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Three former student leaders who led the 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, including Joshua Wong, are found guilty by a court of charges related to the protest.
A Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty on embezzlement charges that could see his prison sentence significantly extended. IMAGES of Alexei Navalny appearing via video link in the court's press room
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.
A Russian journalist is found guilty and handed a hefty fine for "justifying terrorism" in a case that has sparked an outcry among her allies at home and rights groups abroad. Svetlana Prokopyeva was charged with publicly justifying terrorism over a column she wrote about a attack that targeted Russian security services in northern Russia in 2018. The judge found Prokopyeva guilty and handed the reporter a fine of 500,000 rubles ($6,950). IMAGES
A woman in Mississippi, arrested as she was about to board a flight to leave the country, pleads guilty to conspiring to aid Islamic State. Subtitled Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Images of former Japanese soldier and sexual assault victim Rina Gonoi arriving at Fukushima District Court. The court found three ex-soldiers guilty of sexually assaulting Gonoi and gave them suspended jail terms, bringing to a close a rare case for a country where victims rarely come forward to speak out against abuse. IMAGES