Hong Kong court finds 14 of 16 democracy activists guilty of subversion | Courts News

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A Hong Kong court has found 14 of 16 activists and politicians guilty of subversion in the Chinese territory’s largest-ever trial under the Beijing-imposed national security law.

The group was among 47 people, including some of Hong Kong’s most prominent supporters of democracy, charged over an unofficial 2020 primary to choose candidates for a Legislative Council election that was later postponed.

Many of them have been held in custody since they were arrested in a predawn swoop in January 2021.

Two people were acquitted.

The remaining defendants pleaded guilty.

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