Jimmy Lai Denied U.K. Human Rights Lawyer—Again
The Nobel Peace Prize–nominated Hong Konger has been dealt another legal blow in his defense against “foreign-collusion” charges under the Beijing-inspired National Security Law. Read More… Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance has rejected Jimmy Lai’s appeal challenging the denial of access to U.K. counsel. In November of last year, a national mittee denied Lai, a U.K. citizen, the right to add King’s Counsel Tim Owen, a veteran U.K. lawyer specializing in the rights of political prisoners, to his defense...