Hong Kong court wraps up mitigation hearing in city's largest national security case

FILE - Police stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building during the verdict of the 47 pro-democracy activists charged under the national security law, in Hong Kong, China, May 30, 2024

The last batch of 45 Hong Kong activists entered their final pleas on Tuesday for light sentences in a landmark national security trial over charges that they had formed a "conspiracy to subvert the state power."