Jailed US Lawyer Says Human Rights Were Denied in Prison; Correctional Services Department: No Comment, Complaints May Be Lodged
入獄美籍律師指獄中被剝奪人權 懲教署：不評論、若不滿可作申訴
US lawyer Samuel Bickett, who was jailed for four and a half months after being convicted of “assaulting a police officer” and deported after serving his sentence, has appealed his case to Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. He said that if the appeal is accepted, it would be the Court of Final Appeal’s first direct handling of a hearing concerning police abuse of power during the anti-extradition bill protests. He also disclosed on social media conditions in prison that he said deprived him of human rights, including being unable to take medication and having irregular mealtimes.
因「襲警」罪成被囚4個半月，服刑後被遣返的美籍律師 Samuel Bickett就其案件向香港終審法院提出上訴。他指，若上訴被受理，將是終審法院首次直接處理反修例期間，有關警察濫用職權的聆訊。他亦在社交媒體揭露獄中未能服藥、用餐不定時等剝奪人權的情況。