Five Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) students were sentenced to up to 4 years and 11 months in prison for taking part in protests. The charges included rioting and breaching a mask-ban on the campus two years ago.
In mid-2019, tens of thousands took to the streets to protest the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) erosion of Hong Kong’s freedoms. The campus of CUHK also became a major flashpoint on Nov. 11, 2019, when protesters threw petrol bombs at police officers on a bridge, who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas.
