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Barrister charges his defense of Snowden and his refugee helpers are behind actions against him
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Eight years after he provided assistance to refugees who helped former CIA contractor Edward Snowden escape to Ecuador but who ended up stranded in Russia, human rights lawyer Robert Tibbo remains a target of a vengeful Hong Kong Bar Council, he says, which is seeking disciplinary action against him although he has long since decamped to his home country Canada.
In its most recent action, a Hong Kong high court has held its first hearing to hear the application for Tibbo (above, right, with Snowden) to be represented by Geoffrey R. Robertson, a Queen’s Counsel who is arguably the UK’s most famous – if not most glamorous – human rights barrister, academic, media figure and author. The Bar Council has remained neutral. The Department of Justice opposes Robertson’s application. He is acting free of charge.
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