The group are at the centre of Hong Kong’s biggest national security trial and have been handed sentences of up to 10 years
A supporter holds a placard with the photos of some of the 47 pro-democracy defendants outside a court in Hong KongA supporter holds a placard with the photos of some of the 47 pro-democracy defendants outside a court in Hong Kong
to jail terms of between four and 10 years, in the city’s largest national security prosecution since the law’s introduction in 2020. The jailed are among the so called “Hong Kong 47” pro-democracy group, who were arrested and charged in 2021 over their involvement in an informal pre-election primary vote the year before.
They include some of the most public faces of the resistance to the Beijing-led crackdown on the pro-democracy camp of Hong Kong’s once-vibrant political scene. Some have been jailed before on activism charges. For many it is their first offence. Those involved in the primaries included activists, politicians, campaigners, social workers and community leaders who had been drawn to the pro-democracy movement after months of protest.
The group aimed to win a majority in Hong Kong’s parliament, the Legislative Council or LegCo, and then use it to block bills and force the dissolution of LegCo and the eventual resignation of the chief executive. National security judges found this to be an act of subversion.was accused by prosecutors of being a primary instigator of the primaries plan, and by Beijing of being a “vicious traitor”.to force the governments in Hong Kong and China to restore Hong Kong’s autonomy and democracy.
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