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Hong Kong's largest-ever national security trial began final arguments Wednesday, more than 1,000 days after authorities filed charges against 47 democracy activists under a law imposed by China to quell dissent.The defendants represent a cross-section of Hong Kong's opposition -- from democratically elected lawmakers to unionists and academics -- which has been effectively squashed after China imposed a sweeping national security law on the city in 2020.

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Was coined. their demands included the scrapping of the extradition law amendment bill, scrapping all charges against all protesters, stop calling them rioters, as well as immediate re—election of the legislature under universal suffrage. except for the one of calling off the bill, none of them succeeded in any other demands. and almost four years on after the event, 13 of them are now standing trial for rioting. among them, seven have pleaded guilty, five pleaded not guilty. and among those w...

And theyve also made a declaration, make five demands heard. and thats where the slogan, "five demands, not one less," was coined. their demands included the scrapping of the extradition laws amendment bill, scrapping all charges against all protesters, stop calling them rioters, as well as immediate re—election of the legislature under universal suffrage. except for the one of calling off the bill, none of them succeeded in any other demands. and almost four years on after the event, 13 of th...

As well as immediate re—election of the legislature under universal suffrage. except for the one of calling off the bill, none of them succeeded in any other demands. and almost four years on after the event, 13 of them are now standing trial for rioting. among them, seven have pleaded guilty, five pleaded not guilty. and among those who pleaded guilty is althea suen, the former president of the university of hong kong students union. she made a statement before entering the courthouse today, ...

The late Hon Vaai Kolone was finishing his billiard game with friends at the RSA Club one evening in late 1966, when he overheard a challenge by Tufuga Efi Nelson, that if the wealthy farmer Vaai Kolone should run for Vaisigano No. 1, he Tufuga E Nelson would crush him. Vaai walked across, sat do...

Of the last groups in hong kong that dares to protest. danny vincent reports. power to the people! universal suffrage now! "power to the people!", these hong kong protesters chant. since the introduction of a wide—ranging national security law in 2020... ..critics say hong kongs political freedoms have been eroded. get your hands in the air... go, go. keep going, keep going. its become part of a modern authoritarian state. universal suffrage now! part of the surveillance state. power to the pe...

Though it’s far removed from the major battlegrounds for women’s suffrage, a Black west Kentucky native left their mark in the fight for women’s voting rights in rural Iowa.