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HONG KONG – Hong Kong 's High Court on Tuesday jailed 45 pro- democracy activists for up to 10 years following a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty democracy movement and drawn criticism from the US and other countries.
The charges related to the organising of an unofficial "primary election" in 2020 to select the best candidates for an upcoming legislative election. The activists were accused by prosecutors of plotting to paralyse the government by engaging in potentially disruptive acts had they been elected. Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she was "gravely concerned" about the sentences, and called on China to "cease suppression of freedoms of expression, assembly, media and civil society," in Hong Kong.
Lawyers for some defendants who've been detained for more than 3 1/2 years - said they expected to have this time deducted from the sentences, meaning some could be released next year.The judges Andrew Chan, Alex Lee and Johnny Chan wrote that in passing sentence they considered factors including the degree of planning, the number of people involved, the potential harms generated, in a "holistic assessment" irrespective of whether the scheme would have taken place or not.
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