By Jemma Slingo2021-01-14T16:59:00+00:00
A British barrister appointed by Hong Kong to prosecute prominent pro-democracy campaigners brings a ‘veneer of respectability to a system which deserves no respect’, lawyers have said.
David Perry QC, of London chambers 6KBW College Hill, has agreed to act for the Hong Kong government next month in its efforts to convict nine activists accused of taking part in an illegal assembly. Among the defendants is Martin Lee, a barrister who was awarded the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Award for his lifelong defence of freedom, democracy and the rule of law in 2019.