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Hong Kong, Aug 5 (EFE/EPA).- Cantopop singer and democracy activist Anthony Wong appeared at Hong Kong court Thursday over corruption charge after singing at a rally held by pro-democracy politician Au Nok-Hin around a week before Au went on to win a 2018 legislative council by-election. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: MEDIA WAIT FOR CANTOPOP SINGER AND DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST ANTHONY WONG AT THE EASTERN MAGISTRATES’ COURT IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, May 28 (EFE/EPA).-Several prominent pro-democracy activists of Hong Kong were sentenced on Friday to up to 18 months in prison for convening an unauthorized protest in October 2019, according to local media reports.The harshest sentences were handed to former lawmakers, Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan and Leung Kwok-hung (known in the city as "Long Hair"), and to Figo Chan, convener of the Civil Human Rights Front, an organization that convened some of the largest demonstrations during the 2019 anti-government protests, public broadcaster RTHK reported. (Camera: MIGUEL CANDELA). SHOT LIST: THE EXTERIOR OF THE WEST KOWLOON LAW COURTS BUILDING AHEAD OF NATIONAL SECURITY SUSPECT MEDIA MOGUL JIMMY LAI'S ARRIVAL FOR THE COURT VERDICT IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Dec 2 (EFE/EPA).- A Hong Kong court sentenced activist Joshua Wong to 13 and a half months in prison for organizing an "unauthorized assembly" in 2019 that ended the siege of the city's police headquarters.Activists Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were also sentenced to 10 and seven months in prison, respectively, having also been in custody since Nov. 23 in a detention center in the city while waiting for the court’s decision. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: THE LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE, WHERE PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS JOSHUA WONG CHI-FUNG AND IVAN LAM LONG YING ARE BEING HELD, IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Dec 2 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jerome Favre) A Hong Kong court sentenced activist Joshua Wong to 13 and a half months in prison for organizing an "unauthorized assembly" in 2019 that ended the siege of the city's police headquarters.Activists Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were also sentenced to 10 and seven months in prison, respectively, having also been in custody since Nov. 23 in a detention centre in the city while waiting for the court’s decision.FOOTAGE OF PROTESTS IN SUPPORT OF JOSHUA WONG.
A small group of protesters gather outside the Hong Kong court where the city's largest national security trial was set to begin. "Crackdown is shameless," read a banner carried by two people, adding: "Immediately release all political prisoners." IMAGES
Hong Kong, Jul 27 (EFE/EPA).- The first person to be put on trial under Hong Kong’s controversial national security law was found guilty by the High Court of inciting secession and acts of terrorism on Tuesday.Leon Tong Ying-kit was arrested on 1 July 2020, just hours after the Beijing-designed security law was enacted in the protest-rocked special status territory, according to local media.Tong, 24, was accused of driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers as he waved a pro-independence flag with the message “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” during mass demonstrations in the latter half of 2019. The guilty charges could carry a life sentence. (Camera: MIGUEL CANDELA).SHOT LIST: GENERAL VIEW OUTSIDE THE HIGH COURT IN HONG KONG; AND CORRECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT VAN THOUGHT TO CARRY TONG YING-KIT, CONVICTED UNDER THE HONG KONG NATIONAL SECURITY LAW, LEAVES THE HIGH COURT IN HONG KONG.
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