Four Hong Kong ‘Occupy’ leaders jailed for 2014 democracy protests

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court jailed four leaders of 2014 pro-democracy protests on Wednesday amid heightened concerns over the decline of freedoms in the China-ruled city nearly five years after activists took to the streets in mass protests. The sentencing of the nine activists followed a …

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