Hong Kong teacher challenges dismissal over 2019 Facebook posts about police, says free speech should be protected
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP - 2024-04-11T10:40:37.000Z

A Hong Kong teacher who lost her job at a government school over online comments about police during the 2019 protests has challenged the firing in court, arguing that it undermined her right to free speech. Toffee Tam was granted permission by the High Court last October to lodge a judicial review to challenge the […]

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