HONG KONG: Hong Kong's top court on Monday (Aug 12) unanimously dismissed the bid to overturn the convictions of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other campaigners for an unauthorised assembly in 2019.
Media mogul Jimmy Lai , founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong , China, on Feb 1, 2021. HONG KONG : Hong Kong 's top court on Monday unanimously dismissed the bid to overturn the convictions of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other campaigners for an unauthorised assembly in 2019.
Their appeal centred on whether the conviction was proportionate to fundamental human rights protections, a principle set down in two non-binding decisions of Britain’s Supreme Court known as"operational proportionality". Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 after months of pprotests in 2019 and the Hong Kong legislative council passed aNeuberger told Reuters in mid-June he would remain on Hong Kong's highest court"to support the rule of law in Hong Kong, as best I can".
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