Dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy campaigners received lengthy jail sentences on Nov. 19 after being convicted of subversion for their participation in pro-democracy election primaries in 2020 that the Hong Kong government warned may be in breach of the new national security law (NSL) imposed by Beijing.
Despite international condemnation following its verdicts against the pro-democracy campaigners in May 2023, Hong Kong’s NSL-bound judicial system has proceeded with enforcing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP)’s new framework for the city.
