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By Gazette reporter2021-04-19T08:36:00+01:00
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales have condemned what they describe as the ’disproportionate sentencing’ of veteran Hong Kong pro-democracy figures, including Martin Lee QC and Dr Margaret Ng, barrister. The veteran lawyers are among seven prominent figures who pleaded not guilty in February to accusations of organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly.
Dr Margaret Ng (pictured) and Martin Lee QC were given suspended prison sentences
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Baroness Kennedy QC, director of the IBA Human Rights Institute commented: ‘Margaret Ng and Martin Lee have received several accolades for their lifelong defence of fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law. Their sentencing is unjust and represents an assault on the principles of modern democracies worldwide. It must be met with vehement condemnation by the international
Hong Kong court convicts veteran rights activists including father of democracy
The group face jail for their roles in an unauthorised protest during the pro-democracy movement that roiled Hong Kong in 2019
1 April 2021 • 1:30pm
Martin Lee, who helped write Hong Kong s mini-constitution, was convicted over his role in an unauthorised assembly
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Nine veteran Hong Kong activists face jail after they were convicted on Thursday over their roles in an unauthorised assembly at the height of the protest movement that engulfed the city in 2019.
The defendants feature some of the city’s most prominent and moderate pro-democracy figures, including distinguished barristers Martin Lee, 82, and Margaret Ng, 73. Mr Lee is known widely as the “father of democracy” and helped draft Hong Kong’s mini-constitution.
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