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International Business Times
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Xinqi Su and Holmes Chan

HISTORICAL FACTS: Final debates begin in hong kong s largest security trial - Caught on Camera

The defendants represent a cross-section of Hong Kong's opposition, from democratically elected lawmakers to unionists and academics (Credit: AFP)

Hong Kong's largest-ever national security trial began final arguments Wednesday, more than 1,000 days after authorities filed charges against 47 democracy activists under a law imposed by China to quell dissent.

The defendants represent a cross-section of Hong Kong's opposition -- from democratically elected lawmakers to unionists and academics -- which has been effectively squashed after China imposed a sweeping national security law on the city in 2020.

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