Hong Kong democracy activists await verdict
Law professor Benny Tai, sociology professor Chan Kin-man and Baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming entering the West Kowloon magistrates’ court in Hong Kong today to find out if they face jail for their involvement in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests. – AFP pic, April 9, 2019.
LEADING Hong Kong democracy campaigners vowed to continue their fight even if they are jailed by a court later today following a trial that has sparked renewed alarm over shrinking political freedoms under an assertive China. Nine activists are awaiting verdicts in a trial that deployed rarely used colonial-era public nuisance charges for their participation in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests, which called for free elections for the city’s leader.
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