Veteran Hong Kong activists convicted over huge democracy ra

Veteran Hong Kong activists convicted over huge democracy rally
AFP
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82-year-old barrister Martin Lee was among those convicted
Nine veteran Hong Kong activists face jail after they were convicted Thursday on unlawful assembly charges for their role in organising one of the biggest democracy protests to engulf the city in 2019.
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Organisers claimed 1.7 million people turned out for the rally
The defendants included some of the city's most prominent pro-democracy campaigners, many of whom are non-violence advocates who have spent decades campaigning in vain for universal suffrage.
They are the latest group of democracy figures to be prosecuted as China oversees a sweeping crackdown on dissent following seven straight months of democracy protests in the financial hub.

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