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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, 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.
Images from outside a police station in central Hong Kong where democracy activist Joshua Wong is being held after his arrest for "unlawful assembly" relating to a 2019 protest against a government ban on face masks. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Jul 9 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jerome Favre) Wreaths for late Macau tycoon Stanley Ho are displayed outside his funeral memorial in Hong Kong, China, 09 July 2020. Stanley Ho, the Macau casino mogul and billionaire passed away on 26 May at the age of 98. FOOTAGE OF THE COMMEMORATION..
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
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