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Hong Kong Activists' Sentencing an Existential Concern for Civil Groups

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Hong Kong’s high court has given prison sentences of up to ten years to 45 pro-democracy activists for holding an unofficial primary election for the city council. The advocates were collectively known as the Hong Kong 47. On this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus reporter Tiffany Wong speaks with Michael Mo in Newcastle upon Tyne in the U.K. Michael is a former pro-democracy councilor in Hong Kong. We first zoom in on his reactions to the Hong Kong 47 sentencing, then zoom out to understand the current state of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.