UK chambers removes Xinjiang genocide opinion after China sanctions

[beijingwalker]

UK chambers removes Xinjiang genocide opinion after China sanctions
Essex Court was targeted by Beijing in wake of members’ advice to NGOs on internment of Uyghurs
March. 27 2021

A UK barristers’ chambers has sought to distance the majority of its members from a legal opinion written by four of its lawyers that implicated the Chinese government in “genocide” in Xinjiang after Beijing imposed sanctions on the group.

Essex Court Chambers removed a reference to the legal opinion from its website after it was included in sanctions on Friday that targeted UK politicians, lawyers and academics in retaliation for criticism of China’s mass internment campaign in Xinjiang.

A statement from the chambers said: “No other member of Essex Court Chambers was involved in or responsible for the advice and analysis contained in the legal opinion or its publication.” It did not respond to a request for comment on why the reference was removed.

UK chambers removes Xinjiang genocide opinion reference after China sanctions

Essex Court was targeted by Beijing in wake of members’ advice to NGOs on internment of Uyghurs

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[Dark1]

Cowards.

 

[comci]

Cowards.

Quid pro Quo

 

[beijingwalker]

Cowards.

Words of wisdom, if you can't beat them, join them.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Britain has operated like this for centuries. Now China also has the financial clout to do so. India can dream though.

 

[Krptonite]

Britain has operated like this for centuries. Now China also has the financial clout to do so. India can dream though.

Where does that leave the patriotic citizens of Pakistan kind sir, can they atleast aspire to dream?

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Where does that leave the patriotic citizens of Pakistan kind sir, can they atleast aspire to dream?

My dear fellow, in Pakistan we dream also, just not while we ought to be competently manning the engine room of a mega-freighter half way through the Suez canal.

 

[beijingwalker]

Where does that leave the patriotic citizens of Pakistan kind sir, can they atleast aspire to dream?

Are you guys still working on "punishing China" now? even without US?

 

[Pappa Alpha]

My dear fellow, in Pakistan we dream also, just not while we ought to be competently manning the engine room of a mega-freighter half way through the Suez canal.

Ouch!

 

[Krptonite]

My dear fellow, in Pakistan we dream also, just not while we ought to be competently manning the engine room of a mega-freighter half way through the Suez canal.

To shared dreams and manhandling large machinery then

 

[bshifter]

A shock to the US and EU