A Hong Kong court will this week sentence 45 democratic campaigners in a major national security trial. Potentially heavy jail terms could further...

It's latest development in largest case brought under a national security law that critics say crushed political activism in semiautonomous Chinese city

Joshua Wong and Benny Tai were convicted for attempting subversion in a controversial national security trial.

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.

Hong Kong sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists under its national security law, with Benny Tai receiving 10 years, the longest term yet. Charged for a 2020 informal poll aiming for electoral majority,…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday (Nov 19) 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 activists were arrested and charged

Dozens of prominent activists have been given prison sentences of up to 10 years as part of a sweeping law imposed by China that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.