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\n LONDON (AP) \u2014 A British judge who resigned from Hong Kong\u2019s top court last week said he stepped down because the rule of law in the city is in \u201cgrave danger\u201d and judges operate in an \u201cimpossible political environment created by China.\u201dJonathan Sumption, who had served as a non-permanent overseas judge on Hong Kong\u2019s Court of Final Appeal, described a growing \u201cparanoia of the authorities\u201d and judges being intimidated by a \u201cdarkening political mood\u201d in the Asian financial hub in an article published by the Financial Times on Monday.\u201cHong Kong, once a vibrant and politically diverse community, is slowly becoming a totalitarian state. The rule of law is profoundly compromised in any area about which the government feels strongly,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe least sign of dissent is treated as a call for revolution.\u201dHe wrote that he remained on the court in the hope that the presence of overseas judges would help sustain the rule of law, but \u201cI fear that this is no longer realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sumption was the latest of several overseas judges who have resigned from Hong Kong\u2019s highest court in recent years.Hong Kong, a former British colony, is a common law jurisdiction, unlike mainland China. After the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997, non-permanent overseas judges have consistently served on its top court. Fifteen such judges served in 2019. Eight remain.<\/p>\n
In 2022 another British judge, Robert Reed, stepped down while saying the administration \u201chas departed from values of political freedom, and freedom of expression.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another judge resigned last week. Lawrence Collins told The Associated Press that his departure was \u201cbecause of the political situation in Hong Kong,\u201d but he said he continues \u201cto have the fullest confidence in the court and the total independence of its members.\u201dRights groups and critics say Chinese authorities\u2019 enactment of a 2020 national security law has eroded Hong Kong\u2019s judicial independence and all but wiped out public dissent. Many pro-democracy activists have been arrested under the law.<\/p>\n
Last week, a Hong Kong court found 14 pro-democracy activists guilty of conspiring to commit subversion in the city\u2019s biggest national security case to date. They were among 47 activists accused of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong\u2019s government and topple the city\u2019s leader by securing the legislative majority necessary to indiscriminately veto budgets.The Beijing and Hong Kong governments have insisted that the law has helped bring back stability following huge anti-government protests in 2019.<\/p>\n
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