(14 Aug 2023)
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Hong Kong - 14 August 2023
1. Various of pro-democracy activist Margaret Ng entering Hong Kong high court
2. Various of pro-democracy activist Martin Lee leaving Hong Kong high court
3. Wide of Ng speaking to press outside Hong Kong high court
4. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Margaret Ng, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist:
"We will go through the judgement, it all depends on what the Court of Appeals said, before we decide our next step."
5. Various of Ng leaving high court
6. Various Hong Kong high court exteriors
STORYLINE:
Seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy advocates had part of their convictions quashed Monday over their roles in one of the biggest pro-democracy protests in 2019.
Martin Lee, the founding chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party; and five former pro-democracy lawmakers, including barrister Margaret Ng, had been found guilty of organizing and participating an unauthorized assembly.
Their convictions two years ago and their sentences were widely seen as another blow to the city’s flagging democracy movement under an unprecedented crackdown by Beijing and Hong Kong authorities.
Judge Andrew Macrae said he and other judges of the Court of Appeal unanimously put an end to their convictions over the charge of organizing an unauthorized assembly. But their convictions over taking part in an unauthorized assembly were upheld.
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