ALT Graphic showing sentences handed out to 45 people who were jailed in Hong Kong's largest trial under Beijing's sweeping national security law on November 19, 2024. (John Saeki / AFP)

ALT File photo: Law professor Benny Tai reacts before entering the West Kowloon Magistrates Court in Hong Kong on April 10, 2019. A group of Hong Kong activists face jail after being convicted on April 9 on colonial-era "public nuisance" charges for their role in organising mass pro-democracy protests that paralysed the city for months and infuriated Beijing. (Anthony Wallace / AFP)

ALT This frame grab from AFPTV video footage shows Chung Pui-kuen (R), the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arriving at the Wanchai District Court ahead of a verdict in a landmark sedition trial in Hong Kong on August 29, 2024. A Hong Kong court is expected to rule on August 29 on the sedition charge against pro-democracy media outlet Stand News and its two former chief editors, the first case of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997. (Daniel Lee, Grace Wai / AFP)

ALT Former Wall Street Journal reporter and chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association Selina Cheng stands outside the Dow Jones office in Hong Kong on July 17, 2024. Cheng accused the paper of firing her over her role leading a press union and advocating for press freedom in the Chinese city. (Holmes Chan / AFP)

ALT File photo: People walk past a banner for the National Security Law in Hong Kong on July 15, 2020 after Beijing imposed a controversial new security law. (Anthony Wallace / AFP)