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A Hong Kong court will allow detained activist Chow Hang-tung to challenge the city’s prison rules that mandate women inmates to wear trousers throughout the summer, while men may wear shorts. Chow, who has been detained since September 2021, filed a legal challenge last week against the Commissioner of the Correctional Services over a policy that requires female prisoners to wear long trousers during daytime activities in summer. Male inmates may wear shorts. High Court Judge Russell Coleman on Tuesday granted Chow a leave to apply for a judicial review over the differential clothing requirem…

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