Pro-democracy activist Tsang Kin Shing speaks to the media at District Court in Hong Kong on Oct 16, 2021 charged with inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly held on July 1, 2020. - AFP
HONG KONG (Reuters): Seven Hong Kong democracy campaigners, including former lawmakers, were sentenced on Saturday (Oct 16) to up to 12 months in jail for their role in a protest last year against a sweeping national security law imposed by China.
The seven had pleaded guilty to charges that included organising the unauthorised assembly on July 1, 2020, when thousands of protesters took to the streets. Police, who had banned the demonstration citinbg coronavirus restrictions, fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse them.
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