{"id":38263,"date":"2020-12-30T11:35:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T11:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38263"},"modified":"2020-12-30T11:35:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T11:35:40","slug":"china-jails-10-hong-kong-activists-for-illegal-border-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38263","title":{"rendered":"China jails 10 Hong Kong activists for illegal border crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A court in China has sentenced 10 Hong Kong activists who had been detained after fleeing the territory by boat to between seven months and three years in prison for illegal border crossing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court in Shenzhen said that two others who organised the boat journey were sentenced to three years and two years, respectively, while the others received seven-month sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court added that all 10 were also fined, while the remaining two \u2013 aged just 16 and 17 \u2013 were repatriated to the custody of the Hong Kong<\/a> police for being underaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, their families said the proceedings amounted to a \u201cde facto secret trial\u201d of the group who were detained by the Chinese coastguard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe basic rights of the 12 Hongkongers have already been deprived by the Chinese authority,\u201d they said. \u201cThe unfair court proceedings are evidence of an obvious, draconian political persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group\u2019s case has attracted widespread interest with the European Union on Tuesday issuing a statement calling for the group\u2019s release, echoing earlier calls from the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese sentences meted out after an unfair trial lay bare the dangers faced by anybody who finds themselves tried under the Chinese criminal system,\u2019 Amnesty International\u2019s Asia-Pacific Regional Director Yamini Mishra said in a statement, noting that foreign<\/a> observers had been excluded from the proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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