Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners over subversion

Source: BBC

Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners over subversion

19 November 2024

Koh Ewe and Phoebe Kong
BBC News
Reporting from Hong Kong and Singapore

A Hong Kong court has sentenced key pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial.

Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were among the so-called Hong Kong 47 group of activists and lawmakers involved in a plan to pick opposition candidates for local elections. Tai received 10 years while Wong received more than four years.

A total of 45 people have been jailed for conspiring to attempt subversion, after two people were acquitted in May.

Their trial marked the largest use of the harsh national security law (NSL) which China imposed on Hong Kong shortly after the city’s explosive pro-democracy protests in 2019.

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