China on Thursday blamed the resignation of two senior British judges from Hong Kong's highest court on 'British pressure' against a sweeping national security law which makes dissent in the former British colony a crime punishable by jail.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference at the government headquarters in Hong Kong, China March 9, 2022.
Britain says the national security law is a breach of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration that paved the way for the city's return to China under a "one country, two systems" formula. British judges have long served among the foreign jurists appointed to the CFA, an arrangement to maintain confidence in a separate legal system widely seen as the bedrock of the city's social and commercial freedoms.
Lam said she regretted their decision, adding that foreign judges were much valued to help safeguard judicial independence. Lam and the Hong Kong government deny that the law, introduced after months of at times violent pro-democracy demonstrations, curbs freedoms, saying it was necessary to maintain order, preserve the city's economic success and guard against foreign interference.
Ten other foreign judges are still serving the Hong Kong court, six of whom are retired British jurists.
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