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Hong Kong, Sep 23 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and opposition figures charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under Beijing's imposed national security law, returned to the West Kowloon Court Thursday as they waited for the case to be transferred to the higher Court of First Instance, where the maximum sentence is life in prison. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS AND OPPOSITION FIGURES ARRIVE AT WEST KOWLOON COURT IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, May 28 (EFE/EPA).-Several prominent pro-democracy activists of Hong Kong were sentenced on Friday to up to 18 months in prison for convening an unauthorized protest in October 2019, according to local media reports.The harshest sentences were handed to former lawmakers, Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan and Leung Kwok-hung (known in the city as "Long Hair"), and to Figo Chan, convener of the Civil Human Rights Front, an organization that convened some of the largest demonstrations during the 2019 anti-government protests, public broadcaster RTHK reported. (Camera: MIGUEL CANDELA). SHOT LIST: THE EXTERIOR OF THE WEST KOWLOON LAW COURTS BUILDING AHEAD OF NATIONAL SECURITY SUSPECT MEDIA MOGUL JIMMY LAI'S ARRIVAL FOR THE COURT VERDICT IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Feb 16 (EFE/EPA).- The trials of Hong Kong activists Lee, Leung, Albert Ho, Cyd Ho and five other pro-democracy figures continued Tuesday in Hong Kong. They are currently on trial for organising an unauthorized assembly on 18 August 2019. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: HONG KONG SOCIAL ACTIVIST AVERY NG, FORMER LAWMAKER LEUNG KWOK-HEUNG, KNOWN AS LONG HAIR, FORMER LAWMAKER LEE CHEUK-YAN, FORMER LAWMAKER, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALBERT HO CHUN-YAN, FORMER LAWMAKER CYD HO SAU-LAN, AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST RAPHAEL WONG, ORGANIZE A PROTEST OUTSIDE THE WEST KOWLOON LAW COURTS IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Nov 23 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong activists, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam, have been placed in custody at a detention center in the city as they await sentencing by a local court on charges of "organizing an unauthorized assembly" in June 2019, sources from the now-defunct Demosisto political party confirmed to EFE.The three accused, who testified on Monday at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, have been remanded in custody at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre ahead of their sentencing on Dec. 2, in which they face up to five years in prison, Isaac Cheng Ka Long, former vice-chairman of the disbanded party, explained to EFE. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).B-ROLL OF THE LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Oct 15 (EFE/EPA).- Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy activists on Thursday arrived at the court in Hong Kong after being charged over illegal assembly related to taking part in a banned public meeting, the annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil on June 4. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: JIMMY LAI AND OTHER PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS ARRIVE AT WEST KOWLOON MAGISTRATES’ COURTS IN HONG KONG, CHINA.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).