Hong Kong Activist Appeals For Recognition of His Same-Sex Marriage
Posted on 2023-06-28 15:21:13
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An activist detained in Hong Kong has begun his final appeal seeking recognition for his same-sex marriage registered overseas, in a landmark case for the city’s LGBTQ community.
Jimmy Sham, a prominent pro-democracy activist during the 2019 protests that roiled Hong Kong, first asked for a judicial review five years ago seeking a declaration that the city's laws, which do not recognize foreign same-sex marriage, violate his constitutional right to equality.
But the lower courts dismissed his legal challenge and a subsequent appeal over the case.
Sham is now in custody after being charged with subversion over an unofficial primary election under a tough national security law enacted following the protests.
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