Hong Kong activists plead guilty to joining democracy rally – The Mainichi

HONG KONG (AP) — Three veteran Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, including well-known publisher Jimmy Lai, have pleaded guilty to taking party in an unauthorized rally that resulted in violence between police and participants, media reported Wednesday. Lai is already being held in custody on other charges related to his outspoken opposition to China’s crackdown on civil liberties in the former British colony. Last Thursday, seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including Lai and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted for organizing and participating in a march during massive anti-government protests in 2019 that triggered Beijing’s crackdown. While…