An important and very clear statement from the Hong Kong Bar Association explaining the huge constitutional change for democracy in Hong Kong of the decision by the HKSAR government to remove from office serving, elected members of the LegCo. The purge “violates the basic principles of fairness and due process inherent in the Rule of Law.”

An important and very clear statement from the Hong Kong Bar Association explaining the huge constitutional change for democracy in Hong Kong of the decision by the HKSAR government to remove from office serving, elected members of the LegCo. The purge “violates the basic principles of fairness and due process inherent in the Rule of Law.”

The purge of four Hong Kong legislators “violates the basic principles of fairness and due process inherent in the Rule of Law. Statement of the Hong Kong Bar Associationon the Decision of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (“Government”) to...

The Chinese Communist Party’s determination to silence democratically elected legislators doesn’t auger well for the immediate future of Hong Kong but, try as they may, they CCP cannot forestall the future or silence millions who want democracy and the rule of law. They may temporarily replace two systems, one country, with one system, one party, but time is on the side of the pro-democracy movement and rising generations will salute the courage of legislators who refused to be cowed, who refused to become Quisling or Vichy collaborators, and who courageously said no.

The Chinese Communist Party’s determination to silence democratically elected legislators doesn’t auger well for the immediate future of Hong Kong but, try as they may, they CCP cannot forestall the future or silence millions who want democracy and the rule of law. They may temporarily replace two systems, one country, with one system, one party, but time is on the side of the pro-democracy movement and rising generations will salute the courage of legislators who refused to be cowed, who refused to become Quisling or Vichy collaborators, and who courageously said no.

The Chinese Communist Party’s determination to silence democratically elected legislators doesn’t auger well for the immediate future of Hong Kong but, try as they may, they CCP cannot forestall the future or silence millions who want democracy and the rule of law....

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For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.

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