Hong Kong Limits Role of Foreign Lawyers in National Security Cases
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Witnesses and a US lawmaker have urged Washington to impose sanctions on judges and prosecutors who are "complicit" in the erosion of the rule of law in Hong Kong. The son of imprisoned media tycoon Jimmy Lai also called on the US to secure his father's release, stating that "for as long as my father remains in prison, Hong Kong is not a safe place to do business."
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- Hong Kong passes law to limit work of foreign lawyers amid ongoing Jimmy Lai case The Guardian
- Hong Kong amends law to limit foreign lawyers in some cases ABC News
- Hong Kong to ban foreign lawyers from national security cases Financial Times
- Hong Kong restricts foreign lawyers from national security cases Reuters
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