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Jimmy Lai trial in Hong Kong: key prosecution witness should not be relied upon as it is allegedly obtained through torture, the UN’s special rapporteur says (www.theguardian.com)

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"I am deeply concerned that evidence that is expected to be presented against Jimmy Lai imminently may have been obtained as a result of torture or other unlawful treatment,” UN’s special rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, says. “An investigation into these allegations must be conducted immediately before any evidence is admitted into these present proceedings.”

The UN convention against torture, which China has ratified, prohibits the use of evidence obtained through torture in legal proceedings, unless those proceedings are against an alleged torturer.

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