Arrest of Prominent Lawyers in Hong Kong Casts Uncertainty
BY Elizabeth Beattie |
Last month’s mass arrests are the latest blow to Hong Kong’s autonomy, say legal bodies and human rights groups in the city and beyond. But the arrests haven’t been the only development concerning to pro-democracy activists in the city. On April 15, prominent activists including Martin Lee, founding chair of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, barrister Margaret Ng, and founder of One Media Jimmy Lai, were arrested on illegal assembly charges.