47 people from a cross-section of Hong Kong’s then opposition face life in prison on subversion charges.
Millions took to the streets in Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020 to protest against what they saw as China’s growing interference in the city’s affairs.
Thirty-one members of the group, which includes democratically elected lawmakers, union members and academics, have pleaded guilty. Rights groups say the law undermines civil liberties that were meant to be enshrined under a 1997 agreement to hand the former British colony back to China. The primary was meant to shortlist some pro-democracy candidates for the city’s official legislature election, which was later cancelled by the authorities.Prosecutors said the defendants planned to seize a legislative majority to force the Hong Kong authorities to meet five demands raised by protesters in 2019.
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