'Hong Kong 47': Reaction to jailings of democrats
“The Hong Kong government is seeking U.S. investments in the very same week that it brutally silences free speech and jails ...
Dozens of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders Are Jailed Up to 10 Years
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.
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.
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Hong Kong: 45 Democracy Advocates Harshly Sentenced
(Taipei) – A Hong Kong court harshly sentenced 45 prominent pro-democracy figures on November 19, 2024, on baseless national ...
Jailing of 45 Hong Kong democrats in national security trial draws criticism
Benny Tai, a former legal scholar identified in the judgement as a “mastermind” of the activists' plans, was sentenced to 10 years in jail, the longest sentence so far under the 2020 national security ...
China Tightens Grip on Hong Kong with Mass Incarcerations
The Beijing-imposed National Security Law was harnessed to retroactively prosecute 45 pro-democracy figures over an ...
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Joshua Wong shouts ‘I love Hong Kong’ as more than 40 leading democracy leaders handed lengthy prison terms in mass trial
Outside the court, a woman was immediately taken away in a police van after trying to display a banner at the exit after the ...