HONG KONG-SRI LANKA-POLITICS-SNOWDEN-IMMIGRATION-REFUGEES

Canadian lawyer Guillaume Cliche-Rivard poses for a picture outside the offices of the Torture Claims Appeal Board in Hong Kong on June 25, 2018, after he was denied access to an appeal hearing for former Sri Lankan soldier and refugee Ajith Pushpakumara, who along with others helped shelter fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong in 2013. - Refugees from Sri Lanka and the Philippines hosted Snowden in Hong Kong in 2013 and hope to go to Canada, which has a track record of taking in refugees. Hong Kong is not a signatory to the UN's refugee convention and does not grant asylum, however it is bound by the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) and considers claims for protection based on those grounds. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo credit should read PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)