Hong Kong court rules inmates have constitutional right to vote
December 8, 2008
'[JURIST] A judge in the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong ruled on Monday that inmates have a constitutional right to vote while serving sentences. The court''s decision stipulates that the justice department and the electoral....... [more] 
Hong Kong court rules local radio laws unconstitutional
January 9, 2008
'[JURIST] A Hong Kong court ruled Tuesday that the Chinese special administrative region''s Telecommunications Ordinance was unconstitutional because it violates the freedom of expression guaranteed by Hong Kong''s Basic Law and Bill of Rights by giving....... [more]
Chinese Tiananmen Square protester released from jail
August 10, 2007
'[JURIST] China has released a prisoner initially sentenced to death for burning debris during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights& Democracy reported Friday. Former construction worker Xi....... [more]
Hong Kong top court upholds rejection of public gay sex ban
July 17, 2007
'[JURIST] Hong Kong''s Court of Final Appeal Tuesday upheld a 2006 lower court ruling that invalidated a law targeting public homosexual sodomy, ruling that the law''s specific focus against homosexual sodomy is unconstitutional, discriminatory, and....... [more]
Hong Kong investigators drop case against Yahoo! for aiding reporter conviction
March 14, 2007
'[JURIST] Hong Kong investigators on Wednesday dropped a case that alleged Yahoo!''s Hong Kong branch aided China in the prosecution and ten-year imprisonment of journalist Shi Tao for divulging state secrets abroad. The Hong Kong Office of Privacy....... [more]
China newspaper editor convicted of embezzlement has sentence reduced
February 22, 2007
'[JURIST] Jailed Chinese newspaper ex-editor Yu Huafeng has had his eight-year sentence reduced by one year, according to Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Daily News on Thursday. Huafeng and his colleague Li Minying were both convicted in 2004 for....... [more]
Group decries human rights plight in 'malfunctioning' Asian democracies
December 22, 2006
'[JURIST] Human rights abuses have worsened in countries around Asia due to authoritarian developments in"malfunctioning" democracies, according to a report by the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) released Thursday. AHRC attributed....... [more]
Chinese reporter loses appeal of state secrets conviction
November 24, 2006
'[JURIST] The Beijing Higher People''s Court Friday turned down an appeal by Hong Kong reporter Ching Cheong against his August conviction for passing state secrets. The presiding judge deemed the trial court''s ruling"accurate in application of the law....... [more]
Bank denies holding Pinochet gold stash
October 27, 2006
'[JURIST] The Chilean office of the HSBC bank said Thursday that it has no accounts in the name of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and that bank documents detailing Pinochet''s alleged$160 million gold fortune supposedly held in its Hong Kong....... [more]
Chile to investigate reports of Pinochet gold cache
October 25, 2006
'[JURIST] Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley announced Wednesday that government officials have requested a probe into allegations that former Chile dictator Augusto Pinochet stashed approximately nine tons of gold in a Hong Kong bank, as....... [more]
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