Latest Breaking News On - கௌலந் நீதிமன்றம் - Page 12 : comparemela.com
Hong Kong court convicts Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee and other pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest CNN 55 mins ago By Eric Cheung, CNN Business © ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/AFP via Getty Images Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan (C) speaks to the media outside West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong on April 1, 2021.
The other defendants included Hong Kong s father of democracy Martin Lee and veteran pro-democracy figures Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan. They were charged with organizing and taking part in a peaceful protest on Hong Kong Island on August 18, 2019, which had been banned by police. Among the nine defendants, all but ex-lawmakers Au Nok-hin and Leung Yiu-chung pleaded not guilty.
Hong-kong
Victoria-park
Hong-kong-general
Beijing
China
Amanda-woodcock
Hong-kongers
Jimmy-lai
Martin-lee
Lee-cheuk-yan
Leung-yiu-chung
A-hong-kong
Share on Twitter
Nine veteran Hong Kong activists face jail after they were convicted on Thursday on unlawful assembly charges for their role in organising one of the biggest democracy protests to engulf the city in 2019.
The defendants include some of the city s most prominent pro-democracy campaigners, many of whom are non-violence advocates who have spent decades campaigning in vain for universal suffrage.
They are the latest group of democracy figures to be prosecuted as China oversees a sweeping crackdown on dissent in the restless financial hub.
Among them are Martin Lee, an 82-year-old barrister who was once chosen by Beijing to help write Hong Kong s mini-constitution, and Margaret Ng, a 73-year-old barrister and former opposition lawmaker.
Hong-kong
China
Beijing
United-kingdom
Victoria-park
Manchester
West-court
Queensland
Australia
British
Roy-tang
Jimmy-lai