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Hong Kong court sentences pro-democracy activist Benny Tai to 10 years in prison

HONG KONG, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday jailed a leading pro-democracy activist for 10 years at the start of sentencing in a years-long national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty pro-democracy movement and drawn global criticism.
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By Reuters
19 Nov
Demonstrators Sing "Glory To Be Thee, Hong Kong" Protest Theme Song At IFC Mall Demonstrators sing the "Glory to Hong Kong" protest song during a flash mob at the International Finance Center (IFC) Mall in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. Hong Kong police banned a planned Sunday march and gathering called by the organizer of some of the citys biggest protests, days after demonstrators set fire to a central subway station as the pro-democracy movement carries on into autumn.

Benny Tai, a former legal scholar who was labelled as an "organiser" of the 47 pro-democracy activists who were arrested and charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under a national security law, was sentenced to 10 years in jail.

(Reporting by James Pomfret and Jessie Pang; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree and Himani Sarkar)

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