Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years following a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty democracy movement and drawn criticism from the U.

Hong Kong sentences 45 pro-democracy leaders to terms of up to 10 years, including legal scholar Benny Tai and former student activist Joshua Wong.

The defendants were prosecuted under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

A court in Hong Kong sentenced dozens of leading figures in its pro-democracy movement to lengthy prison sentences on Tuesday, the culmination of a landmark mass trial in the former British colony which the city’s government has used to crush opposition to China.

Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 leading democrats to jail terms of up to 10 years in what critics say is a major blow to the financial hub's rule of law.

Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Prominent Activists Will Be Sentenced in Hong Kong's Biggest National Security Case HONG KONG (AP) — Dozens of prominent activists will be sentenced Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case,

Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Supporters of 47 pro-democracy activists hold flashlights as they wait for four of them to leave the West Kowloon Magistrates' in Hong Kong, China March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File photo HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court will this week sentence 45 democratic campaigners in a major national security trial,