Emotions ran high for family members of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists as the city’s High Court on Tuesday (Nov 19) sentenced 45 activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial.
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00:00Can you speak a little bit, sir?
00:05Can you speak a little bit, sir?
00:10Can you speak a little bit, sir?
00:15Can you speak a little bit, sir?
00:20Can you speak a little bit, sir?
00:25Can you speak a little bit, sir?
00:30Can you speak a little bit, sir?
00:35Can you speak a little bit, sir?
00:40The whole trial is unfair because what they have done is only, you know,
00:45to do what the basic law has laid down,
00:50it is their right to put pressure to the administration
00:55to let them respond to the majority of Hong Kong people.
01:00So I don't know what is their criminal offence.
01:20It's within my expectation, as I said.
01:25So I'm not shocked.
01:30I'm not too sad.
01:35Of course, I'm not thrilled and I'm not sad.
01:40I just feel very calm right now.
01:45I think he will feel more or less the same
01:50because we've talked about the different levels of sentencing
01:55and this is within our expectation, as I said.
02:00We're very concerned about what's happening in Hong Kong
02:05with political freedoms and freedom of speech
02:10and the NSL 47 trial is one of them.
02:15So we're very eager to see what the sentencing will be like today.
02:20But at the same time, the US government condemns the continuous prosecution
02:25of individuals here in Hong Kong
02:30who are expressing their political views, exercising their freedom of speech,
02:35and wanting to participate in a political process
02:40for their own jurisdiction here for Hong Kong.