Twelve activists in Hong Kong sentenced • Table.Briefings

A sad yet ceremonial occasion: At the award ceremony of the International Campaign for Tibet’s Snow Lion Human Rights Prize, the prizewinners also commemorate those convicted in the Hong Kong democracy movement.

A court has sentenced twelve democracy activists to prison terms of up to seven years for storming the parliament building in Hong Kong in July 2019. At the presentation of the Snow Lion Human Rights Award, guests paid tribute to the activists.

Almost five years after the climax of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, a court sentenced twelve activists to prison terms of between four and a half and six years and ten months on Saturday. Among those convicted by District Judge Li Chi-ho are the well-known Hong Kong political activists Ventus Lau, Owen Chow, Althea Suen and actor Gregory Wong.

Twelve activists in Hong Kong sentenced to prison for storming parliament

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