Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case
- Fourteen pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were convicted of conspiracy to commit subversion, facing potential life sentences in the city's largest national security trial under Beijing's imposed law.
- Among those found guilty were former lawmakers Leung Kwok-hung, Lam Cheuk-ting, Helena Wong, and Raymond Chan.
- Thirty-One defendants, including prominent figures like Tai and Mo, admitted to the charge, while 16 others, like Leung, who denied the accusations, will undergo a two-day hearing.
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Hong Kong: Quash Baseless Convictions of Activists
Click to expand Image On January 6, 2021, Hong Kong police arrested 53 pro-democracy politicians for “subversion” because they had organized or participated in an unofficial public opinion poll in July 2020 to coordinate pro-democracy candidates for the then-upcoming LegCo elections. (c) 2021 Lam Chun-tung/Initium (New York) – The Hong Kong government should immediately quash a court’s groundless national security law convictions of prominent …
UK criticises Hong Kong subversion trial verdicts
LONDON, May 30 — Britain today criticised verdicts in a Hong Kong subversion trial in which fourteen pro-democracy activists were found guilty. “Today’s verdict will only further tarnish Hong Kong’s international reputation. It sends a message that Hong Kongers can no longer safely and meaningfully participate in peaceful political debate,” Britain’s Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne Marie Trevelyan said in a statement. “We call on the Hong Kon…
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