The group are at the centre of Hong Kong’s biggest national security trial and have been handed sentences of up to 10 years

• HK47: dozens of pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial

Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy figures to jail terms of between four and 10 years, in the city’s largest national security prosecution since the law’s introduction in 2020.

The jailed are among the so called “Hong Kong 47” pro-democracy group, who were arrested and charged in 2021 over their involvement in an informal pre-election primary vote the year before.