Hong Kong DJ Convicted of Sedition in Watershed Trial
A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio DJ was convicted of seditious speech on Wednesday under a British colonial-era law that authorities have embraced as China flattens dissent in the business hub. Tam Tak-chi, 49, is among a growing number of activists charged with sedition, a previously little-used law that prosecutors have dusted off in the wake of massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019. Tam's trial was the first since Hong Kong's 1997 handover in which a sedition defendant... Читать дальше...