TNAG-2177-FCO40-3114-Hong-Kong-Bill-of-Rights-1990 — Page 142

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more liberal the regime, the less likely a court is to make a finding that prolonged detention in a camp amounts to inhuman treatment.

Article 14: Right to due process under the criminal law

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Some camp regulations have

sanctions attached to them which are

sufficiently severe to allow them to be characterised as criminal charges under this provision.

Article 17: The Right to a private and family life free from arbitrary or unlawful interference - The rules which regulate life in the camps should not be applied so as to break up families without good reason.

Article 19: The Right to Freedom of expression This is relevant to regulations which impose limitations on VBP corresponding with contacts abroad or in Hong Kong.

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