After marathon bail hearings, Hong Kong pro-democracy activists find themselves back in detention
Shibani Mahtani and Theodora Yu, The Washington Post
March 4, 2021
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HONG KONG - After four days of hearings, dozens of weary pro-democracy activists charged with subversion under the national security law found themselves back where they started: in detention.
In a case that has emerged as the clearest illustration yet of the pressures on Hong Kong's courts as Beijing cracks down on the territory, lawyers were unable to secure even temporary freedoms for the 47 pro-democracy activists charged Sunday with conspiracy to commit subversion, which is punishable by up to life in prison.