"The appellants were among 45 opposition figures sentenced to prison in 2024 for organising an unofficial primary election. The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by jailed democracy campaigners in a high-profile subversion case brought under the Beijing-imposed national security law. The verdict on Monday stems from the Hong Kong 47 case, where many leading pro-democracy activists and politicians were arrested en masse for organising an unofficial primary election that authorities deemed to be a subversive plot."
"Forty-five of the defendants were sentenced in 2024 to between four years and 10 years in prison, with the punishments drawing criticism from foreign governments and rights groups. Eleven of the activists who appealed their convictions lost their bids on Monday. They included former lawmakers Leung Kwok-hung, Lam Cheuk-ting, Raymond Chan and Helena Wong, as well as former journalist Gwyneth Ho."
Eleven jailed pro-democracy activists lost appeals at the Hong Kong Court of Appeal in the high-profile Hong Kong 47 subversion case. Forty-five defendants were sentenced in 2024 to between four and ten years in prison for organising an unofficial primary election, drawing criticism from foreign governments and rights groups. The appellants included former lawmakers Leung Kwok-hung, Lam Cheuk-ting, Raymond Chan and Helena Wong, and former journalist Gwyneth Ho. All appeals against sentences were dismissed. Lawrence Lau, a former district councillor, was acquitted and judges upheld his acquittal after a prosecution appeal. The prosecutions followed mass arrests after the 2019 protests and the 2020 national security law.
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