45 pro-democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong
Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democ
HK Jails Benny Tai for 10 Years in Longest Security Law Sentence
A Hong Kong court will sentence dozens of former democracy advocates in the city’s largest national security trial, a move likely to further deter dissent in the finance hub and attract condemnation from Western governments.
Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners for subversion
A Hong Kong court has sentenced dozens of pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial. Benny Tai, 60, and Joshua Wong, 28, were among the so-called Hong Kong 47 group of activists and lawmakers who were involved in a plan to pick opposition candidates for local elections.
Hong Kong court sentences pro-democracy activist Benny Tai to 10 years in prison
Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday jailed a leading pro-democracy activist for 10 years at the start of sentencing in a years-long national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty pro-democracy movement and drawn global criticism.
Benny Tai gets 10 years as HK jails all 45 democracy activists in landmark national security case
A Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy leader Benny Tai to 10 years in prison, escalating the use of 2020’s national security laws. Tai was accused of leading a conspiracy to “overthrow” the government by blocking the budget through elected lawmakers.
Benny Tai: from Hong Kong's elite scholar to 'state subverter'
Once the Hong Kong government's go-to constitutional law expert, Benny Tai was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison for subversion, labelled the "mastermind" in the city's largest national security case.
Hong Kong: 45 pro-democracy activists sentenced to prison in biggest national security case
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.View on euronews
Benny Tai jailed for 10 years over mastermind role in 'primary' election
Former legal academic Benny Tai Yiu-ting has been jailed for 10 years for conspiring to subvert state power after he initiated an unofficial legislative 'primary' election in the hope of bringing down the Hong Kong government four years ago.
Benny Tai and 44 others jailed in subversion case
Forty-five people on Tuesday were sentenced from four years and two months to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit subversion in the city's
Hong Kong Court Jails 45 Democracy Campaigners On Subversion Charges
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed all 45 defendants convicted of subversion in the city's largest national security trial, with "mastermind" Benny Tai receiving the longest term of 10 years.
'Hong Kong 47': Reaction to jailings of democrats
James Pomfret is a Special Correspondent for Reuters covering politics and policy in Asia, with a specialization on China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. A two-time Pulitzer finalist, his
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 ...
Who are the activists jailed in Hong Kong's largest national security trial?
But many like Owen Chow, Ventus Lau and Tiffany Yuen represented a new generation of vocal activists. Mr Lau and Mr Chow were ...