カテゴリー: Chris Patten
Chris Patten condemns ‘dark day for press freedom’ as Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam convicted over 11 articlesTwo journalists from the closed Hong Kong media outlet Stand News have been found guilty of conspiring to publish seditious materials – the f…
David Neuberger was part of court panel that dismissed appeal of Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy activistsDavid Neuberger, the former president of the UK’s supreme court, has resigned from his role as chair of a legal advisory board to an interna…
Former governor speaks out after appeal court upholds convictions of seven activists over 2019 protestChris Patten, the former governor of Hong Kong, has decried as “unjust” a decision by the Chinese city’s top court to uphold the conviction of Jimmy L…
International criticism mounts after arrests of 53 people, as EU urged to drop economic deal with ChinaThe British foreign secretary has accused China of deliberately misleading the world when it passed its new security law in Hong Kong last year in th…
Last governor of former British colony says UK must stand up to Beijing rather than kowtowChina has betrayed the people of Hong Kong and the UK has a moral, economic and legal duty to stand up for them, Chris Patten, the last governor of the former Bri…
Last British governor of region urges Foreign Office to object to Chinese remarksChris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, has warned that China’s threat to overrule the Hong Kong judiciary represents a dramatic threat to the autonomy of th…