More than 40 were charged under the national security law on Sunday, the widest use of the draconian measure to date, and all face life in prison.
With New Mass Detentions, Every Prominent Hong Kong Activist Is Now Either In Jail Or Exile
By Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin and Theodora Yu, Washington Post: World
Sun, 02/28/2021 - 1:02am
BING NEWS:
- 45 pro-democracy activists get jail time in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
The defendants were prosecuted under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
11/19/2024 - 10:33 am | View Link - Hong Kong's jailing of 45 democracy activists sparks criticism from foreign governments, rights groups
The democracy advocates were charged in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law in 2021 for their involvement in an unofficial primary election to pick opposition candidates.
11/19/2024 - 9:28 am | View Link - Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends it
Forty-five prominent activists in Hong Kong have been sentenced to up to 10 years in jail, sparking criticism from foreign governments and rights groups ...
11/18/2024 - 7:39 pm | View Link - Top Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders sentenced to jail under controversial national security law
Dozens of top democracy activists in Hong Kong have been jailed under a Beijing-imposed national security law designed to crush the pro-democracy movement.A total of 47 pro-democracy activists were ...
11/18/2024 - 6:44 pm | View Link - Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in landmark national security trial
Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty democracy movement ...
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