14 Aug 2023光傳媒#8191
國際金融中心變中國金融中心 《金融時報》：港司法獨立受質疑 企業律師「自我審查」
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has repeatedly said that Hong Kong’s common-law system is an advantage and pledged to develop the city into an international legal and dispute-resolution services centre in the Asia-Pacific region. But confidence in the judiciary has come under question. The Financial Times reported that the influence of the Chinese government has led to doubts about Hong Kong’s judicial independence, affecting the confidence of corporate lawyers and prompting “self-censorship”, with lawyers often choosing less controversial cases. The report quoted interviewees as saying that Hong Kong had changed from an international financial centre into a financial centre “centred on China”.
特首李家超多次表示香港有普通法制度優勢，矢言要將港發展為亞太區國際法律及爭議解決服務中心，但外界對司法信心存疑。《金融時報》報道，因中國政府的影響，香港司法獨立受到質疑，進而影響企業律師（Corporate Lawyers）的信心，並出現「自我審查」，往往選擇更少爭議的案件。報道引述受訪者直言，香港已由國際金融中心，變成「以中國為中心」的金融中心。
10 Jan 2023獨媒#5929
黎智英國際律師團隊要求晤英首相 討論「獲釋的可行性」
Following the interpretation of the law by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, whether Jimmy Lai may retain British King’s Counsel Tim Owen to defend him in his National Security Law case will be decided by the Hong Kong Committee for Safeguarding National Security. The BBC reported that Lai’s international legal team had written to the British government requesting a meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to discuss the “feasibility of securing Jimmy Lai’s release”.
人大釋法後，黎智英能否聘請英國御用大律師Tim Owen辯護其《國安法》案件，將要交由香港國安委決定。英國廣播公司（BBC）報導，黎智英的國際律師團隊已去信英國政府，要求與首相辛偉誠會面，討論「確保黎智英獲釋的可行性」。
30 Dec 2022同文#5888
香港人權律師逃往外國 中共清洗異議、維權人士 港府指與政治立場、背景或職業無關
A feature report published by Reuters yesterday, 29 December, said Hong Kong is witnessing numerous malicious acts targeting human rights lawyers, including anonymous threats, tracking devices being placed in cars and attacks by pro-China media. Some prominent legal figures have even been detained by the government, prompting many Hong Kong human rights lawyers to leave Hong Kong and flee abroad. One example is British national Michael Vidler, a practising lawyer in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong who represented Joshua Wong, Ken Tsang and Chu Hoi-dick in social movement cases. He left Hong Kong in April 2022 after a judge had named his law firm six times in the preceding months, which he believed indicated that national security authorities would investigate him.
據路透社昨 12 月 29 日公布的專題報告，香港現在有許多針對人權律師的惡意行為，包括匿名威脅、在汽車放置追蹤設備、被親中媒體攻擊等，甚至一些知名法律人士遭政府拘留，令許多香港人權律師都離開香港，逃向外國。例如韋智達（ Michael Vidler ），他是英國人，英國和香港的執業律師，曾代表黃之鋒、曾健超、朱凱廸等社運案件。他在 2022 年 4 月離開香港，原因是數月前法官六次點名其律師事務所，韋智達認為這是國安將會調查他。
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