Hong Kong’s High Court has thrown out a case by a journalists’ union asking that police’s treatment of the media be labelled unconstitutional. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong’s High Court throws out union’s bid to have police’s treatment of journalists last year labelled unconstitutional
- Judge Anderson Chow notes, however, that his ruling ‘must not be read’ as passing judgment on whether police acted unlawfully
- The Hong Kong Journalists Association had sought declarations that police conduct last year was in breach of the Basic Law and Bill of Rights
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Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong’s High Court has thrown out a case by a journalists’ union asking that police’s treatment of the media be labelled unconstitutional. Photo: Sam Tsang