in court, they were advocating for a violent revolution. the prosecutor said this was on social media, on websites like instagram, as well as on street booths and by distributing certain pamphlets. now, this was possible because of the 2020 national security law that made it easier to prosecute protesters. but what s different here is it s the first time that it s been used against teenagers. now, thejudge, in their sentencing, said that they did take into account the age of the protesters and that that s why the sentence has been capped at three years detention and why they are being sent to a detention centre for young people, also known as training centres, as opposed to a jail. but they said the issue was that even if they managed to influence one person, that would ve undermined the stability of hong kong, as well as the safety of the residents. and azadeh, can you remind us of the context of the national security law and why it was introduced? well, you ll remember that there wer
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five teenagers in hong kong have been found guilty of advocating a violent revolution against the chinese state. they were sentenced to up to three years in detention, making it the first time any hong kong citizens under the age of eighteen have been convicted under the national security law. earlier, i spoke to our news reporter, azaday moshiri and asked her what we know about the case. according to what was said in court, they were advocating for a violent revolution. the prosecutor said that this was on social media, on websites like instagram, as well as on street booths and by distributing certain pamphlets. now, this was possible because of the 2020 national security law that made it easier to prosecute protesters. but what s different here is it s the first time that it s been used against teenagers. now, thejudge, in their sentencing, said that they did take into account the age of the protesters and that
welcome to bbc news. our top stories: president putin orders an investigation into the explosion that severely damaged russia s only bridge to the occupied crimean peninsula. more protesters take to the streets of iran as demonstrations against the country s hard line islamic country s ha rd line islamic rulers country s hard line islamic rulers enter their fourth week. five teenagers have beenjailed in hong kong after being found guilty of plotting a violent revolution against communist party rule. funerals are held for the victims of a knife and gun attack on a nursery school in northern thailand. and from seed to space, how china is
that they went some on the biden team were generally worried that there would be no transition, sources tell cnn. that trump and his mob had successfully disrupted the counting of electors, and might find a way to cling to power. thank god there weren t more people killed. at the time, you don t know that. at the time you know there s an angry, violent mob. who believes the election was stolen in the united states of america. you are seeing members of congress saying this is our 1776 moment which, as a reminder, that s a bloodied, violent revolution. this is our country and this is our house. of course you re going to have violence and of course are going to have a riot at the capitol. and that s what all this was