45 ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. Legal scholar Benny Tai, whom the judges called the mastermind, received the longest sentence of 10 years. FRANCE 24 correspondent Yena Lee brings us the latest from Beijing.
Hong Kong court jails 45 democracy campaigners in landmark trial
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