My Take | There’s just no pleasing some people
Hong Kong’s highest court has freed three Occupy protest leaders, yet the opposition is still crying foul
But nary a word about that from those brave opposition figures who profess themselves to be our greatest defenders of the rule of law.
Law Lay Dream, an activist legal group, claimed the ruling breached international legal standards. I don’t know if the group’s English name is intentional, but it sounds a lot like a crude Cantonese phrase that roughly means self-degradation.
Former University of Hong Kong law don Michael Davis warned it could deter people from taking part in street protests.
The Progressive Lawyers Group said the ruling would further restrict people’s rights to peaceful assembly as guaranteed under the International Covenant on Civil Rights, to which Hong Kong is a signatory.
So, what’s this evil dictatorial ruling coming from our highest court? It merely upheld the lower court’s stricter sentencing guidelines.