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»China Trial of 'Hong Kong 12' Begins, US Decries 'Tyranny' and Urges Immediate Release of Activists 3-MIN READ China Trial of 'Hong Kong 12' Begins, US Decries 'Tyranny' and Urges Immediate Release of Activists Pro-democracy supporters protest to urge for the release of 12 Hong Kong activists arrested as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan outside China's Liaison Office, in Hong Kong, China December 28, 2020. (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu) Ten of the so-called 'Hong Kong 12' were in court in the southern city of Shenzhen facing charges linked to an ...

28 December 2020, 08:04 UTC Ahead of the trial of a group of Hong Kong residents detained in mainland China since attempting to leave Hong Kong by speedboat in August, Amnesty International Hong Kong’s Programme Manager Lam Cho Ming said: “We fear that the chance of these young Hongkongers getting a fair trial in China is remote given they have so far been deprived of their basic rights, including the right to defend themselves through legal representation of their own choosing. “Their families have repeatedly been denied direct access to them, and several mainland lawyers who have atte...

At least two of the group face up to seven years in jail for organising the attempted escape from the territory.

First trials of ‘Hong Kong 12’ begin in Shenzhen AP, BEIJING Trials for 10 people accused of attempting to flee Hong Kong by speedboat for Taiwan amid a government crackdown on dissent got under way in China yesterday, a court official said. The defendants face charges of illegally crossing the border, while two face additional charges of organizing the attempt, according to an indictment issued in Shenzhen. A spokesperson for the Yantian District People’s Court in Shenzhen said that the trials began yesterday afternoon as scheduled. Family members of democracy activists who went on tr...

Monday, 28 Dec 2020 11:24 AM MYT Police stand outside the Yantian District Detention Centre, where 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been detained after they were arrested last August as they tried to flee Hong Kong to Taiwan by boat, ahead of their trial in China’s south-eastern city of Shenzhen, across the border from Hong Kong, December 28, 2020. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. SHENZHEN, Dec 28 — The United States called for the “immediate release” of a group of Hong Kong democracy activists facing trial in Chin...