![Hong Kong court sentences Portuguese national to 5 years prison over inciting secession](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/Hong_Kong_District_Court_HKUSU_case.jpeg)
The District Court of Hong Kong sentenced Portuguese national and former president of the now-dissolved Hong Kong Independence Party Joseph John on Thursday to five years in prison for conspiring to incite others to commit secession under the China-imposed National Security Law. John is the first European citizen jailed under the law. John was convicted [...]