31 MARCH 2022 Top 10 Headlines | REUTERS Two senior British judges, including the president of the UK Supreme Court, resigned from Hong Kong's highest court on Wednesday because of a sweeping national security law imposed by China cracking down on dissent in the former British colony.
Robert Reed, who heads Britain's top judicial body, said that he and colleague Patrick Hodge would relinquish their roles with immediate effect as non-permanent judges on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA). Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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