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Journalists convicted in Hong Kong sedition case

Alex Forrest Whiting
August 29, 2024

The former editors of Stand News, which has now been shut down, had been accused of inciting hatred against Beijing. The verdict marks the first such ruling against journalists since the 1997 handover of the former British colony to China.

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