Lord Have Mercy

BREAKING: 7 Hong Kong veteran pro-democracy activists guilty of unauthorised assembly https://t.co/qacZopmbBb pic.twitter.com/E11DzVTa3B

— Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) April 1, 2021

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founding chairman of the Democratic Party Martin Lee, and five other prominent pro-democracy activists have been convicted of organising and taking part in the "unlawful" mass protest in August 2019 against the #extradition bill. https://t.co/2bG6XFJIsl

— RTHK English News (@rthk_enews) April 1, 2021

 

Seven prominent democratic figures, including Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, veteran democrat Martin Lee and barrister Margaret Ng, were convicted of unauthorized assembly on Thursday.

Read more: https://t.co/BWhoigc1Aq#AppleDailyENG #HongKong #FreeJimmyLai

— Apple Daily HK 蘋果日報 (@appledaily_hk) April 1, 2021

#HKgov is trying to throw literally the grandfathers/ grandmothers of democracy in #HongKong into jail.

The charge? an unlawful assembly case dated 18 Aug 2019, one of the most soaked and peaceful public assembly in that year. pic.twitter.com/R31aMFWZsg

— Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong. 重光團隊 (@Stand_with_HK) April 1, 2021

Seven of Hong Kong’s leading veteran democracy campaigners were found guilty on Thursday of unauthorized assembly, as Beijing’s campaign to quash the city’s opposition ensnared some of its most senior and well-recognized figures https://t.co/WANgf0ssba

— Austin Ramzy (@austinramzy) April 1, 2021

BREAKING: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and six former opposition lawmakers have been convicted of organising and taking part in an unauthorised anti-government protest in 2019. https://t.co/KPsEq4i706

— Hong Kong Watch (@hk_watch) April 1, 2021

BREAKING: Media figure Jimmy Lai, democracy veteran Martin Lee among 7 activists convicted over 2019 protests in Hong Kong. https://t.co/aQwCgnZ2MV

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 1, 2021