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Hong Kong 47 trial: Can pro-democracy movement regroup?

Deutsche Welle Wednesday, 20 November 2024 ()
Dozens of leading pro-democracy figures have been handed long jail sentences as Beijing cracks down on civil liberties in Hong Kong. Friends of jailed activists say they're trying to remain positive.
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A Hong Kong court has handed prison sentences to 45 democracy advocates in the city's largest trial under the 2020 national security law, with rights groups condemning the verdict.

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