The biggest prosecution yet is underway in Hong Kong taking pro-democracy activists to trial

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Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.

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00:00 A courthouse in Hong Kong, where the first day of final arguments got underway on Wednesday

00:05 in a landmark national security trial.

00:07 Nearly two years after they were first charged with conspiracy to subvert the state, it`s

00:12 the final stretch for the remaining 16 democracy activists.

00:17 They were part of a group of 47 arrested in 2021 under a sweeping new law imposed by China

00:23 to crush dissent.

00:24 31 of those charged have pleaded guilty.

00:27 The remaining 16 face life sentences with a verdict due in early 2024.

00:32 (whooshing)

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