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The erosion of political freedoms in Hong Kong will come under the spotlight this week with key developments in two high-profile national security trials.

Scores of red Chinese flags now flap near the Hong Kong government headquarters in preparation for China’s national day as police patrolled the area thousands of demonstrators occupied a decade ago to protest Beijing’s restrictions on candidates running for the city’s top job.

Anniversary of pro-democracy demonstration takes place in city where protest has been largely criminalised and activists silenced

Mitigation hearings underway for pro-democracy activists convicted under national security law in Hong Kong. Concerns raised about judicial independence an...

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began to hear pleas for lenient sentences from some prominent pro-democracy activists who were found guilty in the city’s biggest national security case and now face up to life in prison

Last week’s conviction of dissidents came in the biggest case since the introduction of a new national security law

Western governments condemn verdict in biggest case since introduction of national security law

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists charged in the city’s biggest national security case will begin to hear their verdicts as early as Thursday

Verdicts in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date will be delivered on Thursday

A Hong Kong court has started hearing the final arguments of some of the city’s best-known pro-democracy activists tried under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent

Experts say Chinese authorities want to send the message that critical voices deemed a threat to the regime will be erased