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Hong Kong's Largest Security Trial Closes, Activists Await Subversion Verdict

The defendants of Hong Kong's largest national security case represent a cross-section of the city's opposition, from elected lawmakers to academics (Credit: AFP)

Hong Kong's largest national security case, in which 47 pro-democracy activists are accused of subversion, closed on Monday with a verdict expected in three or four months.

The defendants represent a cross-section of Hong Kong's opposition -- from democratically elected lawmakers to academics -- which has been effectively squashed after China imposed the sweeping national security law in 2020 to quell dissent.

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