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‘Hong Kong 47’ trial: 14 pro-democracy activists found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion (www.theguardian.com)

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Fourteen people have been found guilty in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial, the prosecution of the so-called “Hong Kong 47” pro-democracy campaigners.

Sixteen of the cohort had pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit subversion for organising pre-election primaries, and were among those detained in mass dawn raids by national security police in January 2021. Most have been in jail awaiting trial ever since.

Among the guilty are former lawmakers and activists including Helena Wong, veteran campaigner Leung “Long Hair” Kwok-hung, journalist Gwyneth Ho, and dual Hong Kong-Australian national Gordon Ng.

The charges of “conspiracy to subvert state power” were laid against them under the national security law which had been introduced seven months earlier.

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