Hong Kong: Is the one ‘nation, two techniques’ precept formally over? – BBC Newsnight
Veteran Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners are jailed as Beijing extends its crackdown on dissent. Is China’s promise of ‘one nation, two techniques’ formally over? Please subscribe HERE
The verdicts got here as mainland China is more and more cracking down on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms.
Amongst these in courtroom was Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai who was sentenced to 14 months in jail after being discovered responsible of unauthorised meeting.
A number of different activists had been sentenced on Friday for taking part in two demonstrations, on 18 August and 31 August 2019.
They embody veteran campaigner Martin Lee, 82, and lawyer Margaret Ng, 73, whose sentences had been suspended.
The sentencing is a part of a collection of trials all regarding the large-scale pro-democracy protests in 2019.
The protests culminated in probably the most tense wave of demonstrations in years, typically ending in widespread violence between police and activists.
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