While a lower court had overturned the conviction of the founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, and six others for organizing the unauthorized assembly, but their conviction for taking part in an unauthorized procession was upheld
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Their appeal centered on whether the conviction was proportionate to fundamental human rights protections, a principle set down in two non-binding decisions of Britain’s Supreme Court known as “operational proportionality”. Neuberger told Reuters in mid-June he would remain on Hong Kong’s highest court “to support the rule of law in Hong Kong, as best I can”.
Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 after months of pro-democracy protests in 2019 and the Hong Kong legislative council passed a new national security law, also known as Article 23 in March.
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