HONG KONG – Four people jailed in the landmark Hong Kong national security trial of '47 democrats' accused of conspiracy to commit subversion were freed
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Among those freed was long-time political and LGBTQ activist Jimmy Sham, who also led one of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy groups, the“Let me spend some time with my family,” Sham said after arriving at his home in the Kowloon district of Jordan. At the end of April, former pro-democracy lawmakers Claudia Mo, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy Tam and Gary Fan wereSince the 2019 protests, which disrupted Hong Kong for most of that year, China has cracked down on the democratic opposition as well as liberal civil society and media outlets under sweepingThe 47 pro-democracy campaigners were arrested and charged in early 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under a Beijing-imposed national law which carries sentences of up to life in prison.
The democrats were found guilty of organising an unofficial “primary election” in 2020 to select their candidates for a legislative election that was later postponed. Prosecutors accused the activists of plotting to paralyse the government by engaging in potentially disruptive acts had they been elected.
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