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Worrying Picture of Hong Kong's Judiciary

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Mar 30, 2012
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The erosion of the independence of Hong Kong’s judiciary is speeding up. Two decisions on March 28 gave worrying signs that judges are less and less willing to contradict the government by interpreting the law as it stands rather than what the government would like it to be.

They also both implied that there is diminishing space for ethnic minorities amo…

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