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Hong Kong s Father Of Democracy Among Activists Facing Jail For decades Martin Lee has campaigned in vain to see democracy in Hong Kong but always advocated working alongside authorities in Beijing, even as they branded him a traitor.
Updated: April 01, 2021 3:17 pm IST
Martin Lee faces up to 5 years in jail for helping to organise a peaceful rally in 2019
Hong Kong:
Among the Hong Kong activists facing jail on Thursday is an octogenarian barrister dubbed the Father of Democracy who Beijing once asked to help draft the city s mini-constitution and was often dismissed by younger activists for being too moderate.
In the broad spectrum of Hong Kong s democracy advocates, 82-year-old Martin Lee would not be considered a firebrand.