Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A Hong Kong court has rejected the appeals of 12 pro-democracy lawmakers and activists seeking to overturn their convictions in connection with a 2020 unofficial election primary that Beijing-aligned officials said was intended to undermine the city's existing political system.
The dozen people are members of the so-called Hong Kong 47, who were sentenced in November 2024 to between 51 and 120 months in what is still the largest case so far brought under the city's draconian National Security Law.
Eleven of the activists were convicted during the trial, while one pleaded guilty.
The court on Monday rejected their appeals. For some, they have already served their sentences and been released from prison.
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