Hong Kong’s new prison rules may curb lawyer and chaplain visits on national security grounds
HONG KONG, JUL 17 – New rules restrict visits by lawyers and religious leaders to inmates and expand prison officers' powers to protect national security, following convictions linked to unauthorized complaint removal.
- Hong Kong tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict lawyer and chaplain visits on national security grounds.
- Under the new rules, magistrates can issue warrants to bar legal representatives or visits if they believe it could harm national security.
- Critics worry the changes could undermine inmate rights in a city where many democracy advocates were arrested for political activism.
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According to the Secretary for Hong Kong Security, some visitors were deliberately looking for arrests involved in the 2019 protests and continued to incite feelings against the Government.
Tightened prison rules restricting visits on nat. security grounds to take effect on Friday
Tightened prison rules restricting lawyers and religious leaders from visiting inmates will take effect on Friday, just two weeks after the authorities proposed the amendments. Shek Pik Prison in the early hours of April 29, 2025. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The fast-tracked legislative amendments will allow the Correctional Services Department (CSD) to restrict or even ban a person from visiting an inmate on certain grounds, including safeguarding na…
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