HONGKONG MASSIVE PROTEST AGAINST EXTRADITION LAW

Professor Ian Grenville Cross, attends a forum on the extradition bill, organised by the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Pok Fu Lam. 11JUN19 SCMP / Felix WongProfessor Ian Grenville Cross, attends a forum on the extradition bill, organised by the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Pok Fu Lam. 11JUN19 SCMP / Felix Wong
Politics
Hong Kong extradition bill should be dropped because of ‘serious risk of human rights violations’ in mainland China, say foreign lawyers
British lawyer leads profession’s overseas calls for city to shelve fugitive proposals as he accuses officials of wrongly citing UK system to justify changes
Another top legal mind counters, saying concerns are exaggerated and mainland China’s is much improved
A group of prominent foreign lawyers has joined Hong Kong counterparts in calling for the city to immediately withdraw its controversial extradition bill because it poses a “serious risk of human rights violations” in mainland China.
Mark Summers QC, a British extradition expert and member of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), also said on Tuesday that Hong Kong officials had wrongly cited Canadian and British laws to justify the proposed amendment.
Legal experts in Hong Kong Kong and abroad have questioned the government’s extradition bill, which would allow transfer of fugitives to jurisdictions with which the city lacks a formal treaty, including Macau, Taiwan and mainland China.