New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases

Hong Kong’s new legislation enables certain criminal cases to be retroactively brought under national security procedures even if the alleged offences occurred…

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A new law in Hong Kong allows national security procedures to be applied to older cases, raising concerns about the potential impact on human rights and the rule of law.

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New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases Hong Kong’s new legislation enables certain criminal cases to be retroactively brought under national security procedures even if the alleged offences occurred before the 2020 national security law was enacted. The subsidiary legislation, which introduces a classification mechanism for “other offences endangering national security” under the city’s domestic national security law, was gazetted and came into effect on Tuesday. Under the new law, any case certified by the chief executive will be... According to the collected source material from www.scmp.com, Hong Kong’s new legislation enables certain criminal cases to be retroactively brought under national security procedures even if the alleged offences occurred before the 2020 national security law was enacted. The subsidiary legislation, which introduces a…

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• The article does not provide clear information on the specific procedures that will be extended to older cases.

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Entità: Hong, Kong