Joshua Wong shouts ‘I love Hong Kong’ as more than 40 leading democracy leaders handed lengthy prison terms in mass trial
Among those handed sentences on Tuesday was Joshua Wong, a former student leader and poster child of the city’s once thriving pro-democracy movement, who shouted “I love Hong Kong” before he left the dock. All 45 defendants – including former high ...
Hong Kong sentences 45 pro-democracy leaders to prison terms of up to 10 years
The activists were arrested over a single day in 2021 and charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” for taking part in an unofficial primary election.
Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists after largest national security trial
Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in largest national security trial - Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were given 10 years and four years in prison
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.
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 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
Hong Kong Jails Benny Tai for 10 Years in Longest NSL Sentence
A Hong Kong court sentenced former democracy advocate Benny Tai to 10 years in prison, the longest sentence ever meted out using a China-imposed security law, in a move likely to further deter dissent in the finance hub and attract condemnation from Western governments.
Lawyers Among Those Convicted as Hong Kong's High Court Sentences 45 Activists to Prison
Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced a group of 45 pro-democracy activists and politicians to prison in one of the city’s biggest national security cases.
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 among hundreds who stormed LegCo and spray-painted Hong Kong's emblem in what became a pivotal moment in the 2019 protests.
45 pro-democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong's biggest national security case
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
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,
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45 sentenced to up to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong national security case
The subversion case involves pro-democracy activists across the spectrum. They include Tai, former student leader Joshua ...