Human rights groups concerned after handing down of sentences of up to 10 yearsGovernments and human rights groups have expressed concern and outrage at the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong after the city’s largest national security trial.On Tuesday, a court handed down sentences ranging from four years and two months, to 10 years, to activists, former legislators, councillors and academics, who together with two people acquitted in May made up a group known as the Hong Kong 47. Continue reading…
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Author : Amy Hawkins and Helen Davidson
Publish date : 2024-11-19 15:34:49
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International outrage over sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong
