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Added on the 27/07/2021 10:30:11 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Outside Hong Kong's high court after a judge orders a Hong Kong waiter to serve nine years in jail in the first conviction under a sweeping new national security law that Beijing imposed on the city to stamp out dissent. IMAGES
A small group of protesters gather outside the Hong Kong court where the city's largest national security trial was set to begin. "Crackdown is shameless," read a banner carried by two people, adding: "Immediately release all political prisoners." IMAGES
Police and media are seen outside court ahead of Hong Kong's first national security trial verdict. The court will lay down a marker on the city's future legal landscape when it delivers its verdict in the first trial using a national security law imposed by China to stamp out dissent. IMAGES
Police and media stand outside Hong Kong's High Court as the first trial under Hong Kong's new national security law is set to begin on Wednesday without a jury, a landmark moment for the financial hub's fast-changing legal traditions. Tong Ying-kit, 24, was arrested under the new law the day after it came into effect when he allegedly drove his motorbike into a group of police officers during protests on July 1 last year. IMAGES
A police van believed to be transporting Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai exits a court complex. Lai was in court on Saturday morning to face a charge under the national security law that could put him in jail for life. IMAGES of police van believed to be transporting Jimmy Lai leaving court complex
Hong Kong's largest-ever national security trial begins final arguments Wednesday, more than 1,000 days after the case against 47 democracy activists under the Beijing-imposed law began. IMAGES