Hundreds queue for sentencing of 47 Hong Kong democrats

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Hong Kong’s High Court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kong-democrats-sentenced-november-19-2024/

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00:00Hong Kong's High Court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years

00:06in a landmark national security trial.

00:09In 2021, 47 pro-democracy activists were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit subversion

00:15under a Beijing-imposed national security law for organizing an unofficial primary election.

00:21Former legal scholar Ben Yitai, who was accused of being the organizer, was sentenced to 10

00:25years in jail.

00:27Hundreds of people queued outside the court as they tried to secure a seat within the

00:30main courtroom and several spillover courts.

00:33The United States criticized the trial as politically motivated and says the activists

00:37should be released as they had been peacefully participating in legal political activities.

00:42The Chinese and Hong Kong governments say the national security laws were necessary

00:46to restore order after mass pro-democracy protests in 2019.

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