Thursday, July 05, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Top Hong Kong court grants UK lesbian right to spousal visa
Reuters, July 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-britain-lgbt/hong-kong-court-grants-british-lesbian-right-to-spousal-visa-idUSKBN1JU083

Related:
“Why should we give up our life?”: lesbian expat criticizes “pure discrimination” of Hong Kong gov’t after court victory
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/05/give-life-lesbian-expat-criticises-pure-discrimination-hong-kong-govt-court-victory/

楊潤雄:今屆政府不重推國教科 用港人接受方式推行 黃之鋒:國教分拆上市 (Secretary of Education will not re-launch “national education” as independent subject, Joshua Wong warns diminishing academic freedom)
The Stand News, July 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/楊潤雄-今屆政府不重推國教科-用港人接受方式推行-黃之鋒-國教分拆上市/

Hong Kong’s Law Society and Bar Assoc. condemn “unjustified, derogatory and personal attacks” against judge
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/05/hong-kongs-law-society-bar-assoc-condemn-unjustified-derogatory-personal-attacks-judge/

Related:
Joint statement of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Bar Association in response to personal attacks on a judge
香港律師會與香港大律師公會 就一名法官受到人身攻擊發表的聯合聲明
Law Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Bar Association, July 4, 2018
EN: https://hkba.org/sites/default/files/20180704%20-%20Joint%20Statement%20-%20Attacks%20on%20the%20Judiciary%20%28English%29.pdf
CH: https://hkba.org/sites/default/files/20180704%20-%20Joint%20Statement%20-%20Attacks%20on%20the%20Judiciary%20%28Chinese%29.pdf

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong ordered to pay HK$8,000 legal fees after losing compensation claim
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153787/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong