Hong Kong Democracy Activists Secure Partial Victory in Conviction Quashing Bid for 2019 Protest
Seven prominent pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, including Jimmy Lai and Martin Lee, had part of their convictions quashed over their roles in the 2019 pro-democracy protests. While their convictions for organizing an unauthorized assembly were overturned, their convictions for participating in the assembly were upheld. The activists had already served their sentences for this case, but some of them remain in custody due to charges under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020. The 2019 protests marked a significant challenge to the Hong Kong government, but the movement has since waned due to arrests, exiles, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the national security law.