https://www.scmp.com/rss/325559/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In a recent open letter, a number of prominent international lawyers, including a former lord chancellor and several Queen’s Counsel from the UK, criticised the custodial sentences imposed on the three Occupy Central student leaders. They regarded the imprisonment as “a serious threat to the rule of law and a breach of the principle of ‘double jeopardy’ in Hong Kong – in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights”. The principle of “double jeopardy” is based on the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2116224/no-breach-rule-law-jailing-hong-kong-activists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2116224/no-breach-rule-law-jailing-hong-kong-activists?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Oct 2017 05:48:32 +0000