Today was the 50th day of the #HK47 trial. Still on 2nd prosecution witness. The 47 are being tried for participating in a pro-democracy primary, now considered “subversive” under the draconian #NationalSecurityLaw. #RuleByLaw used to kill #democracy. https://bit.ly/3n1UBx2 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1650824156835921921#m

@AmirAttaran

Being a non-Partystate-affiliated lawyer in a stalinist #dictatorship where *all* "law" is harnessed to perpetuate the one-party rule is not exactly a dream job for intelligent people.

You will still find some intrepid lawyers in #Chinese state facilities. Just not working on legal issues, but rather facing them. In indefinite detention.

#china #CCP #PRC #rulebylaw #legalism #humanrights

"#HongKong’s human rights lawyers are fleeing abroad amid an effort to cleanse the city of dissent. The pressure is part of a wider crackdown by the ruling #CommunistParty on lawyers across China, say activists, legal scholars and diplomats."

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-lawyers-crackdown-exodus

#China #CCP #CPC #Freedom #Democracy #OneCountryTwoSystems #OneCountryOneSystem #RuleOfLaw #RuleByLaw