Hong Kong Activists Arrested To Plead Guilty Under Chinese Law Hong Kong

A total of 47 defendants, aged 23 to 64, were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping National Security Act. They were arrested in 2021 for participating in an unofficial 2020 primary election that authorities said was a plot to cripple the Hong Kong government. At the time, the primaries showed strong support for candidates willing to challenge the Beijing-backed local government. Among the 29 who pleaded guilty on Thursday were well-known dissidents and activists, including Wong and Benny Tai, a legal scholar, Hong Kong media reported. The two men are already serving sentences for protest-related convictions. At Thursday’s hearing, the 25-year-old Wong, who remains in custody, said the primary election allowed Hong Kong people to express their political will. “Our vote is our voice, heard in the global community,” he said. China’s state-run newspaper, The Global Times, reported Thursday that in addition to Wong and Tai, others who pleaded guilty included former lawmakers Claudia Mo, Eddie Chu and Alvin Yeung. Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in 2020 after being elected in an unofficial pro-democracy primary. They include Joshua Wong, front left; Photo: Kin Cheung/AP The Chinese tabloid called those who pleaded guilty “anti-Chinese” and “separatists”. It quoted a Beijing-based legal scholar as saying: “I follow [US house speaker Nancy] Pelosi’s provocative visit [to Taiwan] and the issuance of the latest White Paper on the Taiwan issue, I believe that the crackdown on the separatists will be a continuous process.” Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Media publication restrictions were eventually lifted on the cases, which will begin next month in Hong Kong’s high court. Defense attorneys have previously argued that prosecutors have not properly explained the conspiracy their clients allegedly participated in. “The prosecution has been allowed to dance and change and add [to the charges]Gladys Li, a lawyer, argued at one of the hearings. “We will not be held at gunpoint to appeal.” The case was condemned by activists as part of a steady deterioration of special rights promised to the territory under a “one country, two systems” framework in 1997. About 2,000 Hong Kong residents have been detained and the main opposition newspaper Apple Daily was shut down following pro-democracy protests in 2019. More people have been arrested in follow-up actions, including Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, and political speech and of the public The rallies have been frozen by the uncertainty of where the red lines of the authorities are set. In 2020, China responded to the protests by imposing a sweeping national security law, rounding up opposition media and civil society figures, and reorganizing the local legislative council to ensure that only pro-Beijing figures could hold office. Critics say the legislation has eroded Hong Kong’s freedoms and brought mainland China’s laws into a business hub famous for its common law legal system. With the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse

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A total of 47 defendants, aged 23 to 64, were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping National Security Act. They were arrested in 2021 for participating in an unofficial 2020 primary election that authorities said was a plot to cripple the Hong Kong government. At the time, the primaries showed strong support for candidates willing to challenge the Beijing-backed local government. Among the 29 who pleaded guilty on Thursday were well-known dissidents and activists, including Wong and Benny Tai, a legal scholar, Hong Kong media reported. The two men are already serving sentences for protest-related convictions. At Thursday’s hearing, the 25-year-old Wong, who remains in custody, said the primary election allowed Hong Kong people to express their political will. “Our vote is our voice, heard in the global community,” he said. China’s state-run newspaper, The Global Times, reported Thursday that in addition to Wong and Tai, others who pleaded guilty included former lawmakers Claudia Mo, Eddie Chu and Alvin Yeung. Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in 2020 after being elected in an unofficial pro-democracy primary. They include Joshua Wong, front left; Photo: Kin Cheung/AP The Chinese tabloid called those who pleaded guilty “anti-Chinese” and “separatists”. It quoted a Beijing-based legal scholar as saying: “I follow [US house speaker Nancy] Pelosi’s provocative visit [to Taiwan] and the issuance of the latest White Paper on the Taiwan issue, I believe that the crackdown on the separatists will be a continuous process.” Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Media publication restrictions were eventually lifted on the cases, which will begin next month in Hong Kong’s high court. Defense attorneys have previously argued that prosecutors have not properly explained the conspiracy their clients allegedly participated in. “The prosecution has been allowed to dance and change and add [to the charges]Gladys Li, a lawyer, argued at one of the hearings. “We will not be held at gunpoint to appeal.” The case was condemned by activists as part of a steady deterioration of special rights promised to the territory under a “one country, two systems” framework in 1997. About 2,000 Hong Kong residents have been detained and the main opposition newspaper Apple Daily was shut down following pro-democracy protests in 2019. More people have been arrested in follow-up actions, including Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, and political speech and of the public The rallies have been frozen by the uncertainty of where the red lines of the authorities are set. In 2020, China responded to the protests by imposing a sweeping national security law, rounding up opposition media and civil society figures, and reorganizing the local legislative council to ensure that only pro-Beijing figures could hold office. Critics say the legislation has eroded Hong Kong’s freedoms and brought mainland China’s laws into a business hub famous for its common law legal system. With the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse

title: “Hong Kong Activists Arrested To Plead Guilty Under Chinese Law Hong Kong Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-18” author: “Naomi Pratt”

A total of 47 defendants, aged 23 to 64, were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping National Security Act. They were arrested in 2021 for participating in an unofficial 2020 primary election that authorities said was a plot to cripple the Hong Kong government. At the time, the primaries showed strong support for candidates willing to challenge the Beijing-backed local government. Among the 29 who pleaded guilty on Thursday were well-known dissidents and activists, including Wong and Benny Tai, a legal scholar, Hong Kong media reported. The two men are already serving sentences for protest-related convictions. At Thursday’s hearing, the 25-year-old Wong, who remains in custody, said the primary election allowed Hong Kong people to express their political will. “Our vote is our voice, heard in the global community,” he said. China’s state-run newspaper, The Global Times, reported Thursday that in addition to Wong and Tai, others who pleaded guilty included former lawmakers Claudia Mo, Eddie Chu and Alvin Yeung. Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in 2020 after being elected in an unofficial pro-democracy primary. They include Joshua Wong, front left; Photo: Kin Cheung/AP The Chinese tabloid called those who pleaded guilty “anti-Chinese” and “separatists”. It quoted a Beijing-based legal scholar as saying: “I follow [US house speaker Nancy] Pelosi’s provocative visit [to Taiwan] and the issuance of the latest White Paper on the Taiwan issue, I believe that the crackdown on the separatists will be a continuous process.” Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Media publication restrictions were eventually lifted on the cases, which will begin next month in Hong Kong’s high court. Defense attorneys have previously argued that prosecutors have not properly explained the conspiracy their clients allegedly participated in. “The prosecution has been allowed to dance and change and add [to the charges]Gladys Li, a lawyer, argued at one of the hearings. “We will not be held at gunpoint to appeal.” The case was condemned by activists as part of a steady deterioration of special rights promised to the territory under a “one country, two systems” framework in 1997. About 2,000 Hong Kong residents have been detained and the main opposition newspaper Apple Daily was shut down following pro-democracy protests in 2019. More people have been arrested in follow-up actions, including Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, and political speech and of the public The rallies have been frozen by the uncertainty of where the red lines of the authorities are set. In 2020, China responded to the protests by imposing a sweeping national security law, rounding up opposition media and civil society figures, and reorganizing the local legislative council to ensure that only pro-Beijing figures could hold office. Critics say the legislation has eroded Hong Kong’s freedoms and brought mainland China’s laws into a business hub famous for its common law legal system. With the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse

title: “Hong Kong Activists Arrested To Plead Guilty Under Chinese Law Hong Kong Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-06” author: “Brian Soto”

A total of 47 defendants, aged 23 to 64, were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping National Security Act. They were arrested in 2021 for participating in an unofficial 2020 primary election that authorities said was a plot to cripple the Hong Kong government. At the time, the primaries showed strong support for candidates willing to challenge the Beijing-backed local government. Among the 29 who pleaded guilty on Thursday were well-known dissidents and activists, including Wong and Benny Tai, a legal scholar, Hong Kong media reported. The two men are already serving sentences for protest-related convictions. At Thursday’s hearing, the 25-year-old Wong, who remains in custody, said the primary election allowed Hong Kong people to express their political will. “Our vote is our voice, heard in the global community,” he said. China’s state-run newspaper, The Global Times, reported Thursday that in addition to Wong and Tai, others who pleaded guilty included former lawmakers Claudia Mo, Eddie Chu and Alvin Yeung. Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in 2020 after being elected in an unofficial pro-democracy primary. They include Joshua Wong, front left; Photo: Kin Cheung/AP The Chinese tabloid called those who pleaded guilty “anti-Chinese” and “separatists”. It quoted a Beijing-based legal scholar as saying: “I follow [US house speaker Nancy] Pelosi’s provocative visit [to Taiwan] and the issuance of the latest White Paper on the Taiwan issue, I believe that the crackdown on the separatists will be a continuous process.” Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Media publication restrictions were eventually lifted on the cases, which will begin next month in Hong Kong’s high court. Defense attorneys have previously argued that prosecutors have not properly explained the conspiracy their clients allegedly participated in. “The prosecution has been allowed to dance and change and add [to the charges]Gladys Li, a lawyer, argued at one of the hearings. “We will not be held at gunpoint to appeal.” The case was condemned by activists as part of a steady deterioration of special rights promised to the territory under a “one country, two systems” framework in 1997. About 2,000 Hong Kong residents have been detained and the main opposition newspaper Apple Daily was shut down following pro-democracy protests in 2019. More people have been arrested in follow-up actions, including Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, and political speech and of the public The rallies have been frozen by the uncertainty of where the red lines of the authorities are set. In 2020, China responded to the protests by imposing a sweeping national security law, rounding up opposition media and civil society figures, and reorganizing the local legislative council to ensure that only pro-Beijing figures could hold office. Critics say the legislation has eroded Hong Kong’s freedoms and brought mainland China’s laws into a business hub famous for its common law legal system. With the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse

title: “Hong Kong Activists Arrested To Plead Guilty Under Chinese Law Hong Kong Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-30” author: “Laurence Smith”

A total of 47 defendants, aged 23 to 64, were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping National Security Act. They were arrested in 2021 for participating in an unofficial 2020 primary election that authorities said was a plot to cripple the Hong Kong government. At the time, the primaries showed strong support for candidates willing to challenge the Beijing-backed local government. Among the 29 who pleaded guilty on Thursday were well-known dissidents and activists, including Wong and Benny Tai, a legal scholar, Hong Kong media reported. The two men are already serving sentences for protest-related convictions. At Thursday’s hearing, the 25-year-old Wong, who remains in custody, said the primary election allowed Hong Kong people to express their political will. “Our vote is our voice, heard in the global community,” he said. China’s state-run newspaper, The Global Times, reported Thursday that in addition to Wong and Tai, others who pleaded guilty included former lawmakers Claudia Mo, Eddie Chu and Alvin Yeung. Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in 2020 after being elected in an unofficial pro-democracy primary. They include Joshua Wong, front left; Photo: Kin Cheung/AP The Chinese tabloid called those who pleaded guilty “anti-Chinese” and “separatists”. It quoted a Beijing-based legal scholar as saying: “I follow [US house speaker Nancy] Pelosi’s provocative visit [to Taiwan] and the issuance of the latest White Paper on the Taiwan issue, I believe that the crackdown on the separatists will be a continuous process.” Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Media publication restrictions were eventually lifted on the cases, which will begin next month in Hong Kong’s high court. Defense attorneys have previously argued that prosecutors have not properly explained the conspiracy their clients allegedly participated in. “The prosecution has been allowed to dance and change and add [to the charges]Gladys Li, a lawyer, argued at one of the hearings. “We will not be held at gunpoint to appeal.” The case was condemned by activists as part of a steady deterioration of special rights promised to the territory under a “one country, two systems” framework in 1997. About 2,000 Hong Kong residents have been detained and the main opposition newspaper Apple Daily was shut down following pro-democracy protests in 2019. More people have been arrested in follow-up actions, including Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, and political speech and of the public The rallies have been frozen by the uncertainty of where the red lines of the authorities are set. In 2020, China responded to the protests by imposing a sweeping national security law, rounding up opposition media and civil society figures, and reorganizing the local legislative council to ensure that only pro-Beijing figures could hold office. Critics say the legislation has eroded Hong Kong’s freedoms and brought mainland China’s laws into a business hub famous for its common law legal system. With the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse