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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins and Helen Davidson

International outrage over sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong

Armed police stand guard as a prison van arrives at the West Kowloon magistrates court for the sentencing of 45 convicted pro-democracy activists, in Hong Kong
Hong Kong held its largest national security trial. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Governments and human rights groups have expressed concern and outrage at the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong after the city’s largest national security trial.

On Tuesday, a court handed down sentences, ranging from four years and two months to 10 years, to activists, former legislators, councillors and academics, who with two people acquitted in May made up a group known as the Hong Kong 47.

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