Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee, Among 10 HK Dissidents to Be Sentenced Over Outlawed Pro-Democracy Protest
'The government can lock us up behind bars but they cannot lock up our mind'
10 Hong Kong dissidents are expected to be sentenced on April 16, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, for taking part in unauthorized assemblies in 2019 during the height of the anti-Beijing, pro-democracy movement.
Lai and six other dissidents attended a mitigation hearing at the West Kowloon court building in the morning, over their roles at a protest on Aug. 18, 2019. The seven dissidents were found guilty in March of unauthorized assembly charges after they were arrested in April last year.