Hong Kong activists sentenced to
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Hong Kong activists sentenced to new prison terms after security convictions

Three of Hong Kong's most prominent human rights activists have been sentenced to new prison terms. The three were convicted of "security crimes" after calling on China to abolish the "one-party state dictatorship."

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The three activists - Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-Yan and Chow Hang-Tung - have all previously been convicted of participating in or organising the pro-democracy protests.

All three have also been detained since 2021 awaiting Friday's verdict, a period that will count towards their sentences of between five years and seven years and three months.

The UN, the EU and several individual countries have condemned the sentences handed down under the city's draconian security laws, which Beijing pushed through in 2020 to end the protests.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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