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Human Rights Lawyer Takes on Hong Kong

Barrister charges his defense of Snowden and his refugee helpers are behind actions against him

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Mar 10, 2021
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Eight years after he provided assistance to refugees who helped former CIA contractor Edward Snowden escape to Ecuador but who ended up stranded in Russia, human rights lawyer Robert Tibbo remains a target of a vengeful Hong Kong Bar Council, he says, which is seeking disciplinary action against him although he has long since decamped to his home countr…

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