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7 Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted as China clamps down

by Zen Soo
| April 2, 2021 12:03 AM

HONG KONG (AP) — Seven of Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted Thursday for organizing and participating in a march during massive anti-government protests in 2019 that triggered a crackdown on dissent.

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