The defendants were prosecuted under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years following a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty democracy movement and drawn criticism from the U.

Known widely as the trial of the “Hong Kong 47,” the landmark ... media and civil society” in Hong Kong and repeal the national security law. China’s Foreign Ministry hit back on Tuesday, accusing “some western countries” of “interfering ...