Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in landmark national security trial
Updated: 9:10am, 20th November, 2024 (AEDT) Hong Kong, China Reuters Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city’s once feisty democracy movement and drawn international condemnation. A total of 47 pro-democracy activists were arrested […]
“Sitting in jail for everyone else”: A Hong Kong democrat’s sacrifice
JESSIE PANG and JAMES POMFRET, of Reuters, report on the story of imprisoned pro-democracy activist Owen Chow…
Fourteen Hong Kong democrats found guilty in landmark subversion trial
Hong Kong, China Reuters Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted on Thursday in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could deal another blow to the city’s rule of law and its reputation as a global financial hub. The verdicts in Hong Kong’s biggest trial against the democratic opposition […]