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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Helen Davidson

Activists, professors, legislators: who are the Hong Kong 47?

A supporter holds a placard with the photos of some of the 47 pro-democracy defendants outside a court in Hong Kong
A supporter holds a placard with the photos of some of the 47 pro-democracy defendants outside a court in Hong Kong Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy figures to jail terms of between four and 10 years, in the city’s largest national security prosecution since the law’s introduction in 2020.

The jailed are among the so called “Hong Kong 47” pro-democracy group, who were arrested and charged in 2021 over their involvement in an informal pre-election primary vote the year before.

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