Seniors displaced after Yarmouth fire | SaltWire #fire #yarmouth #seniors #newsHONG KONG - Hong Kong's High Court is set hand down a verdict this week against 16 democrats in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could have major repercussions for the city's opposition democratic movement and the global financial hub's reputation.
Mass pro-democracy protests erupted in Hong Kong in 2019 over new laws planned by Beijing, which democrats argued infringed on freedoms guaranteed when Hong Kong was handed back to China by the British in 1997. High Court Judges Alex Lee, Andrew Chan and Johnny Chan are expected to deliver their verdict during hearings scheduled for Thursday and Friday, according to the judiciary website.
Beijing says the national security laws have brought stability to Hong Kong after months-long, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019 and that human rights are respected. The legal saga, regardless of the outcome, has marginalised Hong Kong's once lively democratic opposition that had strived for decades to pressure Beijing to allow full democracy.
Trevor Beel, a lawyer representing activist Gwyneth Ho, 33, argued the democrats had not considered what they were doing was unlawful.
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