Security was tight around Hong Kong's High Court on Thursday ahead of verdicts against 16 democrats in a subversion trial critics say could have major repercussions for the opposition democratic movement and the global financial hub's reputation.
Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted as mass national security trial concludes 1,240 days after their arrest
More than a dozen of Hong Kong’s leading democracy figures were found guilty Thursday on subversion charges, in the largest and most significant verdicts handed down to date in Beijing’s national security crackdown on the once free-wheeling city.
Shipping Hong Kong’s waste to mainland China is not the answer, authorities stress amid concerns over collaborative plan
City government stresses importance of collaboration with Greater Bay Area, after minister calls for integrated waste handling prompts concerns of rubbish importing Collaboration proposal might go against mainland China's ban on taking in waste paper,
Concern for Australian activist sentenced in Hong Kong
An Australian is among 14 pro-democracy activists convicted by a Hong Kong court on national security charges, following a landmark subversion trial.
Hong Kong Convicts 14 Pro-Democracy Figures in Case That Transformed City’s Politics
Opposition activists guilty over plan to win election, block government agenda. Their defenders called it standard politics.
Hong Kong convicts 14 pro-democracy activists of subversion in landmark case
The activists were found guilty of “conspiracy to subvert state power” in the largest national security case in the Chinese territory.
Hong Kong Convicts 14 Activists, Acquits 2 in ‘Trial of the Pro-Democracy Movement’
The verdicts signal the Hong Kong government’s determination to crack down on political dissent, after China’s sweeping 2020 national security law silenced street protests and pressured dozens of opposition groups to disband.
Hong Kong democracy campaigners to receive verdicts
A Hong Kong court will convene Thursday morning to deliver verdicts in the city's biggest case against pro-democracy campaigners since China imposed a national security law to crush dissent. Three High Court judges are expected to take up to two days to ...
Hong Kong to Rule on Democracy Activists in Largest National Security Trial
Forty-seven pro-democracy activists face prison time for holding a primary election as Beijing cracks down on even peaceful political opposition.
Hong Kong democrats brace for landmark subversion trial verdicts
Security was tight around Hong Kong's High Court on Thursday ahead of verdicts against 16 democrats in a subversion trial critics say could have major repercussions for the opposition democratic ...
A Hong Kong court is set to deliver a landmark verdict in the city’s biggest national security case
HONG KONG (AP) — Some of Hong Kong's best-known pro-democracy activists charged in the city's biggest national security case will begin to hear their verdicts as early as Thursday, facing up to life ...
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement holds breath on mass trial with an almost certain outcome
A Hong Kong court is set to rule whether 16 pro-democracy activists conspired to subvert the state in the Chinese territory’s single largest case under a sweeping national security law imposed by ...
Hong Kong 47: who are the activists awaiting their fate in pivotal national security trial?
Additionally, she has been honoured with two WAN-IFRA gold awards, a grand award from The Gerald Loeb Awards, SOPA (Society of Publishers in Asia) recognition, the Chinese University Journalism Award, the Hong Kong News Award, and the SPD (Society of ...
Hong Kong 47 trial: court to rule on 16 opposition figures over subversion charges, plot to topple then chief executive
Group is among 47 people prosecuted for what Beijing calls a ‘blatant challenge’ to the law after estimated 610,000 voted in July 2020 to pick candidates for Legco election.