Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed over unauthorised protest in 2020
The Hindu
They were given sentences ranging from six to 12 months
Seven Hong Kong democracy campaigners, including former lawmakers, were sentenced on Saturday, October 16, 2021, to up to 12 months in jail for their role in a protest last year against a sweepingimposed byChina.
The seven had pleaded guilty to charges that included organising the unauthorised assembly on July 1, 2020, when . Police, who had banned the demonstration citing coronavirus restrictions, fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse them.
The activists included Figo Chan, a former convenor of thenow-disbanded Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF); Tsang Kin-shing and Tang Sai-lai of the League of Social Democrats; former district councillor Andy Chui; and former legislators Wu Chi-wai, Eddie Chu and Leung Kwok-hung.
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