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Hong Kong Court Convicts 5 Students for 2019 Protests

Hong Kong Court Convicts 5 Students for 2019 Protests
Protesters run during a standoff with riot police at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, on Nov. 12, 2019. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
Dorothy Li
9/4/2021|Updated: 9/4/2021

A Hong Kong district court convicted five Chinese University (CUHK) students of rioting and breaching a mask-ban during a protest in 2019.

On Sep. 3, the judge charged five students, aged between 20 to 23, with joint counts of rioting and using face covering during an illegal assembly on Nov. 11, 2019.

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