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Democrats’ plan to veto the budget was constitutionally allowed under Hong Kong’s Basic Law, a legal scholar has said, a day after 45 pro-democracy figures were jailed for conspiring to commit subversion over the scheme. hongkongfp.com/2024/11/20/jai…

1/Joined live interview with Mark Austin at Sky News last night. Tried my best to explain to the British audience of the significance of the 47 sentencing and Jimmy Lai’s trial. Here are my major talking points:

Eric Lai at Georgetown Center for Asian Law said Jimmy Lai’s evidence showed “that the charge of colluding with foreign forces under the NSL was so broad and unreasonable that [it] criminalises ordinary exchange and communications activities with [people] overseas”. theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…

A really important event post sentencing of the 47, while Jimmy Lai’s trial remains ongoing.

Here’s my take on Attorney General’s annual lecture on the rule of law - a call to foreground human rights in strengthening the rule of law

“In Australia, though, the lack of opportunity is more frustrating than security concerns. Despite my international profile, no major public or commercial gallery has been willing to host an exhibition of my art….. Here, self-censorship is hard at work.”

Interesting debate on the Mental Health Bill in the Lords. Many Peers talking about autism and learning disability, but few recognising the pitfalls that people will just be deprived of their liberty under 'DoLS' and will lose entitlement to aftercare.

Centering Agency and Choice in Moving Toward Social Justice in Mental Health: Reflections on Childhood Maltreatment, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Homelessness | American Journal of Psychiatry psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.11…

Elderly Hong Kong activist “Grandpa Chan” has been acquitted of displaying banners without a permit, after a judge ruled that a broad interpretation of the offence would infringe upon the the right to free expression. hongkongfp.com/2024/12/10/gra… Atop Lion Rock, he displayed a couplet

“For as long as countries have competed for power, the weather has been deeply intertwined with military and national security interests. It’s now primed to emerge as another flashpoint in the US-China rivalry that already dominates technology and trade.” Fascinating article

New from Shibani Mahtani: China has paralyzed the UN systems intended to protect asylum seekers—leading to the deportation from Cambodia back to China of a 23 year old Uyghur asylum seeker. ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security's China team assisted with this Washington Post investigation. Read it here:

This Christmas, you *could* buy a AAA video game on Steam for £59, or you could save £19.01 and buy this book instead. Think about it.

Hysterical- for all the law nerds out there 😂

With the Arakan Army’s territorial gains and new geo-political power it seems like the longstanding title given to the UWSA as Myanmar’s “most powerful” ethnic army could be up for debate these days.

Centre for Refugees in Hong Kong says families waiting in the city for 10+ years to be re-settled in the US have been told they now cannot go because of Trump immigration policy.

Understand these types of lists are meant to generate support and sympathy, but it seems many (most?) Americans are either apathetic to these efforts or hostile to them. A big looking dollar figure next to a country that many can’t find on a map seems to be enough to set ppl off.

My article on why the US President's plan to "take over" Gaza and displace its people would violate international law, including Palestinian self-determination, the ban on military force & annexation of territory & the war crime of forced displacement lnkd.in/gn_M-hwZ

1/In prayers and solidarity I am sharing my thoughts on #CardinalZen’e bravery and faithful witness in rejecting calls for him to leave #HK where the government accuses him with the draconian national security law. Thanks #WSJ for publishing my oped: wsj.com/opinion/cardin…

I join UN experts in condemning Israel’s illegal, aggressive armed attack on Iran. “Preventive” strikes against nuclear & missile programs & terrorism are grave violations of the United Nations Charter and are destructive of international order, peace & human rights

I’m pleased to announce the publication of my first research monograph Legal Resistance under Authoritarianism with Amsterdam University Press. This academic monograph investigates how legal professionals— lawyers, legal scholars, law students and legal activists—engage in