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Guilty verdict for Hong Kong 'defenders' spells end of local democracy


Guilty verdict for Hong Kong defenders spells end of local democracy
Issued on:
01/04/2021 - 20:12
Ex legislator and father of Hong Kong s democracy Martin Lee (82) at the court in Hong Kong. Isaac Lawrence AFP
Text by:
Jan van der Made with RFI
5 min
Seven of Hong Kong s top pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted Thursday for their roles in organising and participating in a march during anti-government protests in 2019.
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Jimmy Lai, the owner of the outspoken 
Apple Daily tabloid, Martin Lee, the octogenarian founder of the city’s Democratic Party, and five former pro-democracy lawmakers were found guilty in a ruling handed down by district judge Amanda Woodcock. They were charged with organising an unauthorised assembly . They face u ....

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