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Barrister Margret Ng After Arrest: When the Rule of Law is Endangered, Will the Legal Professionals Walk Out or Stand and Fight?
Former legislator and barrister Margret Ng spoke to the press as she walked out of the Central Police Station in the evening of April 17. She was arrested by the police with more than ten pro-democracy figures.
Ng, aged 72, said it was her first time being arrested and it is important to reflect on whether human rights are respected in the existing public order ordinance.
When asked to comment on the rule of law in Hong Kong, Ng expressed that it has never been easy to safeguard the rule of law, since she practiced law.
Rather than arguing for the death of rule of law or not, Ng believes that what matters the most is whether the legal professionals are willing to "walk out or stand and fight".
Source: Stand News #Apr18
#MargretNg Brings China's National Security: Endangering Hong Kong's Rule of Law?
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/19598
Barrister Margret Ng After Arrest: When the Rule of Law is Endangered, Will the Legal Professionals Walk Out or Stand and Fight?
Former legislator and barrister Margret Ng spoke to the press as she walked out of the Central Police Station in the evening of April 17. She was arrested by the police with more than ten pro-democracy figures.
Ng, aged 72, said it was her first time being arrested and it is important to reflect on whether human rights are respected in the existing public order ordinance.
When asked to comment on the rule of law in Hong Kong, Ng expressed that it has never been easy to safeguard the rule of law, since she practiced law.
Rather than arguing for the death of rule of law or not, Ng believes that what matters the most is whether the legal professionals are willing to "walk out or stand and fight".
Source: Stand News #Apr18
#MargretNg Brings China's National Security: Endangering Hong Kong's Rule of Law?
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/19598
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United States Attorney General Releases Statement Condemning the Arrests of Pro-Democracy Activists in Hong Kong
Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement:
"I condemn the latest assault on the rule of law and the liberty of the people of Hong Kong. These events show how antithetical the values of the Chinese Communist Party are to those we share in Western liberal democracies.
These actions — along with its malign influence activity and industrial espionage here in the United States — demonstrate once again that the Chinese Communist Party cannot be trusted."
Source: U.S. Department of Justice #Apr18
United States Attorney General Releases Statement Condemning the Arrests of Pro-Democracy Activists in Hong Kong
Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement:
"I condemn the latest assault on the rule of law and the liberty of the people of Hong Kong. These events show how antithetical the values of the Chinese Communist Party are to those we share in Western liberal democracies.
These actions — along with its malign influence activity and industrial espionage here in the United States — demonstrate once again that the Chinese Communist Party cannot be trusted."
Source: U.S. Department of Justice #Apr18