Judges overturned some convictions for seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy advocates. The convictions two years ago were widely seen as a blow to the city’s flagging democracy. Three appellants remain in jail.
Martin Lee, right, the founding chairman of the city’s Democratic Party, leaves high court after a ruling on a challenge that he and six other activists had filed against their conviction on charges of organizing and taking part in an unauthorized assembly in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.
Martin Lee, right, the founding chairman of the city’s Democratic Party, leaves high court after a ruling on a challenge that he and six other activists had filed against their conviction on charges of organizing and taking part in an unauthorized assembly in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.
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