The upcoming trial of publisher Jimmy Lai is seen as a symbol of the erosion of freedom of speech in Hong Kong.
- Research fellow, Center for Asian Law, Georgetown University Law Center, SOAS, University of London
Hong Kong has seen a rapid erosion of its freedoms and human rights recently.
Foreign judges have served on Hong Kong’s court of final appeal since 1997, but the national security law is changing that.
The resurgence of sedition laws is having a devastating chilling effect on press freedom.
The sentencing of Tong Ying-kit shows how the Hong Kong court system will treat those accused under its new national security law.
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