5 in Hong Kong Found Guilty of Sedition Over Children’s Books

5 in Hong Kong Found Guilty of Sedition Over Children’s Books
Children's books are pictured during a news conference after five people were arrested on suspicion of conspiring to publish "seditious material" with the intent of inciting public hatred towards the authorities among children in Hong Kong on July 22, 2021. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Five Hong Kong speech therapists were found guilty on Wednesday of a conspiracy to publish seditious children’s books, a decision denounced by rights campaigners as a blow to free speech in the city.

The five were accused of publishing three picture books, featuring cartoons of sheep and wolves, which government prosecutors alleged had spread separatism and stirred up hatred and opposition to the authorities.