I'm appealing my conviction to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. Here’s why.

Last Friday I applied to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal for leave to appeal my wrongful 2021 conviction—a prerequisite to receiving a full hearing.

Some may wonder why I am bothering to appeal now. I have already completed my prison sentence, the Hong Kong authorities have expelled me from the city, and the city’s justice system is in shambles. But as a lawyer and advocate for rule of law, I am determined to fight using every means possible to hold those responsible for my mistreatment accountable for their actions. This appeal is the next step in that effort.

Since the 2019 protests, only a handful of political cases have been heard by the Court of Final Appeal, and they raised only technical legal questions. This appeal is different: we are asking the Court to review the video evidence to correct the “substantial and grave injustice” done to me as a result of the magistrate’s false findings regarding alleged police officer Yu Shu Sang’s criminal violence and how it was perceived by those of us present at the scene. It would be the first Court of Final Appeal hearing directly addressing police abuses during the 2019 unrest.

In normal times, this would be a very easy case to win. But these are not normal times. While I cannot claim to be optimistic about our chances, I will never stop fighting for justice—for myself and for all whose rights have been abused by the Hong Kong Government.

Click here to view our written submissions.

The cost for the appeal is HK$700,000 (US$89,000). If you’d like to support the effort, please click here with my thanks.

Thanks so much to all of you for your continued support of my fight.