Hong Kong Democrats Granted Appeal to Top Court
Eleven jailed pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong have been granted permission to appeal their convictions to the city's top court. This marks their last attempt to clear their names.
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Court approves last attempt by 11 jailed opposition figures to clear their name
A Hong Kong court has endorsed a final attempt by 11 jailed opposition politicians and activists to clear their name, following their convictions for conspiracy to commit subversion in a landmark national security trial. In a written judgment delivered on Monday, the Court of Appeal identified five legal issues that deserved further scrutiny by the Court of Final Appeal over the appellants’ involvement in an unofficial legislative primary election in 2020 and a broader scheme to paralyse the...
By Brian Wong
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Eleven pro-democracy figures jailed in the landmark “Hong Kong 47” national security case have won permission to appeal to the city’s top court. The Court of Appeal on Monday issued a certificate for the activists, who were jailed in the city’s largest national security case for conspiracy to commit subversion, to take their case to […]
By Hans Tse
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