‘Hong Kong 47’ trial: 14 activists found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion

Western governments condemn verdict in biggest case since introduction of national security law

Fourteen people have been found guilty of subversion by a court in Hong Kong in the biggest case against pro-democracy campaigners - against a group known as the Hong Kong 47" - since China imposed a national security law to crush dissent.

A panel of judges handpicked by Hong Kong's government found that the convicted people - one organiser and 13 candidates, almost all of them former politicians - had committed the national security offence of conspiracy to subvert state power" by holding unofficial election primaries in 2020.