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image captionTong Ying-kit was found guilty of inciting secession and terrorism
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to nine years in prison after he rode a motorbike into police officers while flying a flag with a protest slogan.
Tong Ying-kit, whose flag bore the phrase Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times , was earlier found guilty of inciting secession and terrorism.
He was the first person to be charged under Hong Kong s controversial national security law.
Friday s verdict has set the tone for how future cases might be interpreted.
More than 100 people have been arrested since the law came into force in 2020.
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Jun 29, 2021 | 6:13 PM
HONG KONG (Reuters) â Hong Kong authorities have used a new national security law to target dissent and justify âcensorship, harassment, arrests and prosecutions that violate human rightsâ, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, a year after the law was implemented.
Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in June last year that sets out punishment for anything it deems as subversion, secession, colluding with foreign forces and terrorism with up to life in prison, setting the city on a more authoritarian path.
Authorities have said the law would affect an âextremely small minorityâ of people and that it had restored stability after months of often-violent protests in 2019. They have said rights and freedoms in the former British colony remain protected but they are not absolute.
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HONG KONG, June 30 (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities have used a new national security law to target dissent and justify censorship, harassment, arrests and prosecutions that violate human rights , Amnesty International said on Wednesday, a year after the law was implemented.
Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in June last year that sets out punishment for anything it deems as subversion, secession, colluding with foreign forces and terrorism with up to life in prison, setting the city on a more authoritarian path.
Authorities have said the law would affect an extremely small minority of people and that it had restored stability after months of often-violent protests in 2019. They have said rights and freedoms in the former British colony remain protected but they are not absolute.
Hong Kong security law is a human rights emergency - Amnesty
06/29/2021 23:23
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong authorities have used a new national security law to target dissent and justify censorship, harassment, arrests and prosecutions that violate human rights , Amnesty International said on Wednesday, a year after the law was implemented.
Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in June last year that sets out punishment for anything it deems as subversion, secession, colluding with foreign forces and terrorism with up to life in prison, setting the city on a more authoritarian path.
Authorities have said the law would affect an extremely small minority of people and that it had restored stability after months of often-violent protests in 2019. They have said rights and freedoms in the former British colony remain protected but they are not absolute.
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