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UK Judge Criticizes Hong Kong's Rule of Law

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Jonathan Sumption, a British judge, and another British judge resigned from Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal. The resignations have sparked debate among lawyers about whether having foreign jurists on the top court still helps protect Hong Kong's international image after China imposed a national security law in 2020. Some argue that the resignations challenge this assumption. Sumption's decision came shortly after 14 people were found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion, and he wrote in the Financial Times that the verdict was "symptomatic of a growing malaise" in Hong Kong. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, John Lee, responded by suggesting that Sumption's actions were politically motivated.

  1. HK
    John Lee
    1. This latest statement indicates that he doesn't like the political situation in Hong Kong, but this is exactly the area he has told us in 2021 that should not be confused with the rule of law.
    2. The government has never, and also will not allow anyone to, interfere with the prosecutions of the Department of Justice and trials by the court.
    3. A judge is entitled to his personal political preferences, but that is not a judge's area of professional expertise.
    4. His professional duty is to apply the … law in accordance with legal principles and evidence, whether he likes that law or not, not from his political stance.
    5. Some UK officials and politicians try to weaponise the UK's judicial influence to target China and HKSAR (Hong Kong)
  2. GB
    Jonathan Sumption
    1. The least sign of dissent is treated as a call for revolution.
    2. I think that the picture is getting darker.
    3. Hong Kong, once a vibrant and politically diverse community is slowly becoming a totalitarian state. The rule of law is profoundly compromised in any area about which the government feels strongly.
    4. This is said to be a response to the 2019 riots, but there were already laws perfectly capable of dealing with those. The object has become increasingly clear of the national security law was to crush peaceful political dissent, not just riots.

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sources

  1. 1.The Times of India
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.USA Today
  5. 5.BBC
  6. 6.Associated Press
  7. 7.Financial Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Chinese Foreign Policy
  3. 3.British Foreign Policy
  4. 4.US-China Relations
  5. 5.Protests
  6. 6.Authoritarianism
  7. 7.China under Xi Jinping
  8. 8.Human rights
  9. 9.Freedom of Speech
  10. 10.Hong Kong Retrocession to China
  11. 11.Hong Kong Democratic Movement

countries

  1. 1.CanadaCA
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.United KingdomGB
  4. 4.Hong KongHK

persons

  1. 1.Jonathan SumptionGB
  2. 2.John LeeHK
  3. 3.Beverley McLachlin
  4. 4.Lawrence Collins
  5. 5.Gwyneth Ho
  6. 6.Leung Kwok-Hung
  7. 7.Helena Wong
  8. 8.Jimmy LaiHK

technicals

  1. 1.Basic Law
  2. 2.National Security Law
  3. 3.Tiananmen Square