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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.
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, 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, May 17 (EFE/EPA).- Former Hong Kong lawmakers and pro-democracy activists were called to trial Monday for their roles in an unauthorized assembly on Oct 1, 2019. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: ACTIVISTS AND FORMER LAWMAKERS ARRIVE AT THE DISTRICT COURT IN HONG KONG AHEAD OF THEIR TRIAL.
Hong Kong's largest-ever national security trial begins final arguments Wednesday, more than 1,000 days after the case against 47 democracy activists under the Beijing-imposed law began. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Sep 23 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and opposition figures charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under Beijing's imposed national security law, returned to the West Kowloon Court Thursday as they waited for the case to be transferred to the higher Court of First Instance, where the maximum sentence is life in prison. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS AND OPPOSITION FIGURES ARRIVE AT WEST KOWLOON COURT IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, May 17 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and nine other well-known pro-democracy figures pleaded guilty in court on Monday to organizing an unauthorized assembly on China's national day in 2019.In addition to Lai, 73, veteran activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, trade union leader Lee Cheuk-yan, lawyer and veteran democrat Albert Ho, convener of Civil Human Rights Front Figo Chan, former district councilor Richard Tsoi, and former lawmakers Cyd Ho, Yeung Sum, Avery Ng and Sin Chung-kai pleaded guilty to the same charge. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). B-ROLL OF THE NEXT DIGITAL HEADQUARTERS IN HONG KONG.