AJ: "Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists"

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A Hong Kong court has sentenced a leading pro-democracy advocate to 10 years in prison and handed dozens of other activists years-long jail terms in the Chinese territory’s largest national security case.

Benny Tai, a 60-year-old legal scholar who played a prominent role in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests in 2014 and 2019, was handed the lengthy sentence on Tuesday after prosecutors cast him as the “organiser” of a conspiracy by activists and politicians dating back to July 2020.

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Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in city’s largest security case

Legal scholar Benny Tai is sentenced to 10 years, while dozens of others receive years-long jail terms.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[MrDawn]

I'm not surprised. They're communists.