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Hong Kong Court Dismisses First Legal Challenge To New National Security Law
A senior Hong Kong judge sided with the government on Friday and dismissed the first legal challenge to the city's newly enacted national security law, which had been brought by a jailed protester.
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Hong Kong LGBTQ Activist Wins Posthumous Legal Victory
Nearly four years after his death, LGBTQ activist Edgar Ng was vindicated by Hong Kong's top court Tuesday as judges ruled in his favour on housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples.
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British Judges' Resignations Put Hong Kong Rule Of Law In Spotlight
Two senior British judges recently resigned from Hong Kong's top appeals court as international concerns mounted over the rule of law in the city.
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5 Hong Kong Teens Detained For Advocating "Armed Revolution" Against China
Five teenagers with a Hong Kong group advocating independence from Chinese rule were ordered by a judge on Saturday to serve up to three years in detention at a correctional facility, for urging an "armed revolution" in a national security case.
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"Not The Right Opposition To Judge Virat Kohli, But...": Gautam Gambhir On Star's Half-century vs Hong Kong
Virat Kohli scored 59* off 44 balls against Hong Kong in an Asia Cup match on Wednesday
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Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Media Tycoon's Phones To Be Searched: Report
Two phones owned by jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be searched on national security grounds and are not protected by journalistic privilege, a senior judge ruled Tuesday in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Student Jailed For Stabbing Police Officer In Neck At Protest
A Hong Kong judge sentenced a secondary school student on Monday to nearly eight years in prison for stabbing a police officer in the neck during the 2019 pro-democracy protests.
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Senior British Judge To Quit Hong Kong's Top Court: Report
A senior British judge has announced she will quit Hong Kong's top court when her term ends, stating there were "all sorts of question marks" over Beijing's new national security law, media reported Friday.
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Hong Kong Judges Battle Beijing Over Rule Of Law As COVID-19 Chills Protests
The independence of Hong Kong's judicial system is under assault from the Communist Party leadership in Beijing, senior judges in the city told Reuters, posing the gravest threat to the rule of law since Britain handed its former colony back to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
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Hong Kong Police Jailed Over Attack On Democracy Protester
Seven Hong Kong police officers were jailed for two years on Friday for what the judge described as a "vicious" attack on a protester during pro-democracy rallies in 2014, captured on film and beamed around the world.
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British Banker Jailed For Life For 'Sickening' Hong Kong Murders
A British banker was jailed for life on Tuesday for the "sickening" murders of two Indonesian women he tortured in his Hong Kong apartment in what the judge said was one of the most horrifying cases the Chinese-ruled territory has known.
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Hong Kong Judge Warns Of 'Torture' Images As British Banker's Trial Begins
Jurors were warned by a Hong Kong judge that former British banker Rurik Jutting filmed the torture and killing of the two Indonesian women he is accused of murdering two years ago as the trial got underway on Monday.
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Kidnapper Of Hong Kong Heiress Jailed For 12 Years
A member of a kidnap gang that abducted a Hong Kong heiress for a multi-million-dollar ransom was jailed for 12 years today after what the judge described as a "terrible ordeal" for the victim.
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2 Men Jailed for 19 Years for Hong Kong Journalist Attack
Two men were jailed for 19 years Friday for a brutal knife attack on a Hong Kong journalist in what the judge called a "cold-blooded" crime that intensified fears over press freedom in the city.
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Yahoo tried to slow Microsoft search rollout: filing
A US judge ruled on Monday that Yahoo must adopt Microsoft's search technology in Taiwan and Hong Kong under their partnership, forged in 2010, to try and lessen Google Inc's dominance in search advertising.
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Hong Kong Court Dismisses First Legal Challenge To New National Security Law
A senior Hong Kong judge sided with the government on Friday and dismissed the first legal challenge to the city's newly enacted national security law, which had been brought by a jailed protester.
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Hong Kong LGBTQ Activist Wins Posthumous Legal Victory
Nearly four years after his death, LGBTQ activist Edgar Ng was vindicated by Hong Kong's top court Tuesday as judges ruled in his favour on housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples.
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British Judges' Resignations Put Hong Kong Rule Of Law In Spotlight
Two senior British judges recently resigned from Hong Kong's top appeals court as international concerns mounted over the rule of law in the city.
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5 Hong Kong Teens Detained For Advocating "Armed Revolution" Against China
Five teenagers with a Hong Kong group advocating independence from Chinese rule were ordered by a judge on Saturday to serve up to three years in detention at a correctional facility, for urging an "armed revolution" in a national security case.
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"Not The Right Opposition To Judge Virat Kohli, But...": Gautam Gambhir On Star's Half-century vs Hong Kong
Virat Kohli scored 59* off 44 balls against Hong Kong in an Asia Cup match on Wednesday
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Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Media Tycoon's Phones To Be Searched: Report
Two phones owned by jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be searched on national security grounds and are not protected by journalistic privilege, a senior judge ruled Tuesday in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Student Jailed For Stabbing Police Officer In Neck At Protest
A Hong Kong judge sentenced a secondary school student on Monday to nearly eight years in prison for stabbing a police officer in the neck during the 2019 pro-democracy protests.
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Senior British Judge To Quit Hong Kong's Top Court: Report
A senior British judge has announced she will quit Hong Kong's top court when her term ends, stating there were "all sorts of question marks" over Beijing's new national security law, media reported Friday.
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Hong Kong Judges Battle Beijing Over Rule Of Law As COVID-19 Chills Protests
The independence of Hong Kong's judicial system is under assault from the Communist Party leadership in Beijing, senior judges in the city told Reuters, posing the gravest threat to the rule of law since Britain handed its former colony back to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
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Hong Kong Police Jailed Over Attack On Democracy Protester
Seven Hong Kong police officers were jailed for two years on Friday for what the judge described as a "vicious" attack on a protester during pro-democracy rallies in 2014, captured on film and beamed around the world.
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British Banker Jailed For Life For 'Sickening' Hong Kong Murders
A British banker was jailed for life on Tuesday for the "sickening" murders of two Indonesian women he tortured in his Hong Kong apartment in what the judge said was one of the most horrifying cases the Chinese-ruled territory has known.
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Hong Kong Judge Warns Of 'Torture' Images As British Banker's Trial Begins
Jurors were warned by a Hong Kong judge that former British banker Rurik Jutting filmed the torture and killing of the two Indonesian women he is accused of murdering two years ago as the trial got underway on Monday.
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Kidnapper Of Hong Kong Heiress Jailed For 12 Years
A member of a kidnap gang that abducted a Hong Kong heiress for a multi-million-dollar ransom was jailed for 12 years today after what the judge described as a "terrible ordeal" for the victim.
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2 Men Jailed for 19 Years for Hong Kong Journalist Attack
Two men were jailed for 19 years Friday for a brutal knife attack on a Hong Kong journalist in what the judge called a "cold-blooded" crime that intensified fears over press freedom in the city.
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Yahoo tried to slow Microsoft search rollout: filing
A US judge ruled on Monday that Yahoo must adopt Microsoft's search technology in Taiwan and Hong Kong under their partnership, forged in 2010, to try and lessen Google Inc's dominance in search advertising.
