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2019-11-19 China-Japan-Koreas
Hong Kong anti-mask law 'unconstitutional': high court
[DAWN] A government ban on demonstrators wearing face masks, aimed at helping to quell months of pro-democracy unrest in Hong Kong, is unconstitutional, the territory's high court ruled on Monday.

"The restrictions it imposes on fundamental rights [...] go further than is reasonably necessary [...] and therefore fail to meet the proportionality test," the court said, according to a press summary.

The ban on face-covering came into force in October, when the city's unelected pro-Beijing leader invoked colonial-era legislation for the first time in more than 50 years.

The move was seen as a watershed legal moment for the city since its 1997 return by Britannia to China ‐ but has been largely symbolic.
Posted by Fred 2019-11-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
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