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  14 pro-democracy activists convicted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case, face life term

  World | May 30, 2024 9:07 IST

  At least 47 pro-democracy activists were prosecuted in 2021 for their involvement in unofficial primaries, under Beijing's draconian national security law. The law has been used to effectively wipe out public dissent and crush political opposition since the massive 2019 anti-government protests.

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  Hong Kong sentences 12 to prison for storming legislature during 2019 pro-democracy protests

  World | March 16, 2024 12:34 IST

  Those sentenced include Gregory Wong, 45, for six years, along with political activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow. District court Judge Li Chi-ho, who handed the sentences, said the incident was a "serious blow" to the rule of law when protesters vandalised the city legislature.

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  Protests reveal unease over Hong Kong's identity

  World | October 12, 2014 12:25 IST

  Hong Kong: By road, the little apartments are nearly an hour from central Hong Kong and the protests that have swept through it. Twice that long if you take the subway, which is how most

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  No images of Hong Kong protests in China's media

  World | October 01, 2014 10:54 IST

  Beiging: China's government has cut off news about Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests to the rest of the country, a clampdown so thorough that no image of the rallies has appeared in state-controlled media, and at