By Deutsche Welle (World News) | Created at 2024-11-19 03:20:50 | Updated at 2024-11-19 05:41:18
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45 pro-democracy activists were sentenced in Hong Kong to up to ten years in prison.
Legal scholar Benny Tai considered the mastermind behind the plan, was given the longest sentence.
This was Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
The activists were prosecuted in 2021 for their roles in an unofficial primary election under the 2020 national security law.
They were accused of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government and force the city’s leader to resign. They either pleaded guilty or found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion by three government-approved judges.
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