#Reprisal
Hospital Authority demands explanation from those went on strike; Union defends it a legitimate industrial action
The #HospitalAuthority issued an email on October 9 to all employees who joined the strike this February, asking for explainations for their absence on each day during the #strike period by October 23.
The HA Employees Alliance, the initiator of the strike, advised its members not to rush to reply the email individually. #HAEA has been seeking legal advice for an aligned response. On October 10, the union further announced issue of a template its for members to reply.
Chairperson of HAEA, Winnie Yu Wai-ming, said that HAEA is a registered union and the strike motion has been supported by members’ votes, therefore the strike was a legal industrial action.
Source: Stand News #Oct9
Hospital Authority demands explanation from those went on strike; Union defends it a legitimate industrial action
The #HospitalAuthority issued an email on October 9 to all employees who joined the strike this February, asking for explainations for their absence on each day during the #strike period by October 23.
The HA Employees Alliance, the initiator of the strike, advised its members not to rush to reply the email individually. #HAEA has been seeking legal advice for an aligned response. On October 10, the union further announced issue of a template its for members to reply.
Chairperson of HAEA, Winnie Yu Wai-ming, said that HAEA is a registered union and the strike motion has been supported by members’ votes, therefore the strike was a legal industrial action.
Source: Stand News #Oct9
#Court
Appointment of Lord Patrick Hodge to HK’s highest court risks bringing the British judicial system into disrepute
In September 2020, Australian Justice James Spigelman resigned as a non-permanent judge on the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal. He told an Australian media outlet that his resignation was “related to the content of the national security legislation.”
As Spigelman’s replacement, Chief Executive Carrie Lam appointed Scottish judge Lord Hodge as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal.
The appointment sparked grave concern among UK parliamentarians as 32 of them, including six from the House of Commons and 26 from the House of Lords, wrote in a letter to the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, calling for a “clear and unambiguous statement to be made as a matter of urgency”.
“Accepting such appointments not only makes British judges complicit in the human rights abuses being perpetrated by the authorities in Hong Kong, but also now risks bringing our own judicial system into disrepute through such association and complicity with the flawed principles and processes of the National Security Law,” they said.
Meanwhile in Hong Kong, legal sector lawmaker, Dennis Kwok, reacted to the U.K. lawmakers' letter by saying that the Hong Kong government’s attacks on the rule of law have shaken the international community’s confidence in the city’s judiciary system.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct9
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201009/CNJHWY5VYREGLA57OL4BVSHWEY/
#RuleOfLaw #Appointment #PatrickHodge #NationalSecurityLaw
Appointment of Lord Patrick Hodge to HK’s highest court risks bringing the British judicial system into disrepute
In September 2020, Australian Justice James Spigelman resigned as a non-permanent judge on the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal. He told an Australian media outlet that his resignation was “related to the content of the national security legislation.”
As Spigelman’s replacement, Chief Executive Carrie Lam appointed Scottish judge Lord Hodge as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal.
The appointment sparked grave concern among UK parliamentarians as 32 of them, including six from the House of Commons and 26 from the House of Lords, wrote in a letter to the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, calling for a “clear and unambiguous statement to be made as a matter of urgency”.
“Accepting such appointments not only makes British judges complicit in the human rights abuses being perpetrated by the authorities in Hong Kong, but also now risks bringing our own judicial system into disrepute through such association and complicity with the flawed principles and processes of the National Security Law,” they said.
Meanwhile in Hong Kong, legal sector lawmaker, Dennis Kwok, reacted to the U.K. lawmakers' letter by saying that the Hong Kong government’s attacks on the rule of law have shaken the international community’s confidence in the city’s judiciary system.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct9
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201009/CNJHWY5VYREGLA57OL4BVSHWEY/
#RuleOfLaw #Appointment #PatrickHodge #NationalSecurityLaw
#IT
Israeli Decryption Firm Ceases Services To Hong Kong Police Force and China
#Cellebrite is an Israeli company which assisted Hong Kong police in decrypting the data in the iphone of Joshua Wong, former Secretary-General of DemosistĹŤ. The firm recently announced on their official website that their provision of support and services of digital technology to Hong Kong and China would be ceased immediately due to changes in US laws.
After Microsoft Systemation AB, a Swedish Technology firm, Cellebrite will be the second foreign science and technology enterprise to terminate business with Hong Kong and China after the promulgation of the National Security Law.
Wong posted on his social networking page on 9th October, explaining that this “belated” justice is served thanks to the cumulated effort from international media, Israeli human rights lawyers, and Hongkongers.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct9
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201009/3524DYVT7JCCTNGY6KWWDHQDDM/
#JoshuaWong #IPhone #NationalSecurityLaw
Israeli Decryption Firm Ceases Services To Hong Kong Police Force and China
#Cellebrite is an Israeli company which assisted Hong Kong police in decrypting the data in the iphone of Joshua Wong, former Secretary-General of DemosistĹŤ. The firm recently announced on their official website that their provision of support and services of digital technology to Hong Kong and China would be ceased immediately due to changes in US laws.
After Microsoft Systemation AB, a Swedish Technology firm, Cellebrite will be the second foreign science and technology enterprise to terminate business with Hong Kong and China after the promulgation of the National Security Law.
Wong posted on his social networking page on 9th October, explaining that this “belated” justice is served thanks to the cumulated effort from international media, Israeli human rights lawyers, and Hongkongers.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct9
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201009/3524DYVT7JCCTNGY6KWWDHQDDM/
#JoshuaWong #IPhone #NationalSecurityLaw