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(ANALYSIS) On Nov. 19, 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders were sentenced to years in jail for “subversion” following a controversial National Security Law (NSL) trial. Among them were Benny Tai, a former law professor at the University of Hong Kong, identified in the judgment as a mastermind of the plans, and Joshua Wong, a student […]
45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are sentenced to jail in city’s biggest national security trial
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court sentenced dozens of leading pro-democracy figures to up to 10 years in prison Tuesday in the single largest trial under a national security law that critics say has been used to all but eliminate political dissent in the Chinese territory. Benny Tai, 60, a former law professor at […]
The 45 defendants, including Joshua Wong, were at the forefront of the opposition movement crushed by Beijing. Many had already been in jail for years. Source link