Dozens of prominent activists will be sentenced Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case, facing up to life in prison under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
The defendants were among 47 democracy advocates who were prosecuted in 2021 for their roles in an unofficial primary election under the 2020 national security law. They were accused of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government and force the city’s leader to resign by aiming to win a legislative majority and using it to block government budgets indiscriminately.
