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The national security trial of the 47 pro-democracy activists commenced in the Hong Kong High Court Monday, two years since their arrest in 2021. Amongst them, 16 defendants denied the charges. Five of the defendants–Au Nok-hin, Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Andrew Chiu Ka-yin, Ben Chung Kam-lun and Gordon Ng–are accused of being the organizers of an [...]

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. The act, passed in China on September 1, 2017, was

Hong Kong District Court Judge Kwok Wai-Kin Saturday sentenced Yuen Ka-him, 17, Wan Chung-wai, 16, Leung Yung-wan, 17, Tseung Chau Ching-yu, 17, and Kwok Man-hei, 19 for “conspiracy to incite subversion” under Articles 22 and 23 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday published a call asking Hong Kong to end its “unfair” trial practices against 47 lawmakers and activists charged under the national security law imposed in 2020 and immediately release those still detained. According to HRW, the crimes established by the law are “overly broad and arbitrarily applied.” After the media [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing reports for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Kyiv-based lawyer Dmytro Tkachuk, a law graduate of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and former Head of Banking Licensing at the National Bank of Ukraine, tells the story of his family’s [...]

President Qaies Saied of Tunisia claimed he was acting constitutionally when he arrogated broad powers for himself on July 25, after months of stalemate among Tunisia’s governing institutions and amid a deepening Covid-19 crisis. The constitutional provision he invoked states that after 30 days, the Constitutional Court, upon a request from the Parliament, is to [...]

The media, which is regarded as the fourth pillar of democracy, has been in the spotlight ever since the pandemic started. However, there have been several allegations against the media for spreading fake news and inflammatory coverage, conducting media trials, and violating the right to privacy, honor, and reputation of individuals. This causes an infringement [...]

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance denied a bid on Thursday for a jury trial by the first person charged under the country’s new security law, Tong Ying Kit. The court found that a trial in front of a jury is not a constitutional right and that decision from a panel of judges will [...]

Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance on Saturday dismissed prosecutors’ bail appeals with respect to three defendants charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, in what is the largest case to have been brought under the region’s national security law to date. Of the 47 opposition figures charged on February 28, eight have now been released [...]

Ted Hui, a former lawmaker from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp, said Sunday that he no longer had access to his Hong Kong bank account after having announced on Thursday that is seeking asylum status in the UK following a visit to Denmark. He recently resigned from Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party and is currently facing [...]