 Sep 2020, 8:14 am
Chris Fraser (classical Chinese philosophy, comparative philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, has accepted a new Chair in Chinese Thought & Culture at the University of Toronto, where he will have appointments in both Philosophy and... [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 6:05 am
Bailiffs and police spent six hours on Tuesday evicting Occupy Hong Kong demonstrators from the street-level plaza beneath the Asian headquarters of HSBC, where they had camped for nearly a year. [read post]
13 Feb 2020, 7:18 am
A 62-year-old woman who resided in Cheung Hong Estate Hong Mei House in Tsing Yi was diagnosed with the novel virus on Monday – making her the 42nd confirmed case in Hong Kong, according to the Department of Health. [read post]
22 Aug 2022, 10:46 pm
The post HRW calls for release of Hong Kong lawmakers and activists appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
13 Sep 2023, 7:14 am
The 2019 Hong Kong protests were fueled by the Hong Kong extradition bill that proposed to allow the transfer of fugitives from Hong Kong to jurisdictions that lack an extradition deal with Hong Kong, such as mainland China. [read post]
19 Nov 2019, 11:24 am
The post Hong Kong court rules face mask ban unconstitutional appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. [read post]
10 Sep 2019, 7:15 pm
This hearing will examine developments in Hong Kong and the future of U.S. [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 1:16 pm
On July 30th, Hong Kong authorities barred Wong and 11 other pro-democracy activists from the elections, which were due to be held in September. [read post]
23 May 2023, 5:01 am
The role of foreign lawyers in Hong Kong’s legal system is enshrined in Article 94 of the Basic Law, which empowers the Hong Kong government to “make provisions for … lawyers from outside Hong Kong to work and practice in the Region. [read post]
2 Jan 2024, 10:28 am
Chau also asserted that Apple Daily, a media company founded by Lai, published content that intended to call upon Hong Kong’s public to participate in the 2019 Hong Kong protests. [read post]
11 Nov 2022, 5:12 am
A Hong Kong court Thursday sentenced citizen journalist Paula Leung to three months in prison – the first conviction under the National Anthem Ordinance of the People’s Republic of China in Hong Kong. [read post]
21 May 2020, 11:04 am
“This is the end of Hong Kong. [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 6:12 am
They are among the activists wanted by Hong Kong authorities since July 3, when the Hong Kong Police Force announced a bounty for eight pro-democracy activists. [read post]
