People are learning the other side of the Hong Kong police and it... by Michael Vidler

People are learning the other side of the Hong Kong police and it's not an attractive side.

Michael Vidler

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We are hopeful this extension will be allowed and that their application for an emergency rescue visa be granted soon.

We never argued this case is about same-sex marriage for Hong Kong, but we hope this case will pave the way for exactly that.

This does, and will, and can apply to a greater sphere, we never argued this case is about same-sex marriage for Hong Kong, but we hope this case will pave the way for exactly that.

They decided not to arrest Joshua but simply charge him today. He's actually not on police bail, they've just invited him to attend court on Sept. 2, i must say, in the 20-odd years I've been in Hong Kong, I've never had a situation like this.

Excessive force was used and he was assaulted while he was on the ground, police kicked and punched him and effectively sexually assaulted him -- his private parts were grabbed repeatedly and painfully. We're considering our next steps and will decide over the next few days how to proceed.

We just advised him that we'd be asking more reasons as to why it was going to be taking eight months. We've got that. In the end we had no objection.