Hong Kong court finds nine leaders of 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations guilty on public nuisance and other charges
In a summary of his judgement, Justice Johnny Chan noted that while the concept of civil disobedience is"recognised in Hong Kong", it wasn't a defence to a criminal charge.
Scores of supporters clapped in support of the nine defendants including a law professor, two lawmakers and former student activists, after the judge delivered his verdict following a trial that critics say highlights shrinking political freedoms in the former British colony. "The offence of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance does not have the undesirable effect of curtailing or suppressing civil disobedience at its formation stage or su ppressing human rights as the defendants contended," the summary read.
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