More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on dissent.

The activists were arrested over a single day in 2021 and charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” for taking part in an unofficial primary election.

Former student leader Joshua Wong, 28, was among those sentenced under a draconian security law imposed on the city by Beijing.

A Hong Kong court will sentence dozens of former democracy advocates in the city’s largest national security trial, a move likely to further deter dissent in the finance hub and attract condemnation from Western governments.

Forty-five prominent activists in Hong Kong have been sentenced to up to 10 years in jail, sparking criticism from foreign governments and rights groups

More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security crackdown four years ago.

On Nov. 19, 45 pro-democracy activists and leaders were sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years in Hong Kong's biggest national security case.

Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democ