Hong Kong convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in landmark national security trial

Police officers stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts in Hong Kong (Chan Long Hei/AP)

Shweta Sharma
© UK Independent

A Hong Kong court has found 14 pro-democracy activists guilty on charges of subversion in the city’s largest national security case so far.

They were among 47 pro-democracy campaigners who were detained and charged in 2021 for plotting to “overthrow” the government by participating in unofficial election primaries for the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s legislature in 2020.