Macao: Ex-Lawmaker Gets 12.5 Years After Unfair Trial

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Former lawmaker and veteran pro-democracy activist Au Kam San during an interview in Macao, October 7, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Bertha Wang (London) – A court in Macao, a special administrative region of China, sentenced the former lawmaker and democracy activist Au Kam San to 12.5 years in prison on November 6, 2026, on baseless national security charges, Human Rights Watch said today. Macao’s Court of First Instance, in the first publicly known case under the city’s national security law, convicted Au on five charges involving “subversion of state power,” “establishing…

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