July 1 assassination of police | Security Bureau condemns students to beautify suspected lawyers: international ban on praise of terrorist acts

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Written by: Wen Weiguang

2021-07-08 20:37

The last update date: 2021-07-08 20:38

The assassination case occurred in Causeway Bay on July 1. The Council of the Student Union of the University of Hong Kong paid a silent tribute to the man Liang Jianhui who killed himself after the assassination yesterday (7th). Japan) without naming condemnation, accusing it of beautifying and heroizing the cold-blooded behavior of attempting to murder police officers, and accusing the perpetrators of praising and advocating mourning the "lone wolf" terrorist attack is tantamount to supporting and facilitating terrorism.

Lawyer Chen Zeming, director of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute’s Rule of Law Research Center, responded to inquiries and pointed out that many Western countries have legislation prohibiting acts of glorifying terrorism, and in many cases sentenced to imprisonment.

He pointed out that although Hong Kong does not currently have such a law, there are criminal offences ordinances. For example, he pointed out that even if the offering of flowers is not necessarily interpreted as a crime, it does not necessarily mean approval, but some specific comments that praise terrorist activities are also "stomping boundaries." "It emphasizes that it is an international standard to prohibit praise of terrorist acts and violent acts.

Chen Zeming mentioned that many countries in Europe and the United States have enacted or will legislate to prohibit terrorist activities from glorifies.

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Chen Zeming pointed out that European and American countries have their own laws prohibiting support for terrorist activities.

He pointed out that the European Union introduced the Anti-Terrorism Convention (CETS No. 196) as early as 2006, criminalizing certain crimes related to supporting, instigating, inciting and attempting to commit terrorist activities.

The convention was formally implemented in 2007. As of February 2017, 23 EU member states had ratified the convention and all member states had signed it.

In the United Kingdom and the United States, the United Kingdom’s 2006 Anti-Terrorism Act also mentions that if anyone glorifies relevant terrorist activities, the public can reasonably infer that the glorified thing is being glorified as behavior that they should imitate. As an indirect encouragement of terrorist activities, Spain and France have similar laws prohibiting people from praising terrorism, and some people have been sentenced to prison for it. Although the United States has not specifically criminalized praising terrorism, the relevant remarks are also Can be regarded as inciting or instigating a violent crime.

On July 2nd and 3rd, some citizens presented flowers to the scene of the assassination case in Causeway Bay:

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Hong Kong has no law prohibiting praise of terrorist activities

Chen Zeming said that although there is no relevant legislation in Hong Kong, there is also the Criminal Offences Ordinance. Although the offering of flowers cannot be regarded as a crime strictly speaking, it can also be out of sympathy, but if some college students specifically praise some violent behavior, then "there is Step on the boundary."

Although he does not agree with the act of praising the police, Chen Zeming also pointed out that Hong Kong society has not returned to normal since 2019. He believes that if the government responds quickly and acts because of concerns about the fermentation of the incident, it is understandable. However, he doubts that the government has dealt with violent incidents. I haven't done anything to try to deal with people's grievances. I believe that apart from making the "yellow silks" angry, the people in the middle are also unhappy.

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