Tam Tak-chi

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case

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Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case

Police stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building, as the Hong Kong court convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case on May 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Hong Kong court on May 30 convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case under a law … Read more

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

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Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

Tam Tak-chi, one of the 47 pro-democracy Hong Kong activists. File | Photo Credit: AP Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush dissent. Hong Kong’s Court of … Read more