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45 Hong Kong democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison

Hong Kong's jailing of 45 democracy activists sparks criticism from foreign governments, rights groups

The democracy advocates were charged in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law in 2021 for their involvement in an unofficial primary election to pick opposition candidates.

NBC News · 51m

Dozens of pro-democracy activists sentenced to prison in Hong Kong

Dozens of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were sentenced to long prison terms for alleged subversion. The case involved the defendants' attempts to pick opposition candidates. As NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports,

The Associated Press on MSN · 14h

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.

China, Hong Kong

Newsweek · 13h

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 unofficial primary in 2020.

Reuters on MSN · 23h

China's vice premier says Beijing will support more listings and bonds in Hong Kong

China's vice premier He Lifeng said on Tuesday Beijing will support more 'quality enterprises' to list and issue bonds in Hong Kong. Speaking at the Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit hosted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority,

CNBC on MSN · 1d

China's top financial officials set to speak at Hong Kong summit

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and several top financial policymakers are expected to speak at the third Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit.

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Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai is expected to testify in his national security trial soon

The landmark national security trial of prominent Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai resumes Wednesday, with the founder ...

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Hong Kong sentences 45 activists to prison for defying 2020 security law

In Hong Kong’s largest trial under a controversial national security law, 45 pro-democracy leaders were sentenced to prison ...

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Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai for the first time in four years. At his trial

Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, is set ...

The Economist6h

Snuffing out the flame of freedom in Hong Kong

By the time the primary took place, though, the environment in Hong Kong had changed dramatically. In the interim, covid-19 ...

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'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 ...

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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

More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on ...

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