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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Who are ‘Hong Kong 47’? Pro-democracy activists at centre of largest national security trial

Joshua Wong stands outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong on 28 November 2019 - (AP)

Scores of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy activists, collectively known as the “Hong Kong 47,” have been handed prison terms in the city’s largest trial under the national security law.

Prosecutors accused them of trying to overthrow the government, charging them under the new law brought by China three years ago. The High Court on Tuesday jailed 45 of them, while two had been acquitted earlier this year.

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