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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Helen Davidson and Kelly Ho and Candice Chau in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: landmark national security trial of 47 democracy advocates begins

Police stand guard as a prison vehicle arrives at the West Kowloon magistrates court building.
Police stand guard as a prison vehicle arrives at the West Kowloon magistrates court building. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Hong Kong’s largest national security trial began on Monday, involving 47 of the city’s most high-profile democracy advocates, in a hearing that has been labelled a trial of the territory’s pro-democracy movement itself.

The group of former politicians, activists, campaigners, and community workers are accused of “conspiracy to commit subversion” over the holding of unofficial pre-election primaries in July 2020.

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