The United Nations (UN) human rights office on Tuesday (Oct 11) said it was "alarmed" by the sentencing of four Hong Kong minors from a pro-independence group under the national security law and appealed to local authorities to fall into line with international convention obligations. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the organisation regretted Hong Kong's.
In a first, five teenagers have been sentenced to three years' detention in Hong Kong for advocating overthrow of the Beijing government.The national security law has been used in court against under-18s in Hong Kong for the first time, the BBC .
Five teenagers with a Hong Kong group advocating independence from Chinese rule were ordered by a judge on Saturday to serve up to three years in detention at a correctional facility