4 former Hong Kong lawmakers freed after years in prison under a Beijing-imposed security law

Four pro-democracy lawmakers from ‘Hong Kong 47’ group freed after four years in jail

Four pro-democracy lawmakers from the group known as the “Hong Kong 47” were released from prison on Tuesday after serving more than four years in custody, much of it spent awaiting trial. Their release comes amid ongoing international concern over the sweeping impact of the Beijing-imposed National Security Law (NSL) on civil liberties, political opposition, and judicial independence in the former British colony.Claudia Mo, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy T…

Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Inmates Freed

Van carrying prisoners leaves Shek Pik Prison. Photo from HKFPThe April 29 release of four of 45 democracy advocates after more than four years of imprisonment and a sham trial followed by sentencing is a reminder, if such a depressing reminder were needed, that what was until recently one of Asia’s most vibrant cities has been brought under the boothee…

Hong Kong releases former opposition lawmakers jailed for subversion

Several former Hong Kong opposition lawmakers jailed in the city's largest national security case were released on Tuesday after over four years in prison, the first among dozens convicted last year to regain their freedom.

Former Hong Kong lawmakers released from prison after serving sentences for 'subversion'

Four former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers were released from prison Tuesday after completing their sentences for allegedly attempting to overthrow the government of the special administrative region of China.

In Hong Kong, four pro-democracy opposition figures returned to freedom after more than three years of detention. Claudia Mo, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy Tam and Gary Fan, all former deputies, had been imprisoned in 2021 and sentenced last November to four years and two months in prison. Their trial, one of the most emblematic since Hong Kong's return to China in 1997, involved a total of 45 activists.

In the "47-person primary election case", four defendants who pleaded guilty, namely, Fan Guowei, Mao Mengjing, Tan Wenhao, and Kwok Ka-ki, were sentenced to four years and two months in prison. They completed their sentences on Tuesday (29th). The seven-passenger car drove into the prison beforehand and left in the early morning. The curtains on the rear seats of each car were drawn, making it impossible to see the people inside the car from th…