Thirteen pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong’s biggest national security trial appealed their convictions and sentences on Monday.
The Court of Appeal began hearing the case on Monday at the West Kowloon courts, where scores of police officers, some with police dogs, patrolled the area and occasionally searched passers-by.
Foreign diplomats from over half a dozen countries were in attendance for this latest stage of the legal saga that began with dawn police raids on the homes of high-profile pro-democracy activists in early 2021.
The appellants are among the “Hong Kong 47,” or the 47 defendants who were arrested and charged in 2021 over pro-democracy election primaries in 2020. The Hong Kong government had warned that the primaries could be in breach of the Beijing-imposed national security law that took effect on July 1, 2020. The unofficial primaries drew more than 600,000 votes, almost half the number of votes in the official elections in 2021….
Jailed Hong Kong Activists Appeal Convictions in Landmark National Security Law Case
