Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists
Thursday, 30 May 2024 In a significant development, a Hong Kong court has convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's largest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing. The law has effectively suppressed public dissent in the city. Among those found guilty were former lawmakers Leung Kwok-hung, Lam Cheuk-ting, Helena Wong, and Raymond Chan.
Hong Kong activist Chan Po-ying became one of the city's only pro-democracy voices after her prominent husband's arrest in 2021, refusing to give up the struggle they had waged together for decades.
Her husband Leung Kwok-hung, better known by his nickname βLong Hairβ, was among the 47 people...
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Hong Kong's security chief Chris Tang confirms that several pro-democracy campaigners have been arrested outside the courthouse where 14 people were found guilty of subversion in the city's biggest..
A Hong Kong court finds fourteen pro-democracy campaigners guilty of subversion and aquits two. The verdicts are part of a long-running trial in which 47 people were charged for organising an..
Thursday, 30 May 2024
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